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A moment shaping the map: World brief 2026-09-15: The Kuwaiti energy ministry reports that Kuwait's electrical grid has held despite attacks from Iran against it. A perspective from London.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-02 · ESPN: In association football, Major League Soccer announces that all 27 teams from the United States will return to the U.S. Open Cup beginning in 2027, making it the first full participation in the tournament since 2023. A perspective from Prague.
Hannah Waddingham · Kind Orbit ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-27 · BBC News: King Rukidi IV of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom, the youngest person to reign as a monarch, dies at the age of 34. A perspective from Bucharest.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-05 · Dawn: Russia and Ukraine agree to halt strikes on Kyiv and Moscow, respectively, during United States-mediated peace talks, as U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow before traveling to Kyiv. A perspective from Stockholm.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-25 · DW: At least 40 people are injured and over 300 homes are damaged in a tornado in Pomas, Occitania, France. A perspective from Cairo.
Dominique Dunne · Electric Phoenix ·
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A moment shaping the map: World brief 2026-09-12: Thousands of demonstrators gather in Dublin and Doonbeg, Ireland, against U.S. president Donald Trump's visit to the country and protest against his role in the wars in Iran and Gaza. A perspective from Mumbai.
Marianne Faithfull · Playful Phoenix ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-21 · Goal: 85 people were injured, including 35 police officers, after Kaiserslautern fans launched flares towards the main stand, while Mannheim fans stormed the pitch, causing the match between Kaiserslautern and Mannheim to be temporarily interrupted. A perspective from Delhi.
Christina Koch · Solar Phoenix ·
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A moment shaping the map: World brief 2026-09-10: The United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court orders the deportation of permanent resident Nazira Haji Zada to Afghanistan in its first case, after Haji Zada conceded that she supported an Islamic State-inspired mass-shooting plot planned for the 2024 presidential election. A perspective from Bangkok.
Corey Mylchreest · Vivid Phoenix ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-07 · Barron's: More than 300 people are killed amid the deadliest fighting in the war since 2022. A perspective from Singapore.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-10 · Al Jazeera: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Israel Katz say that the IDF has destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel in Ali al-Taher. A perspective from Auckland.
Aubrey Plaza · Cosmic Voyager ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-28 · CNN: A Russian drone strike hits a supply depot in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, triggering explosions and a fire, killing at least 37 people and forcing the evacuation of almost 400 residents. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says explosives stored near homes worsened the disaster. A perspective from Chicago.
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News pulse 2026-08-30 · RFI: Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrive in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, for the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit and a state visit.
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News pulse 2026-09-15 · Al Jazeera: In association football, UEFA announces that the Champions League finals in 2028 and 2029 will be held at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, and Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, respectively.
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News pulse 2026-09-03 · France 24: A Colombian judge orders president Abelardo de la Espriella's government to suspend airstrikes on guerrilla camps in the Guaviare Department when intelligence indicated that minors may be present, after recent bombings killed at least three teenagers.
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News pulse 2026-09-02 · France 24: 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.
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News pulse 2026-08-26 · Reuters: Nine people are killed after a Ukrainian strike on a bus in Russian-occupied Luhansk.
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News pulse 2026-09-03 · The Peninsula: 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.
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News pulse 2026-09-15 · Al Jazeera: In association football, UEFA announces that the Champions League finals in 2028 and 2029 will be held at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, and Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, respectively.
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News pulse 2026-09-04 · France 24: An Argentine judge orders the repatriation of Giacomo Ceruti's 18th-century painting Portrait of a Lady, looted by Nazi Germany from Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker during World War II, to Goudstikker's daughter-in-law Marei von Saher.
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News pulse 2026-08-26 · The Guardian: At least 15 infants are killed and another is injured after a fire at a state-run hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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News pulse 2026-08-19 · CNBC: Merck and Moderna report that their cancer vaccine candidate showed positive results in their late-stage trial in preventing a recurrence of melanoma, including in high-risk patients.
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News pulse 2026-09-03 · Al Jazeera: 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.
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News pulse 2026-09-04 · The Manila Times: Mexican federal deputy Zenyazen Escobar García is found dead inside his vehicle in his home state of Veracruz with at least one gunshot wound. State prosecutors open an investigation without determining whether his death is suicide or homicide.
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News pulse 2026-08-28 · CNN: A Russian drone strike hits a supply depot in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, triggering explosions and a fire, killing at least 37 people and forcing the evacuation of almost 400 residents. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says explosives stored near homes worsened the disaster.
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