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It’s 100 Days Until A Total Solar Eclipse. Here’s How To See It | Flipboard

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The provided text is a collection of news snippets and headlines from a content aggregator, primarily focusing on an upcoming solar eclipse in 2026 and various stories related to Iceland and Armenia. It includes information on astronomical events, political meetings, and Icelandic startups.

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“It’s on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, when the moon’s darkest shadow will sweep across Greenland’s Arctic fjords, Iceland’s volcanic landscapes and the wide plains of Spain.”
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Multiple independent sources, including Wikipedia and the National Solar Observatory, confirm a total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026, passing over Greenland, Iceland, and Spain.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The GIUK gap (sometimes written G-I-UK) is an area in the northern Atlantic Ocean that forms a naval choke point. Its name is an initialism for Greenland, Iceland, and the United Kingdom, the gap bein…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIUK_gap
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and is the largest of the kingdom's three constituent parts by land area, the others being Denmark proper and the Faroe Islands. Citizens…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, with a magnitude of 1.0386. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_12,_20…
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“For up to 2 minutes 18 seconds, the moon will completely block the sun”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about boxing equipment and general Wikipedia entries for the year 2026. No source provides the specific duration of totality (2 minutes 18 seconds) for the August 12, 2026 eclipse.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2026 (MMXXVI) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2026th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 26th year of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NBA playoffs is the ongoing postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2025–26 season. The playoffs began on April 18 and will end with the conclusion of the 2026 NBA Fina…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NBA_playoffs
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 135 days remain until the end of the year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_18
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“An astronomical event recorded on a clay tablet found in 1948 among the ruins of the ancient city of Ugarit, in what is now Syria, was identified 20 [years later/etc]”
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Two independent web search results confirm that a clay tablet recording a solar eclipse was found in 1948 in the ruins of Ugarit, Syria.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Royal Palace of Ugarit is a Bronze Age ruins in the former port city of Ugarit on the Mediterranean coast of Syria. The royal residence of the rulers of the ancient Kingdom of Ugarit, it was excav…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Palace_of_Ugarit
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and northwe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ugarit (; Ugaritic: 𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚, ủgrt /ʾUgarītu/) was an ancient Levantine coastal city located in what is today northern Syria. The site, with its corpus of ancient cuneiform texts, was discovered in 1928. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugarit
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“Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Armenia today to meet with world leaders during the European Political Community summit”
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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference from EuroNews, multiple web search results, and Wikipedia entries stating that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is attending the European Political Community summit in Armenia.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mark Carney's current tenure as prime minister of Canada began on March 14, 2025, when he accepted an invitation from Mary Simon, the governor general of Canada, to form the 30th Canadian Ministry and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiership_of_Mark_Carney
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mark Carney, the 24th and current prime minister of Canada, has made 17 trips to 25 countries since his premiership began on March 14, 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mark Joseph Carney (born March 16, 1965) is a Canadian politician and economist who since 2025 has served as the 24th prime minister of Canada, leader of the Liberal Party, and the member of Parliamen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carney
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“Ásrún Helga Kristinsdóttir, leader of Framsóknarflokkurinn (Progressive Party)”
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The claim identifies Ásrún Helga Kristinsdóttir as the leader of the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn). However, the evidence from the World Biographical Encyclopedia identifies Pall Petursson as the Parliamentary Leader of Framsóknarflokkurinn.
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web search NEUTRAL — The site owner hides the web page description.
https://www.facebook.com/Framsóknarflokkurinn-í-Norðurþingi-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Progressive Party (Icelandic: Framsóknarflokkurinn, FSF) is an agrarian[1][2] political party in Iceland. From 30 November 2017 until the 2024 election, the party was a coalition partner in the Bj…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Party_(Iceland)
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web search NEUTRAL — Pall PETURSSON, Icelandic Parliamentary Leader, Framsoknarflokkurinn (Progressive Party).Parliamentary Leader, Framsoknarflokkurinn (Progressive Party). Add photo. Click for see on larger map.
https://prabook.com/web/pall.petursson/3665741
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