Trump rejects Iran’s proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz, restart peace talks - The Washington Post: the hour's strongest signal
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Trump rejects Iran’s proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz, restart peace talks - The Washington Post
Trump rejects Iran’s proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz, restart peace talks The Washington Post Trump rejects proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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Trump says he is rolling back Biden-era US fuel economy rules for cars
The US president said he would end a so-called 'EV mandate' that steered consumers to electric vehicles.
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Pezeshkian says Iran ‘no longer trusts talks with Washington’
Iran’s Pezeshkian says Tehran no longer trusts US talks, shortly before Trump rejected its Hormuz proposal.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 43
Mother of woman found hanging in tree shocked as police say body was staged
Christy Spivey tells the BBC she only has more questions now police think Tasia Fortune's body was put in the tree after her death.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 42
Kennedy Center put off planned repairs despite known structural issues, former employees allege
The center's executive director and chief operating officer, Matt Floca, did not treat the roofing issues as priorities and in April halted a funded plan to address them, according to the letter Thursday signed by David Seide, a lawyer representing the anonymous whistleblowers.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
IDF expands Personal Security Branch to protect troops, officials from global threats
One of the branch's initial tasks was a comprehensive risk analysis of global flight paths and routes that could pose a hazard to IDF personnel.
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UN's Albanese claims Jews in Nazi camps were called ‘Muslims,’ distorts history of 'antisemitism'
“In fact, when they were being taken to the gas chambers, there are some accounts of life in the concentration camps saying that Jews were called ‘the Muslims,’” Albanese said.
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From Zurich to Rehovot: Harry Langbeheim’s paintings reveal the visual world of S.Y. Agnon
Langbeheim creates his paintings in his home studio, which doubles as a safe room. “In the last three years, since we have 11 grandchildren, there have always been people sleeping there,” he said.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Designer Alberto Essesi's Pen for Precision Sketching
This beautiful Exclamation Pen is by industrial designer Alberto Essesi . Both the pen and the rest are made of aluminum with a satin finish. With the pieces paired, it's easy to see where the name came from.
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The Celluveyor: A Next-Generation Omnidirectional Modular Conveyor Belt
Factories, warehouses and distribution centers all use conveyor belts. These are great for moving objects along a single route.
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KAIST Develops a Way to Detect Hidden Cameras Using Your Smartphone
As a society, we've accepted that security cameras are everywhere in public. But inside hotel rooms or AirBNBs, we still have an expectation of privacy.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Motomorphosis: MSCHF's Radically Modified Lexuses
Art collective MSCHF is at it again, this time with Lexus . For their Motomorphosis exhibit, which opens tomorrow at NYC's Armory Week art fair, they've stretched two real cars into unlikely forms.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Cory Johnson's Infinite Pocket Jeans
Remember these ridiculous jeans created by Werther's Originals? They had 30 coin pockets up and down the legs, intended to provide stash space for the candy company's treats.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Early Transforming Furniture: Richard Neutra's Camel Table
In the 1930s Richard Neutra , the Austrian architect who'd made his home in California, designed an early example of flexible-use furniture.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
What an Anodized Aluminum Baseball Cap Holder Says About Our Product Landscape
You have to wonder what the pioneers of industrial design would make of this day and age. The original promise of ID was to harness the power of mass production to create useful objects for the masses.
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A persistent nor'easter batters US Northeast, causing coastal flooding, outages and at least 1 death - apnews.com
A persistent nor'easter batters US Northeast, causing coastal flooding, outages and at least 1 death apnews.com Nor'easter will slam Northeast, NYC, Boston through weekend The Weather Channel Nor'easter storm brings coastal flooding, as New York and New Jersey declare emergency…
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Business & Finance/Europe/Signal 37
Appeals court overturns ban on contentious Northern Ireland parade
Judge says earlier suspension of the Protestant march “erred in law” in dramatic night of court challenges hours before Sunday’s parade
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TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN - The New York Times
TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN The New York Times Trump’s disruption to TV coverage during Xi visit frustrates Chinese officials CNN Major TV Networks Resume Live Coverage of White House After Ban Bloomberg What summit?
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