US opts not to back Saudi Arabia in Yemen after meeting Houthi leaders - The Guardian: the hour's strongest signal
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US opts not to back Saudi Arabia in Yemen after meeting Houthi leaders - The Guardian
US opts not to back Saudi Arabia in Yemen after meeting Houthi leaders The Guardian US officials met Iran-backed Houthis in Oman over the weekend, sources say Reuters Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and the Middle East The Jerusalem Post Saudi crown prince urged Trump to…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 55
Gaza building collapse kills 21, including five children
Gaza building collapse kills 21, including five children Twenty-one people, including five children, have been killed after an apartment building collapsed from damage sustained in earlier Israeli strikes, Gaza authorities reported on Wednesday.
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Malaysia offers to invite Myanmar leader in Rohingya repatriation push
Malaysia has invited Myanmar’s military ruler for a visit to the country in a bid to expedite Rohingya repatriation.
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Ed Sheeran's supporting acts quit US tour after Macklemore dropped over pro-Palestine comments
AOC said earlier on Wednesday that she is boycotting Sheeran over the Macklemore controversy, accusing pro-Israel philanthropist Robert Kraft of attempting to censor speech on "the genocide in Gaza."
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 50
3 people killed when a news helicopter crashes while covering LA bus collision
A helicopter used by NBC and Telemundo crashed in Los Angeles, killing three people, while it was covering a vehicular collision. The incident also resulted in a ground casualty.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 46
Russian drone strike on a passenger bus in Ukraine kills 5 people and wounds at least 7 others
A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in southern Ukraine early Wednesday, killing five people and wounding at least seven. ” France 24's Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 42
Trump administration hits South Africa with new sanctions over alleged discrimination against whites - apnews.com
Trump administration hits South Africa with new sanctions over alleged discrimination against whites apnews.com Trump Bars Some South Africans Over Claims of Anti-White Discrimination The New York Times South Africa slams planned US sanctions over alleged racial discrimination…
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 41
American Airlines says 30% of seats drive half of revenue as premium cabin rush heats up - CNBC
American Airlines says 30% of seats drive half of revenue as premium cabin rush heats up CNBC American Airlines Moves Forward With Major Changes for Customers mensjournal.com American Airlines CEO says shift to premium continues Investing.com American Airlines to upgrade lounges…
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 41
J.B. Hunt stock plunges 10% after company warns third-quarter earnings will fall
B. Hunt plunged more than 10% Wednesday after the company warned of an earnings drop between 5% and 10%.
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British-American writer Bonnie Greer dies aged 77
Chicago-born playwright Bonnie Greer, who became a familiar face in British political discourse later in life, has died. Her husband David Hutchins announced news of Greer's death.
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Herzog stresses elections are 'not civil war,' says he see no reason results would not be accepted
Herzog also addressed the controversy surrounding the documentary film "NAZA," as well as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial and West Bank settler violence.
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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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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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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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An Ice Cube Alternative: Frozen Titanium Spheres
This is another of those products that archaeologists will wonder about, when they dig them up in the distant future. Chinese company Xuzhou Herui Outdoor Products Co. sells these Frost Titan Core Balls , an ice cube alternative made out of titanium.
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A Great Design in Need of Basic Improvement: This Clamp-Based Tape Dispenser
Here's a clever product idea from industrial designers David Suhami Nitzan Shafat, a/k/a Scratch Design. ClampTape is essentially an A-clamp with a tape dispenser centered on the clamp's pivot point.
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Skil's Powered Hex Key Set
Lots of us have something like this in the toolbox or junk drawer: Now Skil has designed a powered hex key set , the world's first. The head can lock at 90°, 135° and 180° positions, then your thumb does all the work. The push-button has both forward and reverse.
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How Much Should You Weigh? This 1970s Scale Told You
A bathroom scale has one job: To tell you how much you weigh. But in the 1980s, the industrial designers at Krups decided to go further, with their Data EG scale. The scale contained a pull-out weight chart in the center.
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