昭和歌謡 – Shōwa Kayō
📍 JAPAN • Monaki, a new four-member male歌謡(traditional pop) group produced by the leader of the famous group ‘Junretsu’, is gaining significant popularity on TikTok ahead of their major debut.
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Día de Lluvia, Libro y Manta – Rainy Day, Book and Blanket
📍 SPAIN • The weather is a trending topic due to forecasts of significant rain, storms, and lower temperatures in Córdoba and the surrounding Andalusia region.
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La Cuisine est ma Thérapie – Cooking is my Therapy
📍 FRANCE • There is a massive recall of pre-packaged salads, sandwiches, and prepared meals from major supermarkets like Carrefour across France due to potential Listeria contamination.
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Gassenhauer von Gestern – Hit Songs from Yesterday
📍 GERMANY • The 87-year-old American country and comedy singer Ray Stevens is trending after he suffered a fall that resulted in a broken neck.
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AI is Down. Go Touch Grass.
📍 UNITED STATES • The AI assistant Claude, developed by Anthropic, experienced a major outage, causing it to be inaccessible for thousands of users.
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超特急 (Bullet Train (Super Express)) Merch Design
📍 JAPAN • The term ‘超特急’ (Chōtokkyū), meaning ‘Super Express’, is trending. While it refers to the bullet train, it is also the name of a very popular Japanese boy band, making it highly likely the trend is related to band activity.
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Mujeres Pioneras – Pioneering Women
📍 SPAIN • The newspaper is trending for articles about a new book titled ‘Galleteras’, which honors the forgotten history of the female workers at the iconic (but now closed) Fontaneda biscuit factory in Aguilar de Campoo.
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I’d Rather Be Building – Corriere della Sera (an Italian newspaper)
📍 ITALY • The newspaper is trending for its reporting on the use of AI to create propaganda videos, some of which use a toy building-block (Lego-like) animation style, in the context of international relations involving Iran and the US.
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J’ai besoin d’espace – I need space
📍 FRANCE • The Artemis II mission is trending due to its historic nature as the first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years, generating significant public excitement and emotional reactions as the astronauts share their experience.
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Läuft. – Runs. / It’s working.
📍 GERMANY • The price of diesel fuel in Germany has reached a record high, sparking public discussion and official investigations into the cause. This is a topic of widespread frustration for drivers.