Trump plans to meet Gulf leaders at UN next week on Iran war's endgame: report: the hour's strongest signal
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 55
Trump plans to meet Gulf leaders at UN next week on Iran war's endgame: report
Washington's efforts for resuming ceasefire talks appear to have stalled, as Gulf states absorb escalating attacks from Iran and Iran-aligned Houthi militants.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 50
US House holds billionaire Epstein associate Leon Black in contempt of Congress
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday held billionaire investor Leon Black in contempt of Congress for defying two subpoenas in its investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 49
‘Pretend I’m on the ticket’: Trump hits campaign trail in bid to boost Republican hopes - The Guardian
‘Pretend I’m on the ticket’: Trump hits campaign trail in bid to boost Republican hopes The Guardian Traffic, road closures expected across Charlotte area during Trump's Gastonia visit WCNC Trump bashes Democrats on crime while campaigning for Michael Whatley in North Carolina…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 42
Congress passes sweeping US sanctions bill targeting Russia
The bill marks the first time in more than two years the US Congress has passed legislation supporting Ukraine
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Trump willing to ‘part ways’ with Netanyahu when necessary, has often opposed him, Vance says
The claim that Trump is the “one president” who would differ with Netanyahu is one that would surprise many watchers of the US-Israel relationship.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
US denies Abbas visa as UN weighs remote participation
The UN General Assembly is expected to vote on a measure that would allow Abbas to participate remotely.
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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
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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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
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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
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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Global Affairs/Oceania/Signal 39
RNZ New Zealand Headlines
The Latest New Zealand headlines from RNZ News
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 39
Australian politics live: Burke rubbishes claims of ‘mass migration’ and denies One Nation influenced Labor’s policy
Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Barnaby Joyce says Labor is copying and pasting One Nation’s homework because the measures we know so far around blocking the families of international students and preventing visa hopping…
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Global Affairs/Oceania/Signal 39
Cars bearing Chinese police markings stir unease in Auckland
Radio New Zealand reports on this developing story.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 38
Mark Walter and Todd Boehly selling stakes in Chelsea Football Club to Clearlake Capital
Two of Walter's insurance companies faces federal criminal and civil investigations into the accounting of roughly $21 billion in financial transactions.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 37
What major tests like PISA and NAPLAN get wrong about Indigenous students
The numbers that show Indigenous students ‘behind’ their non-Indigenous peers are accurate. But they only tell part of the story.
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