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On the public-interest radar: News pulse 2026-09-02 · DW: Following the drone attacks at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month, German security authorities are focusing on several suspects with ties to Russia. According to investigations by the NDR, WDR, and SZ, the suspects are two men from Belarus and Lithuania who are also said to hold Russian passports. A perspective from Dublin.
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On the public-interest radar: News pulse 2026-09-03 · Reuters: Officials at a United Nations Security Council meeting say that Syria has started the process of destroying clandestine chemical weapons from former president Bashar al-Assad's regime. A perspective from Honolulu.
Michael Olise · Electric Explorer ·
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On the public-interest radar: News pulse 2026-08-17 · Reuters: Several fighters from both sides are killed after Somali federal forces and opposition groups clash in the South West State. Two civilians are also killed. Militias loyal to former state president Abdiaziz Laftagareen enter the regional capital Baidoa, challenging two battalions of the Somali National Army loyal to Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. A perspective from Jakarta.
Hilaria Baldwin · Cosmic Dreamer ·
Open story →event · Thessaloniki, GR
On the public-interest radar: News pulse 2026-08-28 · ESPN: In ice hockey, the Colorado Avalanche sign defenceman and alternate captain Cale Makar to an eight-year extension worth US$163.2 million, the largest contract in National Hockey League history. He is the first player to exceed $20 million in average annual value. A perspective from Mumbai.
Natalia Dyer · Playful Comet ·
Open story →event · Thessaloniki, GR
On the public-interest radar: News pulse 2026-09-02 · Reuters: The global stock index rises following recent declines amidst the war in Iran including renewed tensions with the Japanese yen gaining against the United States dollar. A perspective from Prague.
Chris Hemsworth · Kind Beacon ·
Open story →event · Thessaloniki, GR
A moment shaping the map: World brief 2026-09-10: Russia drone strikes across Ukraine kill at least 15 people and injure 90 others, including victims in Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Pavlohrad, and Sumy. Ukraine also strikes gas facilities in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Ural, Russia. A perspective from Delhi.
Jesse Eisenberg · Solar Phoenix ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-03 · ScienceDaily: NASA discovers a 10–sided pattern on the south pole of Saturn using its Hubble Space Telescope from the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, United States. A perspective from Lagos.
Pierce Brosnan · Golden Phoenix ·
Open story →event · Thessaloniki, GR
A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-01 · France 24: A Honduran judge dismisses a corruption case against former president Juan Orlando Hernández, ruling that he neither authorized nor managed the public funds allegedly diverted to finance his 2013 presidential campaign. A perspective from Cairo.
Keira Knightley · Electric Phoenix ·
Open story →party · Thessaloniki, GR
A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-10 · Caspian Post: The first robotic surgical system in Kyrgyzstan is introduced at the Kyrgyz State Medical Academy. A perspective from Warsaw.
Mikey Madison · Golden Orbit ·
Open story →event · Thessaloniki, GR
News pulse 2026-08-27 · Al Jazeera: Qatari prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani talks with Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran, including on the Strait of Hormuz and efforts to end the war.
Open story →party · Thessaloniki, GR
News pulse 2026-08-21 · Binance: The annual Ashenda festival in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, is cancelled over drone strike fears.
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News pulse 2026-08-23 · New Indian Express: The Indian Coast Guard and Navy's Eastern Naval Command reports that two crew members from the Panama-flagged MV Ocean Winner have been rescued after it sank off the coast of Bay of Bengal in eastern India.
Open story →event · Thessaloniki, GR
World brief 2026-09-12: Russian drone strikes across Ukraine kill eight civilians, including two people in Zaporizhzhia, two people at a grocery store in Zhytomyr, one person in Kryvyi Rih, while a "massive attack" targeting the Port of Odesa and surrounding areas wounds at least 28 people.
Open story →event · Thessaloniki, GR
News pulse 2026-08-20 · HRW: Human Rights Watch reports that Africa Corps forces summarily killed nine civilians, including four children, in Mali last month.
Open story →message · Thessaloniki, GR
A story worth mapping: 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. A perspective from Delhi.
Manmohan Singh · Solar Comet ·
Open story →message · Thessaloniki, GR
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-16 · The Express Tribune: Seven suspected members of the Pakistani Taliban are killed in a intelligence-based joint operation in Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan. A perspective from Stockholm.
Open story →message · Thessaloniki, GR
A story worth mapping: World brief 2026-09-14: The United States confirms for the first time that it has deployed a weapon in Earth's orbit. Air Force secretary Troy Meink says the highly classified weapon is necessary to "safeguard U.S. forces" against potential enemy action. A perspective from Buenos Aires.
Alan Cumming · Playful Atlas ·
Open story →announcement · Thessaloniki, GR
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-25 · Detik News: The toll from the earthquake in Flores, Indonesia, ten days ago, increases to 103 people dead and 1,666 injured. A perspective from Honolulu.
Rebecca Gayheart · Electric Voyager ·
Open story →announcement · Thessaloniki, GR
Around the world today: 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. A perspective from Bangkok.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-26 · The Tanzania Times: Deogratius Ndejembi is appointed as Vice President of Tanzania, replacing Emmanuel Nchimbi who resigned yesterday. A perspective from Lagos.
Open story →announcement · Thessaloniki, GR
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-01 · KCUR: The U.S. Department of Justice files a lawsuit against the public schools district of Kansas City, Kansas, over its policies that allow transgender students to share their preferred name, gender, and pronouns with school staff. A perspective from Istanbul.
Mariska Hargitay · Cosmic Phoenix ·
Open story →announcement · Thessaloniki, GR
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-31 · Bangkok Post: Ukraine tightens security measures for Kyiv's public transport, schools, and parliament amid increased Russian drone attacks, including restrictions on large school gatherings, possible remote learning, and expanded shelter arrangements. A perspective from Kyiv.
Taron Egerton · Bright Mosaic ·
Open story →announcement · Thessaloniki, GR
Today's map pulse: 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 Nairobi.
Death of Michael Jackson · Kind Comet ·
Open story →message · Thessaloniki, GR
Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-02 · Al Jazeera: Norway seizes the Russian-owned Professor Molchanov ship near Svalbard to enforce a US$4.22 billion compensation award owed to Ukraine's Naftogaz for assets expropriated in Crimea. A perspective from Oslo.
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