Honduran ex-president returns home after Trump pardon: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 47
Honduran ex-president returns home after Trump pardon
Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez – who was serving a 45-year prison sentence in the United States for drug trafficking until President Donald Trump pardoned him last year – returned to his home country on Sunday.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 42
Netanyahu says Iran is top agenda in meeting with Trump
S. President Donald Trump for their first face-to-face talks since the start of their conflict with Iran. S.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Ben-Gvir rules out running with Smotrich for elections, says parties are 'fundamentally different'
The Otzma Yehudit leader said the parties appeal to different voters, warned against a unity government, and defended his policies on Gaza and security prisons.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Hezbollah and Iran built parallel school networks to radicalize Lebanese youth
Earlier efforts included the establishment of modern religious and social institutions, as well as the spread of secular ideologies such as Marxism among segments of the community.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
First Temple-era figurine mold unearthed in Jerusalem's 'most significant excavation' in decades
Tower of David Museum Chief Curator Eilat Lieber said that "the discovery of the first mold for producing figurines dating to the First Temple period has generated tremendous excitement."
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Syria's Sharaa unveils regional strategy, seeks Israel security arrangement
Ahmed al-Sharaa presented Syria's emerging foreign policy: closer ties with Washington, continued engagement with Moscow, eventual security arrangements with Israel, avoidance of regional conflicts.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Knesset to High Court: Judicial-selection overhaul does not justify striking down Basic Law
Under the current system, the committee includes three Supreme Court justices, two ministers, two MKs, and two representatives of the Israel Bar Association.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Announcing <i>Fusion Forward: Design for Home</i>, a New Competition from Core77 and Autodesk Fusion
Core77 and Autodesk Fusion have teamed up to launch Fusion Forward: Design for Home , a competition inviting designers to reconsider the products that shape everyday domestic life.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Clever Design for a Stud Finder Combines Low and Hi Tech
H. Hanson Magnetic Stud Finder is a simple, low-tech piece of kit. It has two powerful magnets on the back, and you wave it around a wall until it snaps to a screw behind the paint.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Security Camera Designed to Indicate When It's Not Watching (You)
Home security cameras are intended to record intruders, not the homeowners themselves. It's creepy to think that someone could hack into them to observe you, but that's the trade-off these products require. One departure is this Smart Camera 4 Zoom by Xiaomi.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
AIM's Deconstructed Kitchen Faucet
For thirty years, Wenzhou Dinggu Technology Co. made molds for manufacturers of bathroom fittings. In 2018, they decided to do their own thing and lean into design, forming a spin-off called AIM Faucet.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
John Meng's Found-Object Cigar Ashtray
This Achille cigar ashtray is by Zhangzhou-based designer John Meng. "A cigar ashtray constructed from espresso portafilter component, a filter basket, and a blind bowl. Stainless steel and Beech wood.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
An Apple Vision Pro Seating Station at a Parisian Opera House
Typically at an opera house, the only thing patrons are looking through are opera glasses. But at Paris' historic Palais Garnier, they've got Apple Vision Pro headsets on offer.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Light is Bringing Back the Flip Phone
In a sign that consumer technology has gone too far, for the first time in modern history we're seeing a younger generation pushing back. In the early 20th century, all teenagers dreamt of owning a radio; in the latter half, a (landline) telephone, a TV, a Walkman, a cell phone.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
AI and robotics accelerate search for better gut microbiome therapies
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a method for systematically developing novel, complex combinations of probiotics and prebiotics to more effectively maintain gut health and treat various gastrointestinal diseases.
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Technology/North America/Signal 40
Tariffs didn’t bring manufacturing jobs back to the US
The Verge reports on this developing story.
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Technology/North America/Signal 40
Samsung’s 27-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor is priced right at $299.99
The Verge reports on this developing story.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 39
Renewed US-Iran strikes up risk for daring Dynacom vessels
The Greek shipowners are among the few still chasing outsized profits by sending their tankers into the world’s most dangerous waters.