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Latest filed signals
A scheduled scan and a published card are different events. A quiet scan may publish nothing; an older card is not presented as proof that the latest scan succeeded.
Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes committed during the 1990s conflict over Kosovo's independence. The verdict comes from a European Union-backed court in The Hague, which found him guilty of murder, torture, and arbitrary detention.
House votes to hold Leon Black in contempt of Congress over his refusal to appear for a deposition related to the Epstein investigation. The House Oversight Committee has moved to hold Black in contempt, with the Department of Justice deciding whether to pursue criminal charges against him.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU's first associate member, a move aimed at countering U.S. President Donald Trump's economic threats. The proposal comes as tensions rise between Canada and the U.S. over trade and strategic alliances.
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points, boosting its target range to 3.75% to 4.00%. The move, the first in three years, aims to combat persistent inflation, a decision that has drawn criticism from President Donald Trump.
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.0%, marking the first increase in three years. The move contrasts with President Trump's calls for lower rates ahead of November's midterms.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed Canada as the EU's first associate member, aiming to strengthen ties against rising security threats. The move comes as the EU faces challenges from Russia and a shifting global landscape.
Publisher breadth is not editorial independence. Unknown upstream origins are never counted as independent reporting. Open a filed signal to inspect the pages read and its origin test.
Market and research snapshot
Published source series on a monthly basis. Percentage windows are named; current-month values are marked month to date; nothing is interpolated. Snapshot retrieved .
New papers submitted to arXiv: 19,145 papers/month; +12.0% month-to-date daily pace versus the prior month; month to date; observed through 2026-09; 0 days old at retrieval. arXiv submission statistics
Brent crude oil: 130.8 USD/bbl; +43.6% versus the prior month average; month to date; observed through 2026-09-15; 2 days old at retrieval. U.S. EIA via FRED
Gold, LBMA PM fixing: 4,328.2 USD/oz; -1.9% versus the prior month average; month to date; observed through 2026-09-16; 1 days old at retrieval. LBMA
Euro in US dollars: 1.1604 USD; +0.1% versus the prior month average; month to date; observed through 2026-09-11; 6 days old at retrieval. Federal Reserve H.10 via FRED
Bitcoin in US dollars: 76,209 USD; +9.7% versus the prior month average; month to date; observed through 2026-09-16; 1 days old at retrieval. Coinbase via FRED
Nasdaq Composite index: 25,978 index; -1.6% versus the prior month average; month to date; observed through 2026-09-16; 1 days old at retrieval. Nasdaq via FRED
News-triggered public data atlas
Exact article spans resolve against a versioned public gazetteer before bounded public-data enrichment runs. The current public store contains 197 resolved places and 1599 of 5790 mentions matched to their own coordinates; unresolved names are not moved to a capital.
Heat counts distinct ingested news-event clusters. Grey means no ingested observation, not that nothing exists. A zero is a measured zero. Semantic place confidence is an unvalidated rubric, not a probability.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.: 12 distinct ingested event clusters, 20 resolved mentions; last observed .
Data behind the map
Energy infrastructure maps (U.S. Energy Information Administration): 0 public rows. This source is registered, but its event-triggered layers are not yet present in the public atlas database. No record must not be read as no infrastructure. Awaiting event-triggered intake. Primary dataset source
News-resolved places (Natural Earth 10m) (Natural Earth): 197 public rows. Only places resolved from ingested news appear in this table. The bounded gazetteer can omit smaller settlements; absence is not evidence that a place does not exist. Last ingested . Primary dataset source · Download the ingested table
News place activity (Lightcap): 5790 public rows. Distinct ingested news-event clusters, not all events in the world. Missing is shown as no ingested observation. Last ingested . Primary dataset source · Download the ingested table
World Port Index (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency): 0 public rows. Public port characteristics. This source is registered for event-triggered ingestion but is not yet present in the public atlas database. Awaiting event-triggered intake. Primary dataset source
Public ports & major pipelines (OpenStreetMap contributors): 6024 public rows. A bounded 80 km event-triggered query for mapped ports and major oil/gas pipelines. OpenStreetMap is contributor-maintained and incomplete; no record is not evidence of no infrastructure. Last ingested . Primary dataset source · Download the ingested table
Mineral Resources Data System (U.S. Geological Survey): 11795 public rows. Worldwide coverage is incomplete and historical development-status fields may be stale. Geological occurrence records are not reserve estimates. Last ingested . Primary dataset source · Download the ingested table