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News pulse 2026-08-18 · BBC News: British prime minister Andy Burnham confirms that the United Kingdom will continue to militarily support Ukraine after Russia warned the UK will face "consequences" for allowing Ukraine to use British-made drones to strike targets deep inside Russian territory.
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News pulse 2026-08-21 · Reuters: A person is killed and three other people are injured in a mass stabbing, carried out with a sword, at a high school in Fagersta, Sweden. The perpetrator is arrested at the scene.
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News pulse 2026-08-27 · France 24: South Korean company SK Gas pays a record US$5.3 million for priority passage of the LPG tanker G. Spirit through the Panama Canal before El Niño-related transit restrictions reduced daily crossings.
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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.
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News pulse 2026-08-31 · France 24: A car bomb outside a police station in Los Patios, Norte de Santander, Colombia, kills one civilian and injures 11 others, including two officers. Police attribute the attack to the National Liberation Army.
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World brief 2026-09-11: A Hong Kong court sentences pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung to seven years in prison each for inciting subversion under the national security law for leading the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China.
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World brief 2026-09-11: Kyrgyzstan's central bank starts domestically printing banknotes of the Kyrgyz som, the country's currency, for the first time since independence.
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News pulse 2026-09-15 · The National Herald: Former Golden Dawn spokesperson Ilias Kasidiaris is released from prison in Domokos, Phthiotis, Greece, after serving part of a 13-year sentence for leading a criminal organization and announces plans to return to politics, although he remains barred from office until 2033.
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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.
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News pulse 2026-09-15 · Kurdistan 24: The United Nations reports that more than 100,000 people have fled their homes in western and southern Yemen due the ongoing Houthi offensive against Yemeni government forces, and that 2,400 refugees have arrived in Djibouti in the last four days alone.
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News pulse 2026-08-29 · AP: Nigerien television confirms that dissenting elements of the Niger Armed Forces attempted a coup in the nation's capital, Niamey. Attacks are reported on Diori Hamani International Airport and the Presidential Palace.
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News pulse 2026-08-21 · BBC News: The annual Ashenda festival in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, is cancelled over drone strike fears.
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News pulse 2026-08-20 · L'Orient–Le Jour: Mauritania's coast guard rescues more than 300 migrants, including 40 children, from an overcrowded boat off the country's coast after finding them in distress.
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News pulse 2026-08-19 · BBC News: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed at least 15 people and injured 40 others, damaging residential buildings, a children's hospital, and a school.
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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.
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News pulse 2026-09-15 · Kurdistan 24: The United Nations reports that more than 100,000 people have fled their homes in western and southern Yemen due the ongoing Houthi offensive against Yemeni government forces, and that 2,400 refugees have arrived in Djibouti in the last four days alone.
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News pulse 2026-08-24 · Sahara Reporters: South African police arrests four people in connection of the murder of former professional boxer Zolani Tete.
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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 2026-08-29 · CBC: In volleyball, the Canadian women’s national team qualifies for the upcoming Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, U.S., their first qualification since 1996 following a victory against the Dominican Republic in the Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship.
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News pulse 2026-08-23 · Reuters: Iran claims to have blacklisted 45 tankers in the Strait of Hormuz that breached its rules for crossing the waterway, with the Persian Gulf Strait Authority threatening fines, detainments, and confiscations against the named vessels.
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News pulse 2026-08-28 · CBS Sports: 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.
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News pulse 2026-08-25 · Swiss Info: The Grand Council of Aargau votes 78–54 to ban Islamic hijabs for girls aged under 16 in the Swiss canton of Aargau. The motion was sponsored by the Radical-Liberal Party.
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News pulse 2026-08-22 · BBC News: Seven people are killed, including two police officers, and several others are injured in a three-vehicle collision on the A66 road in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.
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News pulse 2026-08-27 · The Hill: United States Central Command commander Brad Cooper says that the military has cleared all Iranian naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz and its routes.
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