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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-13 · France 24: In tennis, Alexander Zverev wins the men's singles title of the 2026 US Open after defeating Ben Shelton in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–2. It is his first US Open title and second major title overall. A perspective from Lisbon.
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A moment shaping the map: World brief 2026-09-11: In retaliation to British sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements earlier this week, the Israeli government orders a team of British soldiers who train and advise Palestinian Authority security forces in the West Bank to leave the country. A perspective from Dublin.
Terence Stamp · Solar Voyager ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-06 · The Daily Star: Three more children are reported to die from suspected measles in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 997. A perspective from Reykjavík.
Cassie Ventura · Vivid Voyager ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-03 · Space.com: The BepiColombo begins its final mission to Mercury, eight years after its launch by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. A perspective from Reykjavík.
Hugh Jackman · Vivid Voyager ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-18 · Khaleej Times: The United Arab Emirates's defence ministry detects two missiles fired from Iran towards the country, including one that fell outside territorial waters and another that fell within it. A perspective from Reykjavík.
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News pulse 2026-09-07 · The Independent: North Korea and Russia opens the Yakov Novichenko Bridge at its border, the first road bridge connecting the two countries.
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News pulse 2026-08-17 · Reuters: Indonesia's National Narcotics Board, police, and customs arrest 10 Myanmar nationals after seizing 2.6 metric tons of liquid methamphetamine from a Tanzanian-flagged vessel in waters off the Riau Islands.
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News pulse 2026-08-26 · The Tanzania Times: Deogratius Ndejembi is appointed as Vice President of Tanzania, replacing Emmanuel Nchimbi who resigned yesterday.
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News pulse 2026-09-15 · Mining Reports: The Brazilian public prosecutor's office files a civil action against Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer and one of Brazil's biggest companies, as well as the national mining agency and the Minas Gerais state government. The lawsuit is based on a containment overflow of two sumps at the Mina de Viga site in Congonhas in January, which caused the site to be shut down.
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News pulse 2026-08-28 · Reuters: Demonstrators gather in Washington, D.C., United States, to protest against the Trump administration's alleged efforts to rollback voting and civil rights, 63 years after the March on Washington rally by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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News pulse 2026-08-27 · BBC News: The United States Geological Survey says a glacial collapse and debris flow, not an earthquake, caused the seismic event near the Nepal–Tibet border and subsequent flooding that killed at least 392 people and left over 900 more missing.
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News pulse 2026-09-10 · France 24: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturns a 2019 presidential pardon granted to Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara and orders him to serve the remainder of his six-year prison sentence for criminally intimidating human rights activist Sandya Eknelygoda.
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News pulse 2026-09-11 · France 24: Indonesia works with Indian authorities to repatriate five baby orangutans found in an Odisha forest after suspected trafficking. Odisha Police and India's Wildlife Crime Control Bureau examine how the apes, which are native to Borneo and Sumatra, reached India.
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World brief 2026-09-13: One person dies, 12 are rescued, and more than 30 remain missing after the sinking of the MV Matui ferry off Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, during rough seas.
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World brief 2026-09-10: Houthis capture the port city of Mokha, as government forces retreat from the districts of Hays and Al Khawkhah. A mass exodus of civilians from the area towards Aden is reported.
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News pulse 2026-09-13 · France 24: An attack on the Panguna mine in the autonomous region of Bougainville, in Papua New Guinea, injures personnel and destroys equipment amid opposition to plans to reopen the copper mine.
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News pulse 2026-09-09 · TVP World: A train collides with a truck at a level crossing in Sokolniki Suche, Poland, killing one person and injuring 20 others.
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News pulse 2026-09-08 · Al Jazeera: Indonesia reopens its airport in Jakarta and four others after previously being closed due to ashes from Anak Krakatoa.
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News pulse 2026-08-28 · Reuters: Demonstrators gather in Washington, D.C., United States, to protest against the Trump administration's alleged efforts to rollback voting and civil rights, 63 years after the March on Washington rally by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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News pulse 2026-09-04 · AP: Around 22 people are killed in a blaze of unknown origin at a wedding party in Lingwala, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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News pulse 2026-09-04 · AP: The Pakistani military says it has killed 48 Baloch separatists in a series of raids on hideouts over the past 72 hours in Balochistan, Pakistan.
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News pulse 2026-08-27 · AP: U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order directing federal agencies to call Lake Ontario "Lake America." The change applies only to U.S. federal usage; Canada need not adopt it, and no international authority exclusively determines names of shared waters.
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News pulse 2026-09-13 · GhanaWeb: The Ghana Army says that Battalion 92 of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon will return to Ghana following a year of duty in southern Lebanon.
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News pulse 2026-09-11 · Al Jazeera: The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency releases 71 documents warning of a threat from Al Qaeda prior to the September 11 attacks, including presidential daily briefs during the administrations of former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush from 1998 to the day after the attacks.
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