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party · Hamburg, DE

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-06 · The New York Times: A Boeing 767-300 cargo plane operated by 21 Air, contracted by Amazon Air, overshoots the runway and strikes vehicles while landing at Miami International Airport in Florida, United States, killing five people and injuring five others. A perspective from Singapore.

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event · Lisbon, PT

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-05 · Uganda Mirror: Uganda's health ministry bans mourners from the Democratic Republic of the Congo from attending the burial ceremony of the late Tooro Kingdom king Rukidi IV amidst the Ebola outbreak. A perspective from Singapore.

Hudson Williams · Bright Dreamer ·

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party · Lviv, UA

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-04 · AP: The Royal Cambodian Army announces that they will resume joint military exercises with the United States beginning in February 2027 after they were suspended in 2017. The exercise will be codenamed Exercise Angkor Sentinel. A perspective from Singapore.

Stanley Tucci · Bright Dreamer ·

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event · Copenhagen, DK

Today's map pulse: 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 Singapore.

Lily Collins · Bright Dreamer ·

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party · Houston, US

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-02 · AP via NPR: A Maltese jury acquits businessman Yorgen Fenech of complicity in the 2017 car-bomb killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and of criminal association, finding him not guilty by an 8–1 vote. A perspective from Singapore.

Caitlin Clark · Bright Dreamer ·

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event · Toronto, CA

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-01 · Reuters: Nicaragua's National Assembly approves on first reading a constitutional amendment barring opposition parties from elections and extending presidential and other elected terms from six to seven years. A second legislative vote is required for ratification. A perspective from Singapore.

Robbie Williams · Bright Dreamer ·

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party · Krakow, PL

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-01 · Al Jazeera: Iranian state media reports that five civilians were killed and 63 more were wounded at a wedding party at a home in Kuhestak, Hormozgan province, during an American airstrike against Iranian military targets. A perspective from Singapore.

Sunita Williams · Bright Dreamer ·

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event · Bratislava, SK

Today's map pulse: 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. A perspective from Singapore.

Lane Kiffin · Bright Dreamer ·

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party · Sacramento, US

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-30 · Tempo: The Japanese military ship JS Kunisaki departs from a port in Kure, Hiroshima, to help fight wildfires in Indonesia. A perspective from Singapore.

Amelia Dimoldenberg · Bright Dreamer ·

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event · San Diego, US

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-29 · MENA via The New Arab: Israel strikes the Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in the Deir al-Balah area of the Gaza Strip, killing three people, in violation of the October 2025 ceasefire. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that they targeted a Hamas commander who, according to it, was hiding within the compound of the hospital. A perspective from Singapore.

Markwayne Mullin · Bright Dreamer ·

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party · Los Angeles, US

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-27 · Korea Times: The Korea AeroSpace Administration says that the Nuri will launch 15 satellites, a record, into space from the Naro Space Center in South Korea's Goheung County on October 7. A perspective from Singapore.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor · Bright Dreamer ·

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event · Houston, US

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-27 · Sudan Tribune: Sudan's army repels a Rapid Support Forces attack on the town of Al-Keli in the Blue Nile region. A perspective from Singapore.

Vozinha · Bright Dreamer ·

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party · Berlin, DE

Today's map pulse: 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. A perspective from Singapore.

Alexander Isak · Bright Dreamer ·

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event · Mexico City, MX

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-25 · Al Jazeera: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Ratcliffe visits Moscow, Russia, on an unscheduled military flight to meet with Russian intelligence officials, marking the first known visit by a U.S. CIA director to Russia since 2021. A perspective from Singapore.

Sacha Baron Cohen · Bright Dreamer ·

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party · Rotterdam, NL

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-24 · The Straits Times: The United States formally removes Syria from its designated state sponsors of terrorism list. A perspective from Singapore.

Judith Barsi · Bright Dreamer ·

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event · Mexico City, MX

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-23 · El Heraldo de Chihuahua in Spanish: Iván Manjarrez, a La Línea ringleader accused of controlling illegal logging in the Chihuahua Mountains, is killed during a security operation in Bocoyna Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. A perspective from Singapore.

Pelé · Bright Dreamer ·

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party · Mexico City, MX

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-22 · JFeed: The IDF says that Sharif al-Hasanat, an alleged Hamas company commander affiliated with the Deir al-Balah Battalion of the Al-Qassam Brigades, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza, violating the ongoing ceasefire. A perspective from Singapore.

Jeff Goldblum · Bright Dreamer ·

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event · Chicago, US

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-20 · AP: In American football, the National Football League fines the Dallas Cowboys and the New Orleans Saints $500,000 each after they started a brawl after a joint practice session at the Cowboys' facility in Oxnard, California, United States. A perspective from Singapore.

Marjorie Taylor Greene · Bright Dreamer ·

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party · Vancouver, CA

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-19 · France 24: A U.S.-led research team grows human brain organoids for seven years, the longest reported period, and finds that their cells continue maturing in patterns similar to normal brain development. A perspective from Singapore.

Selena · Bright Dreamer ·

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event · New York, US

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-19 · The Jerusalem Post: Axios reports that the U.S. military has created a new shipping lane in the Strait of Hormuz to help ships transit through the waterway, including the facilitating of 10 million barrels of oil per day. A perspective from Singapore.

Aaron Judge · Bright Dreamer ·

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party · Atlanta, US

Today's map pulse: 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. A perspective from Singapore.

Brett Goldstein · Bright Dreamer ·

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event · Halifax, CA

Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-17 · Al Jazeera: Kurdistan Region prime minister Masrour Barzani reports that Iran has launched a drone attack on the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) prime minister’s office. No casualties are reported. A perspective from Singapore.

Alfred Hitchcock · Bright Dreamer ·

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party · Dallas, US

Today's map pulse: 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 Singapore.

Indira Gandhi · Bright Dreamer ·

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event · San Francisco, US

Today's map pulse: World brief 2026-09-13: An attack on the Panguna mine in the autonomous region of Bougainville, in Papua New Guinea, injures personnel and destroys equipment amid opposition to plans to reopen the copper mine. A perspective from Singapore.

Kelsey Asbille · Bright Dreamer ·

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