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A moment shaping the map: World brief 2026-09-10: Health minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain announces that Bangladesh will resume nationwide vaccinations beginning on September 25 amidst the ongoing measles outbreak. A perspective from Reykjavík.
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On the public-interest radar: 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. A perspective from Dublin.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-16 · O Globo: Ten people are killed after a tourist bus overturns near Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A perspective from Berlin.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-22 · AP: The Central African Republic's government closes down a gold mine site in Zamboye that killed over 100 people after it collapsed, citing non-compliance with regulatory procedures. A perspective from Madrid.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-02 · Arab News: The World Food Programme reports that an airstrike hit two UN food aid trucks in Dilling, South Kordofan, Sudan, over the weekend, destroying emergency supplies. A perspective from Prague.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-31 · France 24: The death toll from the flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States, last Saturday rises to two, while the number of people missing falls from more than 20 to one after park rangers locate most of those previously unaccounted for. A perspective from Bucharest.
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A moment shaping the map: 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. A perspective from Athens.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-31 · France 24: The death toll from the flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States, last Saturday rises to two, while the number of people missing falls from more than 20 to one after park rangers locate most of those previously unaccounted for. A perspective from Jakarta.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-26 · Jamaica Observer: Flash floods and mudslides along the Trishuli River impact between Nepal and Tibet, China. At least 160 people are killed, hundreds are injured and 463 others, including over 200 tourists, are reported missing in Nepal, while Chinese Communist Party officials report three deaths and 265 missing in Tibet, severely affecting Gyirong County and its port. A perspective from Hong Kong.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-03 · BBC News: Six crew members are referred to court as part of the investigation into the ship collision in the Sea of Marmara yesterday, while the search continues for the ten Turkish crew members aboard the sunken MV Tuğberk İmamoğlu cargo ship. A perspective from Honolulu.
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A moment shaping the map: 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. A perspective from Chicago.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-18 · The Philippine Star: A student is killed while nine other people are injured in a mass shooting at a junior secondary school building of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City, Philippines. The perpetrator, also a student, later kills himself. A perspective from Dublin.
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On the public-interest radar: News pulse 2026-09-04 · NBC News: The Nepali Army rescues two people from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station in Rasuwa District, a week after floods ravaged the country. A perspective from Chicago.
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News pulse 2026-09-08 · Saba News Agency: The toll from yesterday's Saudi airstrike against a prison in Al-Jawf Governorate increases to 17 people killed and seven more wounded.
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News pulse 2026-08-29 · Garowe Online: The Cameroon-flagged Turkish cargo ship MV LUTUF, which was hijacked on August 17, is freed by Somali and Turkish forces off the coast of Somalia. Conversely, the Puntland ministry of security says a ransom was paid.
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News pulse 2026-09-11 · CNBC: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declares an end to the cyclosporiasis food poisoning outbreak, which is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis and linked to iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, in the United States.
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News pulse 2026-09-07 · MENA via The New Arab: Oman's navy says that they have rescued 16 crew members from a Saudi Arabia-flagged oil tanker SIDR that was attacked a week ago in the Strait of Hormuz.
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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 2026-09-10 · The Times of Israel: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet confirm that they have killed Hamas senior leader Farah Hamed, a senior member who was accused of carrying out the 2003 attack that resulted in the killing of, the late husband of Limor Son Har-Melech, in a airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
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News pulse 2026-09-05 · Motorsport Network: Dutch Loek Hartog rescues fellow driver from a burning car following an accident at the Shanghai International Circuit.
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News pulse 2026-08-17 · Reuters: Humanitarian NGO Emergency rescues 50 migrants from a wooden boat in international waters off Libya and recovers seven bodies. Two survivors require urgent medical evacuation, and 29 of those rescued are unaccompanied minors.
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News pulse 2026-08-30 · Xinhua: A Ukrainian missile strike on Belgorod, Russia, kills two people and injures 16 others, according to regional acting governor Alexander Shuvaev.
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News pulse 2026-09-02 · Reuters: Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise, the only candidate, is elected by the Riigikogu as President of Estonia. She will be sworn into office on October 12, succeeding Alar Karis.
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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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