Man who assaulted US lawmaker Ilhan Omar sentenced to 14 months in prison: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 86
Man who assaulted US lawmaker Ilhan Omar sentenced to 14 months in prison
Anthony James Kazmierczak pleaded guilty in May and admitted to attacking Omar because he disagreed with her progressive political views.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 49
US approves sale of 48 F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia
3bn sale of 48 F-35 stealth jets to Saudi Arabia, pending congressional approval, amid regional tensions.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 49
South Korea's Lee rules out military involvement in Middle East conflict
By Heejin Kim and Joyce Lee SEOUL, Sept 18 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday he would not deploy military assets to the Middle East in a way that could draw the country into conflict, but Seoul was reviewing whether to play a greater role in…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 48
Assad-era Syrian official convicted of torture, jailed for 60 years by US court
Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 74, was charged in 2024 and convicted in March on one count of conspiracy to commit torture and three counts of torture for his involvement in the abuse of prisoners.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 48
Bank of Japan raises interest rates to 31-year high, flags concerns over inflation
The decision was split 7-2, with board members Toichiro Asada and Ayano Sato dissenting from the hike.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 46
New tiger cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century
Leopardus tilcayo is the first new living cat species named and described in more than a century.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 42
Stocks rise as oil dips, yen weakens after BOJ hikes as expected - Reuters
Stocks rise as oil dips, yen weakens after BOJ hikes as expected Reuters See more headlines & perspectives on Google News
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Former IDF soldier killed in paragliding accident during Colombia trip
Following the tragic news, the Chabad updates site reported that the city Chabad emissary Rabbi Levi Vanunu, in close cooperation with the Israeli Embassy there, is working around the clock.
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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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Strutt's Awesome Powered Wheelchair is Not a Wheelchair (For Legal Reasons)
Let's say you've assembled a team and designed an awesome powered wheelchair. One that works better than incumbent designs and is easy on the eyes. How do you bring it to market?
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Cea Design's Incredibly Modernist Hideaway Toilet
This Abaco bathroom system is by Cea Design, an Italian manufacturer of high-end bathrooms. It's designed to not look like a toilet at all, when not in use, and is made of stainless steel. It can also be customized with wood or marble.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Rainwater Wall: A Space-Saving Water Harvesting Tank
In many parts of the world, people harvest rainwater. In rural America, where I live, you'll see people using two solutions. The first is a rain barrel.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
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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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Health minister’s intervention highlights Israel’s protekzia problem, healthcare gaps
The question raised by this story is not whether Katz helped a sick Israeli. He did. The question is what happens to the sick Israeli who does not have access to the health minister.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 39
FTSE 100 Live: UK Stock Futures Fall as Rally Set to Fade
Bloomberg Markets reports on this developing story.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 39
Investing in the 'Picks and Shovels' of Healthcare
Alvin Liu, Partner at PTX Capital, explains why his US-based venture capital firm is focused on AI-enabled opportunities in the healthcare space outside of drug assets.
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