Netanyahu says Iran is top agenda in meeting with Trump - Reuters: the hour's strongest signal
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Investigative/Global/Signal 63
Netanyahu says Iran is top agenda in meeting with Trump - Reuters
Netanyahu says Iran is top agenda in meeting with Trump Reuters In Washington, Netanyahu Faces a Delicate Balancing Act The New York Times Netanyahu and Zelenskyy to arrive in Washington for Graham funeral – with hopes of winning Trump’s ear The Guardian Netanyahu is finally…
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 44
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 40
IDF increases West Bank deployment to 26 battalions amid sharp rise in violence
It is not yet clear whether the additional deployment will remain in place throughout the summer, as the military continues to reassess a rapidly shifting situation.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Hundreds rally in New York City to condemn Mamdani after stabbing attacks
Hundreds gathered on New York City's Upper West Side for a "United Against Hate" rally targeting Mayor Zohran Mamdani, amid concerns over antisemitism, crime, and recent stabbing attacks.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
'Abandoning values': Yoaz Hendel accuses Religious Zionist Party of encouraging mass draft evasion
The former minister rejected reliance on Arab and haredi parties, called for a broad Zionist government, and said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should leave office.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
West Bank raids follow Gilad Farm shooting, nine arrested including shooter's father
Police did not say what the father was suspected of and did not allege that he was involved in the attack itself. He was transferred for questioning.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
A-G asks High Court to freeze law separating police investigations unit from prosecution
The A-G warned that the law would create a “political prosecution unit” capable of intimidating police officers, investigators, prosecutors and journalists.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Twelve Torah scrolls stolen in targeted antisemitic break-in at synagogue near Paris
"It was with shock and anger that I learned this morning that the Jewish community of Levallois had been struck at what is most sacred and precious to it," said Levallois Mayor Agnès Pottier-Dumas.
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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
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
Humanscale Revives a Niels Diffrient Design for a Hybrid Work/Lounge Chair
The Diffrient Lounge is a new type of chair that's been decades in the making. As the name suggests, it was conceived of by industrial designer Niels Diffrient, who passed away in 2013; more recently Humanscale decided to advance the design and put it into production, as the…
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
DeFF's Diminutive Premium Pen
As with Studio Neat's minimalist Mark Two Pen , Japanese design firm DeFF has also designed a tiny but premium writing instrument. 92") in the writing/drawing configuration.
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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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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 40
Comey asks judge to dismiss Trump 'seashells' case citing lack of 'true threat'
Ex-FBI Director James Comey is charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump by posting an Instagram photo of seashells forming the message "86 47."
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
Christmas in July: Engineers capture gigapixel 3D video of snowflakes
For the first time, researchers can witness nanometer-scale thickness changes across a melting snowflake with a compact, lensless chip that captures gigapixel video at 30 frames per second across centimeter-scale fields.
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Longform/North America/Signal 40
Slate Pears Game 347: Jul. 27, 2026
Today's puzzle has seven pears.