Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for attack on Saudi oil refinery: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 59
Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for attack on Saudi oil refinery
Drone strike comes after Riyadh signs defence pact and Iran issues tough demands to reopen of strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis live – latest updates Yemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthis have claimed responsibility for an attack on a refinery in Saudi Arabia, two days after the…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 48
Iran says Oman deal is in 'final stages,' but US must act first to open Strait of Hormuz
A US official said on Friday that an agreement between Iran and Oman was close and could reopen the strait, which carried a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments before the war.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 42
Israel rejects Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza, PM Netanyahu says
S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace 15-point plan for Gaza, and will not withdraw until Hamas fully disarms, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Trump willing to end war, declare victory against Iran without nuclear deal
According to the officials, Trump privately floated the idea to his senior aides.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israeli ex-security officials contact Abbas as potential Segalovitz move attracts Jewish candidates
"Recently, several people approached Ra'am following the negotiations with Yoav Segalovitz. A group was formed specifically of former senior officials and others," Muhammad Majadle said.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
UK watchdog probes prominent Islamic aid charity over Hamas connections, funding
This follows the arrest of Mohammad Yousef Hasna, an individual employed by Al-Khair Foundation, in the UK last week.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Palestinian rejectionism, not poverty, remains the main obstacle for peace with Israel
The United Nations Partition Plan of 1947 offered a two-state solution with clear borders, and the Arab states and Palestinian leadership rejected it and launched a war instead.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Unitree's Impressive Off-Road Dog-Bot/Pack Mule
It might seem silly to develop a dog robot that can breakdance, as Chinese robotics brand Unitree has done. However, they've put all that agility to practical use.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Sonic's Focus on the UX of Pencil Cases
Here Japanese stationery manufacturer Sonic rethinks the humble pencil case, which is typically a form-follows-function rectangle.
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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
Roof Racks That Automatically Lift and Lower the Load For You
These powered arms eliminate the single biggest hassle of a roof rack: The loading and unloading. They're made by multiple Chinese manufacturers you've never heard of, like Sionto and Kayjay.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Combining Computational Design with Wicker
Wicker story is the name of an initiative by architect Priyanka Narula and her firm, Hyderabad-based Prelab Design Studio. "The project was a response to a prolonged quest to define the future of design in the Indian context," Narula writes.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
U.S. Government Bans Foreign-Made Robots
Recently we've covered a number of robots, ranging from creepy to nifty: UBTECH's U1 companion robots. Unitree's crazy off-road AS2-W . Hyundai's parking robots .
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Meet Fusion Forward Competition Juror Michelle Lee, Partner at IDEO San Francisco
As a Partner and Executive Managing Director at IDEO San Francisco , Michelle Lee leads multidisciplinary teams of researchers, designers, and engineers across sectors ranging from healthcare and workplace culture to responsible digital design and the circular economy.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 40
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Technology/Global/Signal 39
Amazon circumvents Gilroy community vote for AI data center
Hacker News reports on this developing story.
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Science & Climate/North America/Signal 39
Frequent cannabis users wake up with their “stress hormone” already elevated
Frequent cannabis users may wake up with unusually high levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggesting their daily stress rhythms could be disrupted.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 38
Europe Looks Up for First Total Eclipse Since 1999
A total solar eclipse will cross Greenland, Iceland, Portugal and northern Spain on Wednesday August 12th, marking the first total eclipse visible from central or western Europe since 1999.