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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-01 · The Times of India: Six pilgrims are killed and 14 others sustain serious injuries after a pickup truck carrying devotees collides with a truck along an expressway in Palwal district, Haryana, India. A perspective from Singapore.
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Today's map pulse: World brief 2026-09-15: Oman's maritime security centre reports that two sailors are reported to be missing after the Panama-flagged oil tanker El Gaia was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz near the Musandam Peninsula. A perspective from Melbourne.
Daniel Day-Lewis · Bright Explorer ·
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-05 · The Guardian: In women's basketball, the Mali women's national basketball team upsets Spain 82-73, making it Mali's second ever victory in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup after its 2010 victory against Senegal. A perspective from Honolulu.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner · Electric Explorer ·
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-14 · Reuters: Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announce that they will sail more container ships through the Suez Canal. A perspective from San Francisco.
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-03 · Sudan Tribune: The International Organization for Migration reports the first operation of a voluntary repatriation flight for stranded migrants in Khartoum, Sudan, since the war started three years ago. A perspective from Miami.
Denzel Washington · Lunar Explorer ·
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-30 · France 24: NASA launches the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida, United States, to survey the universe, study dark matter and dark energy, and search for exoplanets and supernovae. A perspective from Miami.
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-31 · AA: The Mount Sinabung stratovolcano in North Sumatra, Indonesia, erupts, sending ash 3,500 meters into the air. Residents and visitors around Lake Lau Kawar are ordered to evacuate. A perspective from Lisbon.
Roger Federer · Playful Explorer ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-11 · Kursiv: Kyrgyzstan's central bank starts domestically printing banknotes of the Kyrgyz som, the country's currency, for the first time since independence. A perspective from Los Angeles.
Prince (musician) · Golden Mosaic ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-01 · CNN: The United States carries out additional airstrikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) targets in Iran, in response to recent attempted attacks on commercial shipping vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and on U.S. troops in the region, according to the U.S. Central Command. Five members of the IRGC Aerospace Force are killed in Kermanshah. A perspective from Mexico City.
Lindsay Lohan · Lunar Mosaic ·
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Around the world today: 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 Paris.
Keira Knightley · Solar Mosaic ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-25 · The Straits Times: The death toll for the earthquakes in Venezuela this June exceeds past 6,500, with a total of 6,509 deaths reported. A perspective from Paris.
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Around the world today: World brief 2026-09-11: Princess Astrid, an older sister of the late Norwegian King Harald V and daughter of Olav V, dies at the age of 94. A perspective from Madrid.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-13 · BBC News: A Russian drone attacks a train bound for Warsaw, Poland, at Yahodyn station in western Ukraine, shortly after former UK prime minister Boris Johnson and top EU security officials had passed through the airspace. Former U.S. CIA director David Petraeus was also at the station at the time of the strike but was unharmed. A perspective from Prague.
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Around the world today: 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. A perspective from Vienna.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-04 · Vanguard: Nine people, including five Department of State Services personnel, are killed during a security operation to rescue kidnapped victims in Oyo State, Nigeria. A perspective from Helsinki.
James Talarico · Vivid Orbit ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-27 · NTV Uganda: 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 Lagos.
Parker Posey · Golden Phoenix ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-19 · The Jerusalem Post: The IDF also confirms that they have killed four Nukhba force commanders from the Al-Qassam Brigades wing of Hamas in an airstrike on a cafe yesterday in Gaza City. A perspective from Nairobi.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-25 · AP: The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces announce they have officially dissolved and completed a merger with the Syrian army following the end of the civil war in 2024. A perspective from Cape Town.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-11 · BBC News: 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. A perspective from Dubai.
Dick Van Dyke · Neon Phoenix ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-31 · Myanmar Digital News: Twelve civilians are killed in an attack by alleged armed People's Defence Force members after they claim to have entered a village in Mahlaing Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar. A perspective from Shanghai.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-08 · The Athletic via The New York Times: A third-year student in the marching band at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, U.S., dies after collapsing during extreme heat at the Iowa Hawkeyes season opener at Kinnick Stadium. Temperatures reached at the time of the game. A perspective from Melbourne.
Matthew McConaughey · Bright Voyager ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-08 · Al Jazeera: Nicaragua urges the International Court of Justice to reject Germany's objections to its case, stating that German arms exports to Israel breach the Genocide Convention and international humanitarian law. Germany responds by saying that the court lacks jurisdiction over parts of the case. A perspective from Auckland.
Phil Collins · Cosmic Voyager ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-05 · Al Jazeera: Ten people are killed and 64 others are injured after an accidental fireworks explosion during a religious celebration in a parish in Temascalcingo, Mexico. A perspective from Auckland.
Adrien Brody · Cosmic Voyager ·
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A story worth mapping: World brief 2026-09-15: Oman's maritime security centre reports that two sailors are reported to be missing after the Panama-flagged oil tanker El Gaia was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz near the Musandam Peninsula. A perspective from Kyiv.
Daniel Day-Lewis · Bright Atlas ·
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