Kosovo's former president sentenced to 25 years for war crimes: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 69
Kosovo's former president sentenced to 25 years for war crimes
Hashim Thaci has been jailed for crimes including torture and murder during Kosovo's independence war with Serbia.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 60
House votes for a third time to end Iran war in symbolic move as conflict drags on – US politics live
The action is likely the last House vote on issue ahead of the midterm elections Sign up for the US Breaking News email On Capitol Hill today, Dr Nicole Saphier , Donald Trump’s third pick to be the US surgeon general will face lawmakers on the Senate health, education, labor…
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 59
European Union invites Canada to become first ever ‘associate member’
Commission president says EU must ‘urgently reimagine our partnerships’ as she makes unprecedented offer Europe live – latest updates Canada has been invited to become the first “associate member” of the EU by the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 48
Poll: Americans say there’s a serious risk of AI destroying humanity
A new POLITICO Poll finds that a plurality of Americans favor pausing the development of more advanced AI models, and 63 percent say the technology poses at least a moderate risk of destroying humanity.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 46
Duterte makes first appearance before ICC judges
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared in person at the ICC as judges considered claims of memory impairment and poor health. The 81-year-old is accused of crimes against humanity.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 40
12 takeaways from von der Leyen’s State of the Union
Everything you need to know about what was said — and not said — in the European Commission president's big speech.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
London Jews warn of security crisis after antisemitic arson attacks
On Tuesday, the London Assembly Fire Committee met to discuss LFB response to the antisemitic arson attacks that occurred between March and May 2026, including the burning of Hatzolah ambulances.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Bulldog Binder: Improving the Design of the Ratchet Binder
Out here in the country, people commonly haul heavy things around on trailers: Tractors, skid steers, back hoes. Safely securing these items to the trailer is a must. This is typically done with chains that are drawn tight using this thing, which is called a ratchet binder.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Kitchen Scissors Designed Specifically to Deal with Three Aspects of Sauce Packets
Modern domestic Japanese cuisine comes with a lot of sauce packets. Curry, soup, miso, ramen flavoring, etc. all come in sealed foil pouches; with certain dishes, you boil the pouch itself to heat the contents, before cutting it open and adding it to your dish.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Izzy Swan Revolutionizes Workbench Hold-Down
Not too long ago, in order to have vacuum hold-down at your workbench, you needed an air compressor and earplugs. Those days are over. This is the VacQube , a diminutive, quiet 12V vacuum pump created by inventor Izzy Swan.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Autodesk's Aishwarya Balamukundan on Judging Core77's Fusion Forward Competition
Ask Aishwarya Balamukundan what excites her most in design right now, and she'll point to something almost invisible: the shrinking gap between having an idea and holding the finished thing.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Americans Invent Yet Another Crazy-Ass Racing Style: "King of the Hill"
I'm sure our overseas readers are shaking their heads. Yes, we Americans have done it again, inventing a new bat-shit style of racing. It was going to be hard to top the Rockford Speedway Figure 8 Trailer Race , where all participants had to drag a trailer.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Oilstainlab's Automotive-Inspired Maniac Chair
Out of the corner of your eye, this might appear to be a midcentury chair. But look closer, and you see a material no 1950s Scandinavian designer got to play around with: Carbon fiber. The piece is in fact current.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Chinese Cars are Now Achieving 5-Star Safety Ratings
When you think of Chinese automobiles, safety isn't the first thing that comes to mind. But in a relatively short amount of time, China's nascent automaking industry appears to have caught up with, and even exceeded, long-established car brands in safety ratings.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 40
Oil prices fall after U.S. says damaged Saudi pipeline will restart operations in days
S. and Iran battle for control over Hormuz.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
A 16-minute train delay shows how a solar storm disrupted Victorian technology
A 178-year-old mystery surrounding one of the earliest recorded examples of space weather affecting technology has been solved by an international team led by Lancaster University.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
The Mediterranean is getting warmer and saltier at an ever-faster pace—even thousands of meters below the surface
Across its basins and thousands of meters down, the Mediterranean Sea is getting warmer and saltier. Now, a new study finds it is also doing so at an increasingly rapid pace.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
Is pasta a type of noodle? The surprisingly serious debate over two beloved carbs
Certain taxonomic debates resurface time and again.
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