Trump says triumphal arch will be military complex with drones and snipers: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 52
Trump says triumphal arch will be military complex with drones and snipers
Trump said the updated plans were at the request of the US military and for national security purposes.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 46
House Republican doubles down on jab at Trump’s immigration enforcement
Florida’s María Elvira Salazar warns Trump that advisers are ‘compromising his legacy’ and not showing ‘whole picture’ María Elvira Salazar, the Republican congresswoman who has accused the president of going too far on immigration enforcement, doubled down on her criticism of…
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 46
Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including 'largest ever' attack on Moscow
Moscow's mayor described the wave of drones as the "largest ever" drone attack on the Russian capital and said there had been damage to the Moscow Oil Refinery and a residential building.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 44
Federal Reserve rate hike reflects new world of sticky inflation and faster growth
The low interest-rate, low-inflation world that lasted for nearly 15 years after the Great Recession is over and a higher-priced, higher-rate world is taking its place.
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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
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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Konstantin Grcic's Industrial-Looking Grinder for Alessi
The form of a grinder/peppermill must communicate to the user which part they're supposed to turn. " The body is machined out of aluminum, and the piece is meant to handle salt or pepper.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Why Did the Aerodynamic Look Go Away, and Will It Come Back?
For automakers on the cusp of the 1990s, interest in aerodynamic efficiency was high. 32. This aerodynamic sculpting also yielded, to my eye, good-looking and well-proportioned cars.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Examples of Well-Worn Objects
Patina is often romanticized, as it (arguably) improves the look of leather and some metals. But sometimes objects just get worn out. Which they should, right?
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 39
Israeli settlers set Palestinian vehicle alight, try to seize child in West Bank
Israeli settlers set Palestinian vehicle alight, try to seize child in West Bank A group of Israeli settlers torched a Palestinian vehicle, attacked residents and tried to seize a child north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 39
Iran GDP falls more than 10 percent in Mideast war: official statistics
TEHRAN: Iran’s economy contracted by more than 10 percent during the Middle East war, which began with US-Israeli attacks in late February that unleashed turmoil and battered the Islamic republic’s economy.
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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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Investigative/Global/Signal 38
Bear-y good neighbors: humans and animals are learning to live together in an expanding LA - The Guardian
Bear-y good neighbors: humans and animals are learning to live together in an expanding LA The Guardian How to Catch a Pool-Hopping Bear on Camera The New York Times Bears venturing into Los Angeles multiply conflicts with humans Le Monde.fr
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 37
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says current regulations are enough to ensure AI is safe — and profitable.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 36
Trump to meet with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday ahead of UN General Assembly
The mayor's press office said the meeting will take place at Gracie Mansion and "will focus on issues affecting New York City and New Yorkers."
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 35
My 13-year-old refused to share his location with me. I was annoyed — until I realized he had a point.
I grew up with little parental supervision. When my teen objected to GPS tracking, I realized how much modern parenting had changed me.
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