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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-23 · Middle East Eye: The Iran parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission approves a draft allowing Iran to charge ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. A perspective from Tokyo.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-03 · AP: Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says that Russia will close Goethe-Institut cultural centers in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg in response to Germany closing Russia's consulate in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin following the drone attacks at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month. A perspective from Osaka.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-01 · Reuters: Ghana begins requiring artisanal doré bars purchased by privately financed gold buyers to undergo domestic refining before export, with GoldBod considering export applications only after processing at approved refineries. A perspective from Beijing.
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A moment shaping the map: 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. A perspective from San Francisco.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-09 · Arab News Pakistan: Peninsular Spain records its hottest summer since the State Meteorological Agency's measurements began in 1961, with an average temperature of and 61 heatwave days from June through August. A perspective from Chicago.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-31 · AA: A car bomb outside a police station in Ojocaliente, Zacatecas, México, leaves ten people injured. Authorities arrest one suspect related to the attack. A perspective from Dublin.
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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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World brief 2026-09-13: Three people are killed and 15 others are injured when gunfire erupted outside a school in Cotabato City, Bangsamoro, Philippines, used as a polling station for the Bangsamoro Parliament election the following day. Police say that members of rival political factions clashed while competing to be first in line to vote.
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News pulse 2026-08-30 · CNN: One person is killed and five others are injured in a mass shooting at a rave in Aarau, Aargau, Switzerland. The perpetrator is on the run.
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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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World brief 2026-09-11: The Lebanese Army arrests Suleiman Hilal Al Assad, a cousin of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, along with two other men, on drug trafficking charges. The men are now under the custody of Lebanon's defence ministry.
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News pulse 2026-09-05 · The Columbus Dispatch: In association football, Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew wins their 400th game in franchise history.
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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 2026-09-09 · Arab News Pakistan: Peninsular Spain records its hottest summer since the State Meteorological Agency's measurements began in 1961, with an average temperature of and 61 heatwave days from June through August.
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News pulse 2026-08-26 · The Globe and Mail: At least 15 infants are killed and another is injured after a fire at a state-run hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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News pulse 2026-08-22 · The Jerusalem Post: The Israeli Army Radio reports that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a drone strike against a militant in southern Syria whom they accuse of prepping an improvised explosive device (IED) attack against Israeli troops currently occupying the region.
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News pulse 2026-08-27 · Reuters: Three Palestinians are reported to be killed in strikes in the Gaza Strip, violating the October 2025 ceasefire.
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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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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 2026-09-09 · Stars and Stripes: The United States Southern Command's Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere kills three people in a strike on an alleged narcotrafficking drug boat in the Caribbean Sea.
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News pulse 2026-08-27 · Reuters: Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei says that Iran is preparing a set of conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz after mediators called for them to do so.
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World brief 2026-09-13: In tennis, Alexander Zverev wins the men's singles title of the 2026 US Open after defeating Ben Shelton in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–2. It is his first US Open title and second major title overall.
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News pulse 2026-08-27 · Reuters: Three Palestinians are reported to be killed in strikes in the Gaza Strip, violating the October 2025 ceasefire.
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News pulse 2026-08-24 · Reuters: The Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan declares the preliminary results from yesterday's election, stating that Ädilet secured 71% of the vote.
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