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Asian stocks waver after deep rout, Fed leaves markets guessing on rates - Reuters
Asian stocks waver after deep rout, Fed leaves markets guessing on rates Reuters Oil prices slip and Asian shares are mostly lower as investors sell chipmaker stocks apnews.com Oil jumps after Iran attempts ‘surprise attack’; chip stocks slump further as AI sell-off continues –…
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 41
Man convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie
A man was convicted of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel "The Satanic Verses."
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Technion scientists receive grants for cancer research on pregnancy, heart disease, recurrance
Professor Irit Ben Aharon received a Research Professorship grant to support her research into the effects of chemotherapy administered to pregnant women on their children.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
'I killed a person:' TLV court sentences Solomon Madmon to life for murder of family member
Madmon was convicted of fatally shooting his daughter-in-law's father, Yosef Yosefia, six times in a Ramat Gan apartment building after a dispute over his son’s separation from Yosefia’s daughter.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Police detain opposition mayor in Turkish Ankara district in dawn raid over corruption claims
The opposition has rejected a wave of accusations since 2024 and says the investigations are politically motivated. The government says the judiciary is independent.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Explosion of US tanker at Egyptian port caused by drones launched from Iran
On Wednesday, maritime security firm Ambrey said that a drone hit a US-owned gas storage tanker at the port of Damietta.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
The war over Hormuz must not replace the fight against a nuclear Iran
Tehran is stalling as Washington wavers. And Israel is watching the Hormuz drama eclipse the real fight: stopping a nuclear Iran.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Rand Paul-led US Senate COVID hearing
Fauci, who is 85 and retired in 2022, was subpoenaed by Paul of Kentucky, the chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and a longtime adversary.
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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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
DreamDomes' Elegant, Weather-Resistant Dome-Shaped Event Tents
This elegant Crossover L event tent is by DreamDomes , a UK-based event-structure company. Unlike a pole tent, it requires no central support, and provides uninterrupted floor space. Additionally, the dome shape does a better job handling wind.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Michael Hilgers' Multifunctional Side Table
This simple design for a multifunctional table is by Berlin-based designer Michael Hilgers. It's two pieces of powder-coated steel and serves as a side table; or, flipped over, it becomes a magazine rack.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Leatherman's Experimental Ratcheting Bit Driver
Leatherman's Garage line is where the company test-markets experimental tools, producing them in small batches. Their latest is the Garage Batch #009 , a ratcheting bit driver that doesn't resemble anything else in their line-up.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Chinese Autonomous Buses are Spreading Around the World
S. was the dominant industrial power. We enjoyed conveniences and luxuries not readily available in other parts of the world, from air conditioning to appliances to cutting-edge vehicles.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Luxury Furniture, or ID Student Project?
In furniture design, there's sometimes an aesthetic and conceptual overlap between high-end minimalist luxury designs and an ID student project. This Fagiolo lounge chair is one of those.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Dutch Community Where People Live on Strips of Land in a Lake
In much of the world, owning a lakeside home is desirable. But in the Dutch town of Loosdrecht, residents live within the lake itself, with houses on their own impossibly skinny islands: The unique geography is of course manmade, the result of peat mining.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 40
Shell posts best quarterly profit in four years as Iran war boosts oil and gas prices
The bumper result comes as energy majors receive a profit boost from soaring fossil fuel prices amid the Iran war.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 40
Samsung Electronics second-quarter operating profit beats estimates on soaring AI chip demand
Samsung Electronics extended its record run with second-quarter operating profit topping analysts' estimates.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 40
Treasury sell-off continues after divided Fed holds interest rates steady
S. Treasury yields continued their upward climb on Thursday as investors weighed the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates steady.