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News pulse 2026-08-28 · The Athletic via The New York Times: 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 2026-08-17 · CNN: The trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis for his alleged role in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur begins in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
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News pulse 2026-09-04 · France 24: The American Automobile Association reports that the average U.S. diesel price reached a record $5.85 per gallon, up from $3.71 a year earlier, amid disruptions to global energy markets caused by the Iran war.
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News pulse 2026-09-01 · Al Jazeera: 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.
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News pulse 2026-08-24 · Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: The Arkansas Department of Health reports seven new cases of cyclosporiasis in the state, including the first cases in Ashley and Cleburne counties, amidst a decline in the outbreak across the United States.
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News pulse 2026-08-19 · France 24: 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 2026-08-17 · CNN: The trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis for his alleged role in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur begins in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
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News pulse 2026-09-08 · Arab News: Peace talks are held by mediators from the African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the Arab League, the European Union and the United Nations, in Khartoum, Sudan, in an effort to end the three-year long civil war, with UN envoy Pekka Haavisto attending the talks.
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News pulse 2026-09-10 · Azertag: The first robotic surgical system in Kyrgyzstan is introduced at the Kyrgyz State Medical Academy.
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News pulse 2026-09-06 · Reuters: In Formula One racing, Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli wins the Italian Grand Prix, becoming the first Italian driver in 60 years to win on home soil after Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966.
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News pulse 2026-08-23 · RSI: Four people are found dead after a fire at a restaurant in Thusis, Switzerland, two days ago. The search and rescue operation are concluded.
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News pulse 2026-08-27 · Euronews: The World Health Organization declares the Ebola outbreak in Uganda over after the country went 42 days without a new case of the virus.
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News pulse 2026-08-21 · The Guardian: American fantasy film The Odyssey reaches US$1.35 billion at the worldwide box office to become the highest-grossing R-rated film, surpassing Deadpool & Wolverine.
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News pulse 2026-09-08 · Sudan Tribune: A famine is reported across Sudan's Jebel Marra area in the Darfur region, with 20 people dying from hunger and diseases.
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News pulse 2026-08-21 · The Guardian: American fantasy film The Odyssey reaches US$1.35 billion at the worldwide box office to become the highest-grossing R-rated film, surpassing Deadpool & Wolverine.
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News pulse 2026-08-21 · The Japan Times: Japan executes a 58-year-old man for a 2009 arson attack that killed five people at a pachinko parlor in Osaka. It is the first execution under Sanae Takaichi's premiership.
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News pulse 2026-08-19 · France 24: 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 2026-09-04 · Xinhua: The Democratic Republic of the Congo issues an updated 180-day response to the Ebola outbreak in the country.
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-08 · France 24: 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 Kyiv.
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Today's map pulse: 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 New York.
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-19 · NBC News: Six passengers, including Ecuadorian intelligence head Michele Sensi-Contugi and his wife, and the pilot are killed in a helicopter crash on Mount Ololokwe in Samburu County, Kenya. A perspective from New York.
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Today's map pulse: World brief 2026-09-14: Nigeria's Dangote Group launches an initial public offering (IPO) of 4.1 billion shares at ₦525 (US$0.40) each, seeking to raise about ₦2.15 trillion ($1.6 billion) to fund the expansion of the Dangote refinery in Lekki, Lagos State. The sale is set to become Africa's biggest IPO. A perspective from Paris.
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Today's map pulse: 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. A perspective from Madrid.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · Bright Beacon ·
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-12 · ABC News: Several residents are arrested after riots erupted yesterday in Kobani, Syria, over the murder of a Kurdish citizen that was blamed on an Arab man, while a prison riot and fire at Kobani prison leaves seven inmates dead. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the violence erupted over plans to transfer some prisoners to another prison in Aleppo. A perspective from Rome.
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