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The day in brief — September 21, 2026

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

The day was rich in numbers and contradictions, from record election percentages to fines in the hundreds of millions. Somewhere politicians vow to hold a coalition together, somewhere people protest against authorities, while Tokyo braces for a typhoon. All in all, the world as usual — balancing between statistics and unpredictability.

The day's stories

1. Merz calls state election result a 'disaster' as CDU suffers historic defeat
   122 outlets
2. Putin's United Russia wins record 355 seats in State Duma
   119 outlets
3. Presley Gerber, Son of Cindy Crawford, Dies at 27
   96 outlets
4. CNN, Politico, MS NOW sue Trump administration over White House ban
   95 outlets
5. US, China agree on AI dialogue ahead of Xi's state visit
   74 outlets
6. ICE agent shoots Venezuelan delivery driver in Austin, sparking protests
   66 outlets
7. Irish regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing
   45 outlets
8. Trump says Russia 'lost control' of diesel industry, calls for end to Ukraine war
   44 outlets
9. Typhoon Dujuan nears Tokyo: 1.6 million urged to evacuate, hundreds of flights cancelled
   44 outlets
10. Kadyrov wins Chechnya election with record 99.85% of votes
    42 outlets

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