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World (10)
- M 6.4 earthquake, southeast of Easter IslandStrongest in 24 hours · USGS
- Tropical Cyclone ARNAB-26, IndiaHighest alert now · orange · GDACS
- Flood Warning, Lake, FL, Volusia, FLMost severe US alert · severe · National Weather Service
- Tropical Storm VanceStrongest storm now · National Hurricane Center
- 2026 Toledo train collisionIn the news · Wikipedia
- Canadian volunteer killed by Russian drone while rescuing animals in Donetsk OblastMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde resigns after months of speculationMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- Bolsonaro, family to be granted U.S. visas after fleeing Brazil in wake of election lossMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- Trump calls for prosecution of Alaskan Democrat over spoiler candidate controversyMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- Latest weekly winter virus surveillance dataNewest official record · UK Government
Space (5)
- IRNSS-1L (NVS-03)Next launch · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- International Space StationOverhead now · 18th Space Defense Squadron via Space-Track.org, retrieved from CelesTrak
- 10 people are in spaceIn space now · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- Asteroid 2026 UE2Nearest in 60 days · NASA/JPL CNEOS
- Kp 5.00 forecastStorm forecast · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Money (2)
- Israeli shekel (ILS)Biggest move · European Central Bank
- NigeriaShortest life expectancy at birth · World Bank
History (11)
- The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait.On this day, 2013 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history.On this day, 2012 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mogadishu.On this day, 2007 · Wikipedia, On this day
- About 10,000 people died when the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near Bhubaneswar.On this day, 1999 · Wikipedia, On this day
- At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.On this day, 1998 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of Gaspra.On this day, 1991 · Wikipedia, On this day
- British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways.On this day, 1986 · Wikipedia, On this day
- A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.S., resulting in 22 deaths.On this day, 1960 · Wikipedia, On this day
- The Hazard herald, Hazard, Ky.100 years ago today · Library of Congress, Chronicling America
- Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Nazi Germany (died 1945)Born on this day, 1897 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1717)Died on this day, 1783 · Wikipedia, On this day
Culture (2)
- FjordNew film this week · Wikidata
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4New video game this week · Wikidata
Curious (11)
- Chimacum CreekFeatured today · Wikipedia
- Vineyards (AOC Languedoc-Cabrières) in autumn at the foot of the Pic de Vissou. Commune of Cabrières, Hérault, France.Picture of the day · Wikimedia Commons
- ... that William Hartnell never knew his father, despite claiming in interviews that he was the son of a soldier, stockbroker, or dairy farmer?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that, contrary to popular belief, "crud" does not stand for "Chalk River unidentified deposits"?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that North Korean women's football teams have won three Asian Cups, three U20 World Cups and four U17 World Cups, despite the country's international isolation?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Maudy Koesnaedi avoided press inquiries by saying her husband was pregnant?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Israel forfeited their sixth-round matches at the 46th Chess Olympiad due to the observance of Yom Kippur by their players?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Mexican botanist Miguel de Jesús Cházaro Basañez, who described 11 species of Agave, died while reading a book on plants?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- 2026 Israeli legislative electionFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 35Fastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- LampreyFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views