Apple Music to open concert venue in Battersea Power Station - BBC: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Tech/Asia/Signal 75
Apple Music to open concert venue in Battersea Power Station - BBC
Apple Music to open concert venue in Battersea Power Station BBC Apple opens Apple Music Hall, a state-of-the-art live music venue in London Apple Apple unveils new 600 capacity music venue in London – see pictures City AM Apple Music Hall Revealed: 1st Look Inside Apple’s New…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 45
US networks halt Trump coverage in revolt over White House ban
Several major US television networks have stopped covering President Trump after he banned key outlets from the White House. CNN and Politico have taken legal action against the ban.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 45
All Iranian airlines to be 'shut down' from Wednesday, Bessent tells CNBC
The Treasury Secretary said that Washington was pressuring Iran "like never before"
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 44
UK agrees support for Saudi in struggle with Houthis
The UK has agreed to support Saudi Arabia with military aid to counter Houthi attacks, focusing on defensive measures such as air-to-air refuelling.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israel monitoring efforts to disarm Iraqi pro-Iranian Shi'ite militias, concerned they may attack
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is seeking to preserve its strategic alliance with the militias, as well as with the Houthis and Hezbollah.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump over White House press ban, citing First Amendment
"This ban could not be a more direct assault on the First Amendment nor a more blatant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles," the media networks' lawsuit stated.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil calls for God to 'hold Israel accountable' at Yom Kippur event
"It's tough to repent at a time where our tuition fees, our tax dollars, our votes are being used to kill, to maim, to displace Palestinians," he said.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Saudis may seek help from Israel as current alliances prove insufficient against Houthis
As the campaign continues, Israeli officials assess that Israel's air defense and AI capabilities could also become part of Saudi Arabia's broader considerations.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
What will Israel bring to its most important alliance?
Israel’s greatest test isn’t what it receives from Washington, it’s what it can bring.
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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
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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Designer Erina Caldeira's Steel Twist on Woven Baskets
This KŌSA container references the directionality of traditional basket weaving, but here the perpendicular elements do not actually touch. Instead the structure comes from the material: Two pieces of thin sheet steel, seamlessly joined.
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Pedestal's Power Strip Accessories
Over the course of the past few decades, we've come to interact with power strips more and more. Despite that the object itself hasn't evolved much, because it doesn't need to, right? Danish tech accessory brand Pedestal begs to differ, with their collection of Power products .
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 39
BlackRock Said to Buy Into GCash Owner IPO Priced Below Maximum
BlackRock, Capital Group and Schroders are among investors poised to buy into the initial public offering of the company behind the Philippines’ top mobile wallet, GCash, which is telling investors it’s on track to price the deal below the maximum, according to people familiar…
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 38
Saudi Boosts Hormuz Oil Exports; AI Trade Roars Back, $12B Maldives Property Deal
Horizons Middle East & Africa is your daily spotlight on one of the world's fastest-growing regions. Live from Dubai, we bring you the latest global markets and analysis, plus news-making interviews, with a special focus on MEA.
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