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World (9)

M 6.1 earthquake, 144 km SE of Hasaki, JapanStrongest in 24 hours · USGS
Tropical Cyclone MURASU-26, IndiaHighest alert now · red · GDACS
Flash Flood Warning, Chatham, NC, Durham, NC, Wake, NCMost severe US alert · severe · National Weather Service
Dozens of flights in Europe hit by second wave of hoax bomb threatsMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison over the deaths of 190 childrenMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Pope begins lengthy trip to Latin America weeks after lung cancer surgeryMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Duchess of Sussex’s estranged half-brother ‘person of interest’ in child sexual abuse inquiryMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Ueno Bank collapse in Paraguay prompts President Santiago Peña to resignMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Adviser Finder and Adviser Register temporarily unavailableNewest official record · UK Government

Space (5)

USSF-432Next launch · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
International Space StationOverhead now · 18th Space Defense Squadron via Space-Track.org, retrieved from CelesTrak
11 people are in spaceIn space now · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
Asteroid 2026 VG3Nearest in 60 days · NASA/JPL CNEOS
Kp 5.00 forecastStorm forecast · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

Money (2)

Australian dollar (AUD)Biggest move · European Central Bank
NigeriaShortest life expectancy at birth · World Bank

History (8)

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launched a successful military campaign to isolate and eventually capture Raqqa, the Islamic State's capital.On this day, 2016 · Wikipedia, On this day
Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.On this day, 2012 · Wikipedia, On this day
A man committing suicide parked his car on the railway tracks in Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, England, causing a derailment that also killed six people on the train.On this day, 2004 · Wikipedia, On this day
Two earthquakes occurring 12 minutes apart struck Yunnan near the China–Myanmar border, killing more than 730 people.On this day, 1988 · Wikipedia, On this day
The Kelly Barnes Dam in Stephens County, Georgia, collapsed; the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused US$2.8 million in damages.On this day, 1977 · Wikipedia, On this day
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ was appointed by the junta of General Dương Văn Minh to head the South Vietnamese government, five days after Minh deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.On this day, 1963 · Wikipedia, On this day
The B Reactor at the Hanford Site in the U.S. state of Washington began producing plutonium, with the facility later going on to create more for nearly the entire American nuclear arsenal.On this day, 1944 · Wikipedia, On this day
As part of their plan to eradicate the Polish intellectual elite, the Gestapo arrested 184 professors, students and employees of the Jagiellonian University (location pictured) in Kraków.On this day, 1939 · Wikipedia, On this day

Culture (2)

HopeNew film this week · Wikidata
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeNew video game this week · Wikidata

Curious (12)

Bill Madden (soldier)Featured today · Wikipedia
Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis) juvenile on Maria Island, Tasmania, AustraliaPicture of the day · Wikimedia Commons
... that Cinema '76 adopted three cats named after a series of independent Philippine films?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that, when Martin Lehmann became the 29th Kreuzkantor of the Dresdner Kreuzchor, he programmed music by his predecessors across three centuries?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that Navajo photographer Eugene Tapahe was inspired by a dream to create Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that Flamy Grant was the first drag performer to top the iTunes Christian Charts?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that labor leader Joe Hill was executed despite calls for clemency by President Woodrow Wilson?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that it was feared that Tsarist Russia would become "Genghis Khan with a telegraph"?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
Russell BrandFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
Ramayana: Part 1Fastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
Nithya RamanFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
saxWord of the day · Wiktionary