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No. 33

Sunday, September 6, 2026

World

Which country's Vice President was ordered arrested over allegations she threatened to have the president assassinated?

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was ordered arrested over threats against President Marcos, then posted bail.

NPR · read the story

Politics

The U.S. Supreme Court allowed construction of what Trump project to continue, in a 5-4 decision?

The Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling let construction of Trump's White House ballroom proceed indefinitely.

NBC News · read the story

Business

Which insurance broker did Aon agree to acquire from KKR for $17 billion?

Aon agreed to buy USI Insurance Services from KKR and other shareholders for $17 billion.

Yahoo Finance · read the story

Science

Scientists discovered a massive heat anomaly deep inside which planet?

New gravity measurements revealed a large thermal anomaly in Mars's interior, with the south much hotter than the north.

ScienceDaily

Tech

A rare simultaneous outage hit ChatGPT, Claude and Grok on the same day which new AI model launched?

The outages coincided with OpenAI's launch of its new GPT-6 Astra model on September 3, 2026.

Oliver Willis

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