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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.
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News pulse 2026-09-09 · Xinhua: A train collides with a truck at a level crossing in Sokolniki Suche, Poland, killing one person and injuring 20 others.
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News pulse 2026-09-14 · BBC News: The United States confirms for the first time that it has deployed a weapon in Earth's orbit. Air Force secretary Troy Meink says the highly classified weapon is necessary to "safeguard U.S. forces" against potential enemy action.
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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.
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News pulse 2026-09-14 · Entertainment Weekly: American actress Jean Smart wins a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Hacks, becoming the first actress to win for every season of a show.
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News pulse 2026-09-12 · AP: The Olympic flame arrives in Dakar, Senegal, ahead of the upcoming Youth Olympic Games, which will be the first Olympic Games held in Africa.
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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.
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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.
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News pulse 2026-08-31 · Al Jazeera: Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip kill at least five people.
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News pulse 2026-09-04 · BBC News: The remains of King Rukidi IV of the Tooro Kingdom return to Uganda for his burial.
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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.
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News pulse 2026-08-20 · AP: A earthquake strikes the Parinacochas province in Peru.
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News pulse 2026-08-31 · Reuters: Kosovo's Vetëvendosje and Democratic League parties agree to support former Constitutional Court judge Bekim Sejdiu for president, potentially ending nearly two years of political deadlock and enabling the formation of a new government.
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News pulse 2026-08-25 · AFP: South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Company reaches a deal to end a month of walkouts by workers.
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News pulse 2026-08-16 · O Globo: Ten people are killed after a tourist bus overturns near Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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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.
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News pulse 2026-09-06 · ABS-CBN News: Jakarta's Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Indonesia's busiest airport, suspends flight operations after volcanic ash from Anak Krakatoa reaches the airport.
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News pulse 2026-08-21 · Reuters: Resistance fighters and a local activist say Myanmar's military deployed hundreds of troops around the proposed Dawei Special Economic Zone in the Tanintharyi Region, burning villages and pushing resistance groups back as the government seeks to revive the project.
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News pulse 2026-08-29 · National Catholic Register: Pope Leo XIV publishes a motu proprio to amend the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, granting them the ability to remove their respective Patriarchs via a two-thirds vote with papal approval, if the relationship between them and the council is broken beyond repair.
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News pulse 2026-09-07 · Reuters: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announces that Greenland and the European Union have reached a €200 million (US$232.5 million) partnership deal.
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-02 · Financial Times: Digital rights organization SHARE Foundation documents at least 14 Serbian students and opposition activists targeted with Pegasus or NoviSpy spyware in 2026, while Citizen Lab confirms Pegasus infection in at least one case. A perspective from New York.
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