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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-25 · Arab News: The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports that an oil tanker has been struck by a unknown projectile off the coast of Oman near the strait. No casualties are reported. A perspective from Dublin.
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-04 · NBC News: The Nepali Army rescues two people from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station in Rasuwa District, a week after floods ravaged the country. A perspective from Reykjavík.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-18 · Emirates 24/7: 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 Los Angeles.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-01 · Philippine Daily Inquirer: Seven people are killed and 13 others are injured when a speeding passenger van, with an Ipil–Pagadian route, crashes into a motorcycle and a wing van in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. A perspective from Toronto.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-23 · The Athletic via The New York Times: In open-wheel racing, American auto racing driver Kyle Kirkwood wins the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix event at the National Mall in Washington D.C., United States. A perspective from Toronto.
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Around the world today: World brief 2026-09-14: Gulf states call off planned peace talks with Iran in response to Houthi ballistic missile attacks on Saudi Arabia and Yemeni government forces. A perspective from Toronto.
Mike Macdonald · Kind Mosaic ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-20 · Knysna-Plett Herald: Two ANC members including a former Knysna councillor are shot dead, one day after a sitting Knysna councillor is shot dead in a suspected internal ANC faction fight in Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa. A perspective from Mexico City.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-11 · Sky News: 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 São Paulo.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-01 · Reuters: A car bomb explodes outside a police station in Norte de Santander Department, Colombia, killing a person and wounding eleven more. A perspective from São Paulo.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-29 · Garowe Online: The Cameroon-flagged Turkish cargo ship MV LUTUF, which was hijacked on August 17, is freed by Somali and Turkish forces off the coast of Somalia. Conversely, the Puntland ministry of security says a ransom was paid. A perspective from São Paulo.
María Corina Machado · Neon Mosaic ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-28 · AP: Emergency Lawyers, an independent group documenting atrocities in Sudan, reports that eight civilians have been killed in drone strikes in the Sowdari District of North Kordofan. A perspective from São Paulo.
Emily Armstrong · Neon Mosaic ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-05 · Reuters: The 128 parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons agree on a non-binding text defining lethal autonomous weapons systems, potentially enabling negotiations on international rules governing their use. A perspective from Berlin.
Emmanuel Macron · Vivid Mosaic ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-01 · Reuters: 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 Rome.
Stellan Skarsgård · Cosmic Orbit ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-05 · Reuters: The 128 parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons agree on a non-binding text defining lethal autonomous weapons systems, potentially enabling negotiations on international rules governing their use. A perspective from Amsterdam.
Emmanuel Macron · Electric Orbit ·
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Around the world today: World brief 2026-09-12: French officials investigate if the derailment in Cléon, Seine-Maritime, was caused by sabotage after a fragment of rail was found on the tracks. A perspective from Warsaw.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-27 · The Guardian: 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 Prague.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-26 · Reuters: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the daraxonrasib drug as a treatment for metastatic pancreatic cancer, making it the first RAS inhibitor drug to be approved for the disease. This came after a previous study showed that it nearly doubled the survival rate for patients compared to chemotherapy. A perspective from Vienna.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-15 · DW: A court in Bangladesh sentences seven Awami League leaders who were former officials in former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's government to death in absentia over their role in deadly crackdowns on the anti-government protests in 2024. A perspective from Bucharest.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-18 · The Philippine Star: A student is killed while nine other people are injured in a mass shooting at a junior secondary school building of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City, Philippines. The perpetrator, also a student, later kills himself. A perspective from Oslo.
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Around the world today: World brief 2026-09-11: Ukrainian drone strikes kill two people and injure three others in Tula Oblast, Russia, while a separate strike kills a 37-year-old man in Kursk Oblast, according to regional officials. A perspective from Helsinki.
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Around the world today: World brief 2026-09-15: A court in Bangladesh sentences seven Awami League leaders who were former officials in former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's government to death in absentia over their role in deadly crackdowns on the anti-government protests in 2024. A perspective from Istanbul.
Sophie Thatcher · Cosmic Phoenix ·
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Around the world today: World brief 2026-09-12: The Wall Street Journal reports that Iran had received Chinese satellite images before launching a July 17 strike on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan that killed three United States Army soldiers. A perspective from Istanbul.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-31 · Reuters: Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni announces that Italy will extend its suspension of the Schengen free movement agreement with Spain for another 15 days in response to the migrant crisis event at the Ceuta border fence with Morocco. A perspective from Cairo.
Curry Barker · Electric Phoenix ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-30 · CNA: The Korean Central News Agency reports that general No Kwang-chol has been dismissed as defence minister of North Korea, with Korean People's Army General Political Bureau director Kim Song-gi replacing him. A perspective from Cairo.
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