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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-08 · Al Jazeera: Indonesia reopens its airport in Jakarta and four others after previously being closed due to ashes from Anak Krakatoa. A perspective from Melbourne.
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Today's map pulse: World brief 2026-09-13: One person dies, 12 are rescued, and more than 30 remain missing after the sinking of the MV Matui ferry off Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, during rough seas. A perspective from Auckland.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-16 · Xinhua: Ten people are killed after a tourist bus overturns near Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A perspective from Berlin.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-20 · The Jerusalem Post: The Israel Defense Forces accuses Hamas of using the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis to carry out interrogations and torture Palestinians. A perspective from Madrid.
Elena Rybakina · Bright Orbit ·
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Around the world today: World brief 2026-09-10: Algeria cuts diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, without specifying a reason. A perspective from Madrid.
Trey Yesavage · Bright Orbit ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-26 · Reuters: An overnight Ukrainian drone attack "completely destroys" a Wildberries depot in Tambov Oblast, Russia. A perspective from Prague.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-08 · Al Jazeera: Indonesia reopens its airport in Jakarta and four others after previously being closed due to ashes from Anak Krakatoa. A perspective from Lagos.
Callum Turner · Golden Phoenix ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-03 · France 24: Malaysia's disaster agency, meteorological agency, and air force launch cloud-seeding operations in Sarawak to reduce haze and increase water reserves. A perspective from Mumbai.
Folarin Balogun · Playful Phoenix ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-02 · Al Jazeera: Norway seizes the Russian-owned Professor Molchanov ship near Svalbard to enforce a US$4.22 billion compensation award owed to Ukraine's Naftogaz for assets expropriated in Crimea. A perspective from Mumbai.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-17 · Reuters: Indonesia's National Narcotics Board, police, and customs arrest 10 Myanmar nationals after seizing 2.6 metric tons of liquid methamphetamine from a Tanzanian-flagged vessel in waters off the Riau Islands. A perspective from Sydney.
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-08-28 · Reuters: Demonstrators gather in Washington, D.C., United States, to protest against the Trump administration's alleged efforts to rollback voting and civil rights, 63 years after the March on Washington rally by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. A perspective from Auckland.
Ricky Hatton · Cosmic Voyager ·
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Around the world today: News pulse 2026-09-15 · Hindustan Times: United States representative Thomas Massie files articles for impeachment against defense secretary Pete Hegseth for allegedly violating the War Powers Resolution by declaring war against Iran without congressional approval. A perspective from Miami.
Lionel Messi · Lunar Voyager ·
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-05 · Reuters: Peru declares a 60-day state of emergency in five supermax prisons, authorizing police and military forces to control the facilities and surrounding airspace and communications to disrupt criminal organizations operating from prisons. A perspective from Mexico City.
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-09 · Sudan Tribune: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announces that a 10-day cholera vaccination campaign has been launched in Tawila, North Darfur in a effort to immunize 95,000 people in the area. Additionally, 16 deaths are reported from cholera in Sudan's West Kordofan state. A perspective from Madrid.
Tupac Shakur · Bright Beacon ·
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-04 · AP: The Pakistani military says it has killed 48 Baloch separatists in a series of raids on hideouts over the past 72 hours in Balochistan, Pakistan. A perspective from Stockholm.
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A story worth mapping: World brief 2026-09-12: Libya's RADA Special Deterrence Forces seize about 100,000 MDMA pills moulded with former leader Muammar Gaddafi's likeness after tracking a shipment smuggled from Europe. Officers find the drugs hidden in a cargo van and refer several suspects to prosecutors. A perspective from Stockholm.
Michael Keaton · Solar Beacon ·
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-10 · Israel National News: 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. A perspective from Lagos.
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-31 · Reuters: Adobe Inc. reaches a US$4 billion deal to offer free access to AI tools in Saudi Arabia with its Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Humain. A perspective from Cape Town.
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-21 · CNA: At least 14 people are reportedly killed and 20 others are injured after Myanmar's military launched an airstrike on a Buddhist monastery compound in Myaung Township during a religious gathering. A perspective from Dubai.
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-08 · Al Jazeera: Indonesia reopens its airport in Jakarta and four others after previously being closed due to ashes from Anak Krakatoa. A perspective from Singapore.
Callum Turner · Bright Dreamer ·
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-08-20 · The Japan Times: Four railway workers on the Tōbu Nikkō Line are killed after being struck by a Limited express train in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. A perspective from Singapore.
Angie Stone · Bright Dreamer ·
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-15 · Hindustan Times: United States representative Thomas Massie files articles for impeachment against defense secretary Pete Hegseth for allegedly violating the War Powers Resolution by declaring war against Iran without congressional approval. A perspective from Jakarta.
Lionel Messi · Cosmic Dreamer ·
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-13 · GhanaWeb: The Ghana Army says that Battalion 92 of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon will return to Ghana following a year of duty in southern Lebanon. A perspective from Jakarta.
Freddie Mercury · Cosmic Dreamer ·
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A story worth mapping: News pulse 2026-09-05 · AP: Twenty-five people are killed and several others are injured after a bus carrying mostly secondary school students plunges down a slope in Fogo island, Cape Verde. A perspective from Jakarta.
Gary Oldman · Cosmic Dreamer ·
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