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The day in brief — September 18, 2026

The stories that led the day, ranked by how many independent outlets covered each one.

The day was eventful, from changes in financial leadership to new discoveries in fauna. The world keeps balancing between geopolitics and everyday life, where even familiar events take unexpected turns. As usual, everything is mixed — from elections to shootings, from summits to migration waves.

The day's stories

1. Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman
   67 outlets
2. Putin puts Russian assets of Auchan and Nestlé under temporary management
   63 outlets
3. New wild cat species discovered in Bolivia for first time in a century
   61 outlets
4. Vucic and Tusk attend Carpathian Eight summit in Ukraine, Fico absent
   55 outlets
5. Putin votes online in Duma election, turnout tops 23%
   54 outlets
6. Macron orders plan to protect French infrastructure from 'Russian hybrid attacks'
   50 outlets
7. Philippines school shooting: students and gunman dead
   44 outlets
8. Ceuta migrant transfer to port camp sparks clashes, rubber bullets
   43 outlets
9. Russia reports mass drone attack, Ukraine says 69 of 93 drones downed
   41 outlets
10. Russia designates filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev as foreign agent
    37 outlets

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