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Top 10 stories, 13 September 2026
The ten strongest current-affairs stories of 13 September 2026, each explained from the beginning.
- Science & Technology
China’s FAST telescope maps neutral hydrogen, the cosmic gas for making starsChina’s FAST telescope has produced the latest data release from the FAST All-Sky H I Survey, or FASHI. The catalogue maps neutral hydrogen outside the Milky Way. This matters because that gas supports the growth of sta…
Based on reporting by South China Morning Post
- History & Heritage
9/11: Geopolitical Legacy 25 Years OnThe September 11, 2001 attacks were a coordinated terrorist operation carried out by al-Qaeda. Nineteen hijackers seized four commercial airplanes. Their targets represented financial, military, and political power in t…
Based on reporting by Kyiv Post
- Science & Technology
The US and China are racing to build ‘self-improving AI’. Here’s what’s at stakeUsing AI to build better AI means assigning current models some of the work normally done by AI researchers. They can produce software, propose experiments, analyze results, and suggest training improvements. The goal i…
Based on reporting by South China Morning Post
- Science & Technology
CERN finds gluons behaving strangely deep inside atomic nucleiThe ALICE experiment found that J/ψ particles became much less common when researchers examined the smallest distances inside atomic nuclei. J/ψ production can act as a probe because it depends on interactions involving…
Based on reporting by ScienceDaily
- Defence & Security
‘War on terror’: How 9/11 changed the language of conflictThe post-9/11 wars and counterterrorism campaigns have lasted about 25 years, beginning after the September 2001 attacks. They expanded from Afghanistan and Iraq into a worldwide effort, making “war on terror” a lasting…
Based on reporting by Al Jazeera
- History & Heritage
Americans commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedyThe September 11 attacks were a coordinated terrorist operation against the United States. On September 11, 2001, 19 hijackers took control of four commercial airplanes. The attacks shocked the country because ordinary…
Based on reporting by Tuổi Trẻ
- Politics & Governance
High voter turnout looms in historic BARMM pollsThe Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is preparing for parliamentary elections described in the headlines as historic. These polls matter because they can replace transitional rule with a government chosen…
Based on reporting by Philstar.com
- Culture & Arts
‘He would have been the center of everything’: the art exhibition imagining if Emmett Till livedThe new Chicago exhibition is dedicated to Emmett Till, whose 1955 murder helped ignite the US civil rights movement. It combines remembrance with Black creativity. Its central question is deeply human: Who might Till h…
Based on reporting by Guardian Culture
- Politics & Governance
Philippines holding historic election in Muslim autonomous regionNearly 2.4 million people are choosing lawmakers for Bangsamoro’s first parliamentary elections. They are not electing a separate national government. They are selecting representatives for the autonomous region’s own l…
Based on reporting by South China Morning Post
- Defence & Security
Sikorski Urges Aggressive NATO Drills Near KaliningradPolish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski proposed that NATO hold aggressive military exercises near Kaliningrad. His goal was not simply training. He argued that visible allied activity could expose a Russian weakness…
Based on reporting by Kyiv Post