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A moment shaping the map: World brief 2026-09-15: Kenya announces bans on exports of unprocessed gold and establishes at least three refineries, seeking to maximize its economic value by increasing domestic processing. A perspective from Athens.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-24 · Yahoo! Sports: In tennis, Philippine tennis player Alexandra Eala becomes the highest-ranked female player in Southeast Asian history after reaching rank 18. A perspective from Nairobi.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-12 · Arab News: 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. A perspective from Dubai.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-03 · France 24: A court in Moscow, Russia, places children's hospice founder Lida Moniava under judicial supervision, imposing a nightly curfew, internet ban, and contact restrictions over a 2023 post prosecutors said spread false information about the military. A perspective from Manila.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-03 · The Borneo Post: Authorities in Indonesia rescue a mother orangutan and her baby from wildfire smoke on the island of Borneo. A perspective from Seoul.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-16 · Dawan Africa: The Federal Government of Somalia announces that Somali Airlines will resume flights beginning next month, ending a 35-year pause after the country entered a civil war in 1991. A perspective from Beijing.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-13 · AP: Swedes vote to elect all 349 seats of the Riksdag. Incumbent prime minister Ulf Kristersson, who seeks to lead the Moderates to a second consecutive government while including the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats in his cabinet, is being challenged by the former prime minister and SAP leader Magdalena Andersson. Preliminary results indicate that the Red-Greens and the Centre Party are projected to have a combined total of 175 seats, while the four Tidö parties are projected to have a total of 174 seats. A perspective from Honolulu.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-23 · The Times of Israel: The Israel Defense Forces's Duvdevan Unit says that they arrested four Palestinians over the weekend, including two allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State. A perspective from Honolulu.
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News pulse 2026-08-31 · Reuters: It is reported that school principal Rajendra Dawadi saved over 900 students and 16 faculty members at the Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Bidur, Nuwakot District, Nepal, 10 minutes before flash floods hit the area last week.
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News pulse 2026-08-17 · RFI: United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commissioner Rodney S. Scott pauses construction of a $1.7 billion border-security project in Big Bend National Park, Texas, while the CBP reviews the plan amid bipartisan local opposition and environmental concerns.
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News pulse 2026-09-04 · The Hill: Israel frees four prisoners, including two Syrian citizens, via International Committee of the Red Cross as part of efforts to revive U.S.-backed peace talks signed between Israel and Lebanon.
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News pulse 2026-08-26 · UCL: The University College London reports that neurosurgeons in London, England, have performed the first AI-assisted brain surgery at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in a 48-year old patient who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2024.
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News pulse 2026-09-11 · Al Jazeera: The Houthis announce the end and the success of their offensive, expelling government forces from six districts and seizing major locations.
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News pulse 2026-09-03 · France 24: A court in Moscow, Russia, places children's hospice founder Lida Moniava under judicial supervision, imposing a nightly curfew, internet ban, and contact restrictions over a 2023 post prosecutors said spread false information about the military.
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News pulse 2026-09-02 · Euronews: The MV Tuğberk İmamoğlu cargo ship sinks in the Marmara Sea after a collision with an oil tanker, leaving ten people missing.
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News pulse 2026-08-31 · Reuters via Arab News: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says that a supertanker caught fire after hitting two naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC accuses the United States of responsibility for the attack, which the United States Central Command on an X post denies.
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News pulse 2026-09-12 · Arab News: 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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World brief 2026-09-11: Thirteen people are killed and eight others are injured when a minibus collided with a car and a logging truck in Kholmogorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
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News pulse 2026-08-31 · Reuters via Arab News: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says that a supertanker caught fire after hitting two naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC accuses the United States of responsibility for the attack, which the United States Central Command on an X post denies.
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News pulse 2026-09-06 · Reuters: Israeli strikes in Gaza City kill at least four Palestinians, including an eight-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy, and injure six others. Israel says one strike targeted a Hamas member and that it is reviewing the outcome.
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World brief 2026-09-14: The World Food Programme reports that Sudan's Darfur region is having its driest rainy season since the 1980s, worsening famine conditions amidst the ongoing civil war.
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News pulse 2026-09-06 · ESPN: In NASCAR racing, Joe Gibbs driver Christopher Bell wins the Southern 500 race at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina, U.S., snapping a 33-race winless streak.
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News pulse 2026-09-03 · Middle East Eye: U.S. vice president JD Vance says that the country will investigate its military strike against a wedding in Bandar Sirik that killed five people.
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World brief 2026-09-10: The first robotic surgical system in Kyrgyzstan is introduced at the Kyrgyz State Medical Academy.
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