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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.
Canada and the EU announced a new partnership as US President Donald Trump threatened heavy tariffs over Canada's potential association with the bloc. The EU's proposal to make Canada its first associate member faces skepticism and resistance from some member states and Canadian military officials.
The Trump administration has permitted a core Iranian delegation to attend the UN General Assembly in New York, while denying entry visas to Palestinian officials.
37 suspected illegal miners died in Nigerian custody amid concerns over overcrowding and inadequate ventilation, according to officials. The deaths occurred in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Niger state, where a committee of inquiry has been established.
Nine women's bodies have been found in South Africa within two months, prompting police to investigate a potential serial killer. The latest body was found in Dawn Park, raising concerns about a string of unexplained deaths east of Johannesburg.
UN-backed experts say US strikes in Iran may constitute war crimes, with 178 civilians killed in two attacks, including a school in Minab. The findings, by a UN mission, highlight potential violations of international law.
U.S. denies visas to Palestinian officials ahead of UN General Assembly, allowing Abbas to speak via video. The move follows a two-year ban on Palestinian delegation travel to New York.
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: 20,823 papers/month; +15.0% 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; 3 days old at retrieval. U.S. EIA via FRED
Gold, LBMA PM fixing: 4,368.1 USD/oz; -0.9% versus the prior month average; month to date; observed through 2026-09-17; 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; 7 days old at retrieval. Federal Reserve H.10 via FRED
Bitcoin in US dollars: 76,366 USD; +9.9% versus the prior month average; month to date; observed through 2026-09-17; 1 days old at retrieval. Coinbase via FRED
Nasdaq Composite index: 26,418 index; +0.1% versus the prior month average; month to date; observed through 2026-09-17; 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 200 resolved places and 1626 of 5890 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 .
Seoul, Seoul, South Korea: 12 distinct ingested event clusters, 17 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): 200 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): 5890 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): 6085 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): 11896 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