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Global Tech/Asia/Signal 50
Anker’s travel charger works in almost any country and is down to $20 - theverge.com
Anker’s travel charger works in almost any country and is down to $20 theverge.com My Go-To Travel Adapter Just Dropped Back Down to Its Lowest Price Ever CNET The Anker Nano car charger retails for $20 UA.NEWS Choosing the Best Travel Charger for Phone Trips Abroad Anker…
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Investigative/Global/Signal 46
Trump demands Iran pay compensation for decades of US soldier deaths - The Guardian
Trump demands Iran pay compensation for decades of US soldier deaths The Guardian Trump demands Iran pay US 'for all the people they have killed' USA Today Hopes for Hormuz deal fade as Trump demands Iranian reparations Reuters Live Updates: Trump demands Iran pay compensation…
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 46
Canada flight cancelled after child refuses to wear seat belt
The incident has sparked a debate over child safety and discipline on commercial planes.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 45
Todd Blanche sworn in as attorney general after bruising confirmation battle
With the confirmation fight behind him, Blanche now faces the challenge of having to navigate the demands of a president who has made no secret his desire to use the law enforcement agency to target his political foes.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 43
'Dreams disappear' as Gaza students await evacuation to Italy
Students in Gaza who won scholarships to Italian universties are still stranded in the devastated territory, with unexplained delays to their evacuation
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 43
US has mine swept entire Strait of Hormuz, Trump says
The US has cleared the Strait of Hormuz of Iranian mines and now controls the key oil shipping route, Trump said Monday.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 42
Return of Syrian Kurds to Ras al-Ain suspended after violence
The return of Syrian Kurdish families to their hometown of Ras al-Ain was suspended after they were attacked by armed groups
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israel, Lebanon to continue talks in September as Hezbollah seeks to disrupt process
The discussions between the countries have included talks on a third country demining certain areas, a US official told Al-Arabiya English.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
IAEA set to remove nuclear material from Syrian site in US brokered deal
The agreement would reportedly secure the nuclear material, which Syrian officials claimed to be unaware of, and prevent an escalation between Israel, Syria, and Turkey.
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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
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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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
Second White's Sleek Folding Electric Scooter
This strange-looking suitcase… …is actually a piece of portable mobility. "It is a lightweight 3-stage folding electric kickboard that can be easily carried with one hand," writes South Korean design firm Second White.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 38
Scientific advancement has never been more prolific—so why has trust in science plummeted?
From genome editing to quantum computing, scientific progress is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, yet public faith in science is collapsing.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 38
Machine learning predicts forest soil fungal diversity from drone images
Combining drone data and machine learning can help cover more ground in monitoring forest soil health, University of Alberta research shows. The findings are published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management.