Syria's court issues first sentences over 2025 Alawite massacres: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 54
Syria's court issues first sentences over 2025 Alawite massacres
Syria's court issues first sentences over 2025 Alawite massacres Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Thu, 09/17/2026 - 10:21 Two Assad loyalists were sentenced to death and life imprisonment, while a government soldier received a 20-year prison term A man holds up a sign that reads…
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 46
Swedish PM Kristersson resigns after election loss
Left-wing opposition parties led by Magdalena Andersson look set to form the next government.
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Global Tech/Asia/Signal 46
The Apple Watch Series 12 is the start of a new wearable era - The Verge
The Apple Watch Series 12 is the start of a new wearable era The Verge The Apple Watch 'Always-Listening' Features Should Worry Every Lawyer, Expert Says Law.com iOS 27.2 Beta Previews New Apple Intelligence Health App MacRumors Apple Watch Series 12 Review: Catching Up And…
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 44
Netflix content chief Bela Bajaria defines event strategy as streamer eyes more live sports
Bajaria said Netflix would be open to a package of international NFL games if one becomes available when the league renegotiates its media rights agreements.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 44
Bank of England defies Fed’s rate-hike lead, leaving rates unchanged
K. 1% and energy costs put pressure on prices.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 43
Experts say Trump ballroom interiors represent ‘historic monarchies’ over American ideals
If President Donald Trump has his way, a building called the People's House in the capital of the longest-standing democracy could one day get an annex with interior design meant to resemble a seat of power for a European king, authoritarian, or czar.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 43
D.C. airspace is complicated. Experts say Trump's arch would add one more risk
The Trump administration wants to build its 250-foot arch near one of the country's busiest runways. The FAA will determine whether that poses a hazard. But independent experts already have concerns.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 43
People's houses are collapsing into the ocean. FEMA gives them no other option
Waterfront homes are collapsing along the coast. Homeowners generally have plenty of warning before their house buckles. So why aren't most houses removed, or at least emptied, before they fall?
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 41
Pantone’s new colors prove we’re living in a ‘more-is-more’ world
Pantone's Matching System just got more range. The company recently introduced 224 colors, which it says represent shifting design trends toward bolder hues and unusual combinations.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 41
Charities say gifts by deceased donors are getting held up at financial firms
Nonprofits are pushing back against policies by financial institutions to collect personal information of charity employees before releasing a gift.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 41
Uncontrolled AI could lead to 'silicon species' rivalling humans, warns Microsoft
Mustafa Suleyman says he believes rival AI firm Anthropic is in effect teaching Claude it "may be conscious".
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 41
World's water cycle becoming more unpredictable, UN warns
The planet's water cycle is becoming increasingly erratic, swinging between too little and too much, the United Nations warned Thursday, with an unprecedented El Niño expected to exacerbate the long-term trend.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 41
NASA spacecraft discovers a huge new crater on the moon
Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon that's bigger than the Roman Colosseum and is the result of a powerful impact two years ago that initially went undetected.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Beijing pushes Tehran to help stop Houthi attacks following appeal from Saudis, Iranian sources say
China remains a factor Tehran cannot afford to ignore, but two Iranian sources said Beijing's interests were only one of many considerations.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Swedish PM Kristersson to resign after losing election
"Now it is the speaker who will lead the next stage of the way to a new government," Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said in a post on X/Twitter.
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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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