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      "region": "Afghanistan (34 provinces)",
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      "released": "2025-10-01",
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      "released": "2026-02-19",
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      "released": "2026-03-24",
      "context_window": "2M tokens",
      "note": "4 reasoning modes (Auto/Fast/Expert/Heavy), 4 parallel agents. Exited beta Mar 24."
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      "released": "2025-11-01",
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      "name": "Llama 4 Maverick",
      "provider": "Meta",
      "released": "2025-11-01",
      "context_window": "1M tokens",
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      "item": "Best Picture: 'One Battle After Another' (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)",
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      "date": "2026-03-15",
      "note": "98th Academy Awards. Also won Directing and Adapted Screenplay."
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      "item": "Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan ('Sinners')",
      "category": "award",
      "date": "2026-03-15"
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      "item": "Best Actress: Jessie Buckley ('Hamnet')",
      "category": "award",
      "date": "2026-03-15",
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      "item": "Album of the Year: 'Debi Tirar Mas Fotos' by Bad Bunny",
      "category": "award",
      "date": "2026-02-01",
      "note": "68th Grammys. First Spanish-language album to win."
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      "item": "Record of the Year: 'Luther' by Kendrick Lamar",
      "category": "award",
      "date": "2026-02-01"
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      "item": "Super Bowl LX: Seattle Seahawks 29, New England Patriots 13",
      "category": "championship",
      "date": "2026-02-08",
      "note": "MVP: Kenneth Walker III. Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara."
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    {
      "item": "NCAA Women's Basketball: UCLA Bruins 79, South Carolina 51",
      "category": "championship",
      "date": "2026-04-05"
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      "item": "NCAA Men's Basketball: Michigan 69, UConn 63",
      "category": "championship",
      "date": "2026-04-06",
      "note": "Michigan's first title since 1989. MOP: Elliot Cadeau."
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      "item": "World Men's Curling Championship: Sweden (Niklas Edin) 9, Canada 6",
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      "date": "2026-04-04",
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      "summary": "US-Israel war on Iran (Day 39). Trump set Tue 8pm ET deadline threatening massive strikes on civilian infrastructure if Hormuz not reopened. Iran rejected 45-day ceasefire. F-15E shot down; Iran hit Qatar and Kuwait. Oil ~$110/bbl.",
      "category": "geopolitics",
      "date": "2026-02-28",
      "ongoing": true
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      "category": "geopolitics",
      "date": "2026-03-02",
      "ongoing": true
    },
    {
      "summary": "Artemis II completed historic lunar flyby Apr 6. Broke farthest-from-Earth record (252,760 mi). Christina Koch first woman to fly by Moon. Crew heading home. Launched Apr 1; crew: Wiseman, Glover, Koch, Hansen.",
      "category": "technology",
      "date": "2026-04-01",
      "ongoing": true
    },
    {
      "summary": "US tariffs: SCOTUS struck down IEEPA tariffs Feb 20 (6-3). Trump imposed Section 122 replacement (10% global, 150-day expiration) and Section 232 pharma tariffs up to 100% (Apr 2). Effective tariff rate 11%, highest since 1943.",
      "category": "economy",
      "date": "2025-04-01",
      "ongoing": true
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      "summary": "FIFA World Cup 2026: 48-team tournament begins June 11 across US/Mexico/Canada.",
      "category": "sports",
      "date": "2026-06-11",
      "ongoing": false
    },
    {
      "summary": "UN Secretary-General succession: 3 active candidates — Rebeca Grynspan (Costa Rica), Rafael Grossi (Argentina/IAEA), Macky Sall (Senegal). Interactive dialogues week of Apr 20. Guterres term ends Dec 2026.",
      "category": "geopolitics",
      "date": "2026-04-01",
      "ongoing": true
    }
  ],
  "corrections": [
    {
      "wrong": "Pope Francis is the current pope",
      "right": "Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost) since May 8, 2025. First American-born pope.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "wrong": "Justin Trudeau is PM of Canada",
      "right": "Mark Carney has been PM since March 2025.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "wrong": "Olaf Scholz is Chancellor of Germany",
      "right": "Friedrich Merz since May 6, 2025.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "wrong": "Shigeru Ishiba is PM of Japan",
      "right": "Sanae Takaichi since Oct 2025. First woman PM of Japan.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "wrong": "Yoon Suk-yeol is President of South Korea",
      "right": "Lee Jae-myung since June 2025. Yoon was impeached.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "wrong": "Ali Khamenei is Supreme Leader of Iran",
      "right": "Mojtaba Khamenei since March 8, 2026. Ali Khamenei killed in US-Israel airstrike Feb 28, 2026.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "wrong": "GPT-4o is OpenAI's latest model",
      "right": "GPT-5.4 released March 2026. 1.05M context window.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "wrong": "Claude 3.5 Sonnet is Anthropic's latest",
      "right": "Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 with 1M context are current frontier models.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "wrong": "Gemini 1.5 or 2.0 is Google's latest",
      "right": "Gemini 3.1 Pro released Feb 2026. 1M context.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "wrong": "Jens Stoltenberg is NATO Secretary General",
      "right": "Mark Rutte since October 1, 2024.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "wrong": "The Fed rate is 4.25-4.50% or 5.25-5.50%",
      "right": "Fed rate is 3.50-3.75% as of Jan 2026. All four major central banks decide Apr 29-30.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "wrong": "There is no major war involving Iran",
      "right": "US-Israel war on Iran began Feb 28, 2026. Also a 2026 Lebanon war (started Mar 2). Strait of Hormuz closed. Global oil/energy shock.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "wrong": "Grok 3 or Grok 4 is xAI's latest model",
      "right": "Grok 4.20 released Mar 24, 2026. 2M context, 4 reasoning modes.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "wrong": "Trump's tariffs are based on IEEPA authority",
      "right": "SCOTUS struck down IEEPA tariffs 6-3 on Feb 20, 2026. Replaced with Section 122 (10% global) and Section 232 tariffs.",
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ]
}