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World (9)

M 5.3 earthquake, 81 km SSE of Palekastro, GreeceStrongest in 24 hours · USGS
Tropical Cyclone MURASU-26, IndiaHighest alert now · red · GDACS
Flash Flood Warning, Brevard, FLMost severe US alert · severe · National Weather Service
El-Sayed's primary opponent stuns Democrats by endorsing Republican opponent in Michigan Senate raceMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Hackers turn up the heat on European supermarkets in fridge attacksMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Negotiators ‘braced for worst’ over US-Iran talks to reopen strait of HormuzMost listed this week · Wikipedia
UN’s peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ends after 35 years following US-Russia standoffMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Ukraine, Russia report hacking attacks on emergency alert appsMost listed this week · Wikipedia
Home Secretary Earned Settlement StatementNewest official record · UK Government

Space (4)

USSF-432Next 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 2019 XF2Nearest in 60 days · NASA/JPL CNEOS

Money (2)

Mexican peso (MXN)Biggest move · European Central Bank
NigeriaShortest life expectancy at birth · World Bank

History (11)

Lewis Hamilton overtook Timo Glock in the final corners of the Brazilian Grand Prix to become the Formula One World Drivers' Champion by one point.On this day, 2008 · Wikipedia, On this day
As members of Expedition 1, American astronaut William Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko (all pictured) became the first resident crew to arrive at the International Space Station.On this day, 2000 · Wikipedia, On this day
Tropical Storm Linda made landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.On this day, 1997 · Wikipedia, On this day
A lightning strike ruptured three oil tanks near Dronka, Egypt, causing a flood that killed 469 people.On this day, 1994 · Wikipedia, On this day
Velma Barfield, a convicted serial killer, became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1962.On this day, 1984 · Wikipedia, On this day
South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm (pictured) was arrested and assassinated in Saigon, marking the culmination of a coup d'état led by Dương Văn Minh.On this day, 1963 · Wikipedia, On this day
A large number of people witnessed a fiery object in the sky near Levelland, Texas, which the United States Air Force said was ball lightning.On this day, 1957 · Wikipedia, On this day
The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ended with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.On this day, 1949 · Wikipedia, On this day
The Milwaukee leader, Milwaukee, Wis.100 years ago today · Library of Congress, Chronicling America
James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (died 1849)Born on this day, 1795 · Wikipedia, On this day
George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1856)Died on this day, 1950 · Wikipedia, On this day

Culture (2)

Sir Patrick StewartDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
William NordhausDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026

Curious (11)

Sovetsky Soyuz-class battleshipFeatured today · Wikipedia
Saint-Charles Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Quebec City. Today is All Souls' Day.Picture of the day · Wikimedia Commons
... that some palaeontologists have suggested that a 16th-century dragon statue's head was inspired by the skull of an extinct woolly rhinoceros?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that the Housing and Development Board of Singapore was criticised by some residents for proposing to paint a set of brick-faced apartments to prevent water leakage?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that the "Brazilian bin Laden" did not know who his namesake was before 9/11?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that IBM initially dismissed the Amdahl 470V as they believed that there was no way to make a profit selling only a CPU?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that a critic said that Susan Ludvigson could "re-create entire worlds out of the clay of language"?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that Supernatural holds the record for the longest-running American fantasy television series?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
Haley StevensFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
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Gabby WilliamsFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views