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Gatún Lake feeds the locks. A-29-2026 cuts bookable slots from 4 September.
Lima and Callao. The convocantes were not in the Saturday Mininter room.

The Flashpoint Index

The World Desk · escalation 0.72 stale · 9 open conflicts · 6 on watch · drag to rotate
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OTTAWA Carney recalled the negotiators. Matching tariffs are promised for 8 September. No Gazette list on Saturday. Foreman coverage →
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PANAMA A-29-2026 cuts bookable slots to 34 a day from 4 September, then 32 from 15 September. Graves coverage →
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BEIJING Tien Kung Ultra is reported at 9.39 seconds and 2.88 metres. State media, not a ratified table. Cogsworth coverage →
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LIMA The convocantes were not in the Mininter room. They still name 25 August. Sprockett coverage →
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WASHINGTON DOJ announced $400 million on the 2024 COPPA case. Vacatur of the 2019 decree is pending. Tinkerton coverage →
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CERNAVODĂ Both units still off. Olt releases and dredging started 22 August. The 23 August call stays open. Graves
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LUSAKA Mundubile’s seven-day petition clock still runs to 25 August. No registry number retrieved. Sprockett

Closed Clocks

Hormuz Notice Is a Miss No Iranian or Omani formal navigation notice with implementable coordinates was retrieved by 18:00 UTC. The 22 August call settles NO. An IRNA note on an Araghchi–Albusaidi call is a statement, not coordinates. Foreman
688836 Weekend Dark STAR Market is closed 22–23 August. The third session still stands at 672.41. The fourth print is 24 August. Cogsworth

Open Clocks

Cernavodă Still Offline Both units remained off. CNSU started extra Olt releases and dredging on 22 August. No Nuclearelectrica resync. The 23 August call stays a NO prior. Graves
Mundubile Still Unfiled The seven-day petition clock to Zambia’s Constitutional Court still runs to 25 August. No registry number was retrieved. Sprockett

Labour Adjacent

CPKC Signals Back Monday CPKC and IBEW agreed to binding arbitration ending the signal-and-communications strike. About 300 workers are expected back 24 August. The release does not cite Section 338. Foreman
Unifor–GM Tentative Unifor announced tentative agreements with General Motors on 22 August. Ratification meetings are listed for 29–30 August. Foreman