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A moment shaping the map: 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 Hong Kong.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-09 · The Straits Times: Five people are killed and 87 others are reported missing when a fire breaks out aboard a passenger ferry off Coron, Palawan, Philippines. The coast guard rescues 42 people from the vessel, which carried 117 passengers and 17 crew members. A perspective from Seoul.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-17 · Xinhua: Seven people are killed and several others are injured after a fire breaks out in a hotel in Birbhum District, West Bengal, India. A perspective from San Francisco.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-08 · Telegraph India: The United Kingdom announces it will ban imports of all goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, as well as some services, including financing, construction, infrastructure, real estate, and advertising. A perspective from Chicago.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-09-06 · Firstpost: Eleven climbers are killed and six others are injured after an avalanche struck a group of 33 on Mount Mizhirgi in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. Six other climbers are missing as rescuers continue search operations. A perspective from Miami.
Teyana Taylor · Lunar Voyager ·
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-21 · AP: Pakistani forces raid multiple militant hideouts, killing 12 suspected Pakistani Taliban militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 37 suspected Baloch separatist militants in Balochistan. A perspective from Miami.
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A moment shaping the map: News pulse 2026-08-17 · Xinhua: Seven people are killed and several others are injured after a fire breaks out in a hotel in Birbhum District, West Bengal, India. A perspective from Vancouver.
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News pulse 2026-08-29 · RÚV: Iceland rejects restarting membership negotiations with the EU in a referendum.
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News pulse 2026-08-19 · The Guardian: The Office for National Statistics reports that inflation in the United Kingdom rose to 2.9% last month amidst the Iran war.
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News pulse 2026-09-01 · NDTV: Ukrainian officials say that Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and surrounding areas killed at least 12 people, including an Indian national, and injure dozens, while damaging residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure.
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News pulse 2026-09-03 · France 24: At least 37 people are killed after inhaling petroleum fumes while allegedly siphoning fuel from an illegally tapped pipeline in Rivers State, Nigeria.
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News pulse 2026-09-03 · France 24: At least 37 people are killed after inhaling petroleum fumes while allegedly siphoning fuel from an illegally tapped pipeline in Rivers State, Nigeria.
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News pulse 2026-08-31 · France 24: The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands, orders India to comply with the Indus Waters Treaty and restrict work on two hydroelectric projects that could violate it. India rejects the ruling and maintains that the treaty remains suspended.
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News pulse 2026-08-20 · AP: The arrives in the Middle East to relieve the amidst a nine-month deployment and reports of mental health challenges among the crew and supply shortages on the aircraft carrier during the Iran war.
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News pulse 2026-08-17 · The Straits Times: United States president Donald Trump orders the Department of Defense to substantially reduce the Ulchi-Freedom Guardian military exercises with South Korea, citing their cost and his relationship with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un. The drills begin as scheduled.
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News pulse 2026-08-21 · RFI: The Hong Kong Court of First Instance convicts Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung of incitement to subversion over their leadership of a group that organized annual Tiananmen crackdown vigils. They face up to 10 years in prison.
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News pulse 2026-09-04 · CNN: A Russian drone strikes the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) headquarters in central Kyiv, injuring five people. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the attack targeted acting SSU head Oleksandr Poklad, who was unharmed.
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News pulse 2026-08-22 · Sudan Tribune: Sudan's industry ministry establishes a high-level committee to rehabilitate industrial zones in Khartoum State that were damaged during the ongoing civil war along with helping shuttered factories resume production.
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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.
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News pulse 2026-09-03 · Al Jazeera: The Houthis launch an offensive in western Yemen, clashing with the Yemeni Armed Forces and aiming to reach and cut the road linking Taiz to Al-Makha district. Fourteen balistic missiles and several drones are launched in Taiz and Hodeidah. At least 18 Houthi fighters and 13 government troops are killed in the clashes.
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News pulse 2026-09-11 · Reuters: Russian drone strikes hit two petrol stations in Kyiv, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring 12 others. A separate attack on a residential building injures eight people, while another strike kills a woman in Kyiv Oblast.
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News pulse 2026-09-03 · Al Jazeera: The Houthis launch an offensive in western Yemen, clashing with the Yemeni Armed Forces and aiming to reach and cut the road linking Taiz to Al-Makha district. Fourteen balistic missiles and several drones are launched in Taiz and Hodeidah. At least 18 Houthi fighters and 13 government troops are killed in the clashes.
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News pulse 2026-09-12 · RTÉ: 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 2026-08-28 · France 24: The United States and Venezuela agree to expand U.S. access to Venezuelan oil reserves under a deal involving US$100 billion in private investment, while Venezuela retains ownership of its petroleum resources.
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