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  1. Trump to end $3.8B annual U.S. security aid to Israel

    1h scan; card published ; 4 publisher pages; approximately 3 origin clusters inferred from measured full-text reuse.

    President Donald Trump announced plans to end a $3.8 billion annual security aid program for Israel, which was set to end in 2028. The agreement, signed in 2019 by former President Barack Obama, was a ten-year commitment for military assistance. Trump said Israel, a prosperous nation, does not need the aid, though he pledged to help if needed.

  2. Midterms 2026: Key states and timing as voters head to polls

    1h scan; card published ; 3 publisher pages; upstream origin unresolved 1–3.

    Midterms 2026 are set to determine the future of U.S. politics as voters head to polls across key states. The results will shape the balance of power in Congress and influence Donald Trump's remaining two years in office. With 58 million Americans already voting by mail, the race is expected to be closely contested in critical battlegrounds like Texas and Michigan.

  3. US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Vance voices optimism about a deal

    1h scan; card published ; 3 publisher pages; upstream origin unresolved 1–3.

    US military strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as diplomatic efforts to end the war gain momentum. The strikes, described as defensive, follow reports of indirect negotiations between Tehran and Washington. The attacks come as midterm elections loom, with voters likely to punish Trump’s party for the war’s impact on living costs.

  4. Marko Kričak and Boško Sekulović detained for 30 days over corruption and abuse of power charges

    1h scan; card published ; 3 publisher pages; upstream origin unresolved 1–3.

    Marko Kričak and Boško Sekulović have been detained for 30 days by a higher court in Belgrade. The detention was ordered following allegations that they may obstruct the investigation by influencing witnesses. The decision was announced by the Higher Court in Belgrade, which cited specific circumstances indicating a risk of interference with the proceedings.

  6. Russian strikes kill at least 26 in Ukraine aid center

    1h scan; card published ; 4 publisher pages; upstream origin unresolved 1–4.

    Russian airstrikes killed at least 26 people in a humanitarian aid center in southern Ukraine, according to Kyiv. The attacks targeted a school used for distributing aid and a shelter where residents were seeking refuge.

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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 324 resolved places and 3207 of 10150 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.

Places in the current public interval

  • Kyiv, Kiev, Ukraine: 50 distinct ingested event clusters, 60 resolved mentions; last observed .
  • Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia: 41 distinct ingested event clusters, 63 resolved mentions; last observed .
  • Al Khalil, Palestine: 32 distinct ingested event clusters, 56 resolved mentions; last observed .
  • Wainwright, Alaska, United States of America: 25 distinct ingested event clusters, 35 resolved mentions; last observed .
  • Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain: 23 distinct ingested event clusters, 36 resolved mentions; last observed .
  • Hail, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia: 20 distinct ingested event clusters, 25 resolved mentions; last observed .
  • Rome, Lazio, Italy: 20 distinct ingested event clusters, 32 resolved mentions; last observed .
  • Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine: 19 distinct ingested event clusters, 22 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): 324 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): 10150 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): 8433 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): 15556 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

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