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A moment shaping the map: 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. A perspective from Lisbon.
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A moment shaping the map: 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. A perspective from Lisbon.
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News pulse 2026-08-23 · AP: At least 47 people are killed and over 50 others are kidnapped by armed gangs in Kenscoff, Ouest department, Haiti, in one of the largest mass kidnappings in the conflict.
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News pulse 2026-08-31 · The Guardian: A data from the Methane Alert and Response System reports that Turkmenistan has started the process of clearing methane leaks from its oil and gas facilities.
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World brief 2026-09-11: The death toll from the MV June Aster ferry fire off Coron, Palawan, Philippines, rises from five to 35 after firefighters boarded the burned vessel and recovered 30 additional bodies. The coast guard continues searching for dozens of missing passengers and crew.
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News pulse 2026-08-28 · BBC News: A Russian drone strike hits a supply depot in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, triggering explosions and a fire, killing at least 37 people and forcing the evacuation of almost 400 residents. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says explosives stored near homes worsened the disaster.
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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 2026-08-24 · The Japan Times: British prime minister Andy Burnham, during a visit to Kyiv, confirms that he has approved supplying Ukraine with the classified blueprints to produce Storm Shadow cruise missiles despite Russian threats against such a move, which will give Ukrainian forces the ability to strike key targets deep inside Russian territory.
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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 2026-08-25 · Philippine Daily Inquirer: El Salvador declares a nationwide red alert for meteorological and agricultural drought, while Panama declares an El Niño emergency as severe dry conditions damage crops and reduce traffic through the Panama Canal.
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News pulse 2026-09-12 · AP: 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.
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News pulse 2026-08-19 · ABC 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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World brief 2026-09-10: Crude oil prices in the United States, including from Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate, reach US$100, the highest since May, amidst the country's renewed tensions with Iran.
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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 2026-08-18 · Xinhua in Chinese: Five people are killed and 17 others sustain injuries after a parapet wall collapses due to excessive rainfall during a college entrance celebration in Changning County, Sichuan, China.
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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 2026-08-21 · 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 2026-08-18 · AP: A Russian ballistic missile strike kills ten civilians and injures eight others in Pechenihy, Kharkiv Oblast. Several homes are completely destroyed.
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News pulse 2026-08-29 · Al Jazeera: Tuareg rebels free 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for army officer-turned-defector Inkinane Ag Attaher.
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News pulse 2026-08-28 · BBC News: A Russian drone strike hits a supply depot in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, triggering explosions and a fire, killing at least 37 people and forcing the evacuation of almost 400 residents. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says explosives stored near homes worsened the disaster.
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News pulse 2026-08-25 · The Guardian: The U.S. military launches a strike against a vessel in the Caribbean Sea allegedly carrying drug smugglers, killing four people.
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-12 · The Times of Israel: Iraq closes three border crossings with Iran after Iraqi and Saudi officials said that a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's East–West Crude Oil Pipeline originated from Iraq. A perspective from Prague.
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-28 · CBS News: Two men steal a 200-carat platinum-and-diamond necklace from the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria, after smashing a display case with a hammer and fleeing, according to Austrian police. A perspective from London.
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