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June 19, 2026

Electric Vehicle Attitudes: Norway, India and the US

Local sources in Norway, India and the US all returned 'Skeptical' on EVs — revealing three completely different stages of the global electric-vehicle transition.

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June 18, 2026

Ukraine Drone Strikes on Russia: UK, Germany and Poland Views

How locals in the UK, Germany and Poland actually talk about Ukraine's escalating drone campaign against Russia — solidarity, fear, and the question of escalation.

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June 18, 2026

Mental Health and Therapy: UK, Brazil and Japan Compared

How locals in the UK, Brazil and Japan actually talk about therapy and mental health treatment — and why stigma looks completely different in each country.

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June 18, 2026

Japan Rearmament and Article 9: Japan, US and South Korea

Japan's defence minister says military buildup is critical to prevent war — but what do local sources in Japan, the US and South Korea actually say about abandoning eight decades of pacifism?

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June 18, 2026

Immigration and Multiculturalism: Australia, Canada and Poland

Australia celebrates multiculturalism as a national achievement. Canada invented the policy but now has 67% saying immigration levels are too high. Poland is still deciding what kind of country it wants to become.

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June 17, 2026

Screen Time for Children: South Korea, US and Sweden

South Korea converges on shared regulation, the US frames it as an overwhelming parenting crisis, and Sweden debates who is responsible — parents or the state. Same anxiety, three different debates.

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June 17, 2026

Israeli Airstrikes on Lebanon: US, France and Turkey

Local sources in all three countries share the same emotion — anger — but frame the conflict entirely differently: the US as a strained peacemaker, France as a morally outraged multilateralist, and Turkey as a country calling it genocide.

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June 16, 2026

US-Iran Ceasefire Reaction: US, UK and Israel Compared

Local sources in the US, UK and Israel all distrust the new US-Iran ceasefire — but Israel's anger is about something the other two don't share.

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June 16, 2026

Social Media Ban for Under-16s: UK, Australia and US

Australia already did it, the UK just announced it, and the US wants it but can't pass it. Local sources reveal what each country actually thinks about banning children from social media.

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June 16, 2026

Rising Interest Rates: Japan, UK and US Compared

Local sources in Japan, the UK and the US all turn anxious about rising interest rates — but each is bracing for a different kind of squeeze.

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