US to build two military bases in Greenland under new deal with Denmark: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 48
US to build two military bases in Greenland under new deal with Denmark
The defence deal signed at the UN General Assembly also re-affirms Denmark's sovereignty over its semi-autonomous Arctic territory.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 43
Canada is giving millions to international aid for Palestine, says Carney
Canada is giving millions to international aid for Palestine, says Carney Canada is providing CA$100m ($71m) in international assistance to Palestine, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 41
Trump's D.C. arch is now a military complex. Here's how that complicates things
C. arch was already fraught. Then he rebranded it as a military complex.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Trump administration to admit primarily Afrikaners under new refugee proposal
US President Donald Trump has claimed Afrikaners face persecution based on their race in the Black-majority country, allegations the South African government has denied.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Olmert reveals intelligence breakthrough leading to Israel's 2007 strike on Syrian nuclear reactor
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert said the intelligence breakthrough that led to Israel's strikes on a Syrian nuclear reactor began with a young Mossad recruit in an interview with Channel 12.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Trump pledges 'unmatched military might' against drug cartels at UNGA
Speaking to world leaders at the UN General Assembly, Trump cast drug cartels as "the ISIS of the Western Hemisphere" and urged a tougher response to transnational crime.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Trump’s meeting with Arab states on UN sidelines displays US Mideast strategy during war
The meeting included leaders from Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Qatar, and Turkey, as well as officials from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, the UAE, and other countries.
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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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Furniture Designer Chiara Verde's Cork Lounge Chair
dIn the early- and mid-20th century, we saw the advent of chairs slung with leather. These were radical because they did away with supporting surfaces and upholstery, instead relying on leather suspended from a structural frame of metal tubing or wood.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
From Hexagon to Hive: Designing Play Through the Geometry of Bees
How can a natural form become a design principle capable of shaping not only the aesthetics of a game, but also its narrative and modes of interaction? When designing a children's game, the challenge is not simply to create a set of rules.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A 1973 Fiat Pickup Truck
Have you ever wondered what an Italian pickup truck would look like? Well, here's your answer: It's even got a sunroof: Apparently in the 20th century, a handful of Italian motorists with quirky tastes hired coachbuilders to convert their Fiat 500s into pickup trucks.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 39
Here's who we know is going to the Trump-Xi dinner so far
Very little is known about which Chinese business executives, if any, are expected to attend.
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Business & Finance/Europe/Signal 39
Trump rejects ‘globalist scheme’ to control AI in blow to Burnham
President says US is ‘leading over China by a lot and everyone else, and we’re going to keep it that way’
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 38
Stock Market News, Sept. 22, 2026: Oil Sinks Below $100, Lifting Tech Stocks - WSJ
Stock Market News, Sept.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 37
The secret to a perfect crystal may be a precisely calibrated extra turn
Creating a perfect crystal sounds straightforward: Arrange identical building blocks into a repeating, orderly structure.
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