Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-31 · Reuters: It is reported that school principal Rajendra Dawadi saved over 900 students and 16 faculty members at the Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Bidur, Nuwakot District, Nepal, 10 minutes before flash floods hit the area last week. A perspective from Manila.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-26 · UCL: The University College London reports that neurosurgeons in London, England, have performed the first AI-assisted brain surgery at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in a 48-year old patient who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2024. A perspective from Tokyo.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-19 · France 24: A U.S.-led research team grows human brain organoids for seven years, the longest reported period, and finds that their cells continue maturing in patterns similar to normal brain development. A perspective from Tokyo.
Around the world today: World brief 2026-09-13: An attack on the Panguna mine in the autonomous region of Bougainville, in Papua New Guinea, injures personnel and destroys equipment amid opposition to plans to reopen the copper mine. A perspective from Tokyo.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-10 · CNN: Multiple projectile explosives launched from Iraq strike pumping stations along the East–West Crude Oil Pipeline in Saudi Arabia, causing a fire. A perspective from Sydney.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-01 · Reuters: South Korea's foreign ministry announces that the country will deploy a 44-member emergency relief team to Nepal to support search-and-rescue operations after flash floods hit the South Asian country. A perspective from Honolulu.
Around the world today: World brief 2026-09-11: South Africa extradites six Nigerian nationals allegedly belonging to Black Axe to the United States, where they face wire fraud and money laundering charges linked to online romance scams that allegedly defrauded more than 100 victims. A perspective from Chicago.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-14 · The Guardian: The First Ministers of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales meet in Cardiff at a summit to call for their independence from the United Kingdom. A perspective from Lisbon.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-12 · CNN: The Atlantic hurricane season reaches a 103-day record in the satellite era without a hurricane after the season started on June 1, the first since 1941, with the El Niño in the Pacific Ocean being a big factor. A perspective from Dublin.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-04 · Reuters: Sri Lankan MP Namal Rajapaksa is arrested over alleged corruption involving SriLankan Airlines' 2013 Airbus purchases. A court in Colombo remands him until September 18. A perspective from Dublin.
Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-18 · Sudan Horizon: The Sudan Doctors Network reports that recent attacks in Geissan of Sudan's Blue Nile region has displaced over 5,000 people to Damazin. A perspective from Dublin.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-17 · Al Jazeera: Kurdistan Region prime minister Masrour Barzani reports that Iran has launched a drone attack on the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) prime minister’s office. No casualties are reported. A perspective from Kyiv.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-04 · The Hill: Israel frees four prisoners, including two Syrian citizens, via International Committee of the Red Cross as part of efforts to revive U.S.-backed peace talks signed between Israel and Lebanon. A perspective from London.
A story worth mapping: World brief 2026-09-13: In athletics, British middle-distance runner Josh Kerr wins the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in the 1500 metres event in Budapest, Hungary's National Athletics Centre. A perspective from London.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-11 · Al Jazeera: The Houthis announce the end and the success of their offensive, expelling government forces from six districts and seizing major locations. A perspective from Los Angeles.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-02 · AP via NPR: A Maltese jury acquits businessman Yorgen Fenech of complicity in the 2017 car-bomb killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and of criminal association, finding him not guilty by an 8–1 vote. A perspective from Los Angeles.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-04 · The Gulf Observer: Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe begins construction on the 340-meter-high Dushanbe Tower, which is set to become the tallest building in Central Asia. President Emomali Rahmon and Mayor Rustami Emomali lay the building's foundation stone. A perspective from Mexico City.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-19 · The Jerusalem Post: Axios reports that the U.S. military has created a new shipping lane in the Strait of Hormuz to help ships transit through the waterway, including the facilitating of 10 million barrels of oil per day. A perspective from São Paulo.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-01 · Reuters: South Korea's foreign ministry announces that the country will deploy a 44-member emergency relief team to Nepal to support search-and-rescue operations after flash floods hit the South Asian country. A perspective from Buenos Aires.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-11 · AFP: 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. A perspective from Paris.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-24 · TRT World: A Russian missile strike on the outskirts of Kharkiv kills three people and leaves eight others wounded. A perspective from Paris.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-18 · Xinhua: Three people are killed after an explosion at a thermal power plant in Baniyas, Syria. A perspective from Paris.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-08 · BBC News: OpenAI says that it has solved the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize problem, with the announcement raising questions about plagiarism. A perspective from Berlin.
A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-13 · AP: Swedes vote to elect all 349 seats of the Riksdag. Incumbent prime minister Ulf Kristersson, who seeks to lead the Moderates to a second consecutive government while including the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats in his cabinet, is being challenged by the former prime minister and SAP leader Magdalena Andersson. Preliminary results indicate that the Red-Greens and the Centre Party are projected to have a combined total of 175 seats, while the four Tidö parties are projected to have a total of 174 seats. A perspective from Madrid.