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 Iran insists on diplomatic solution after Trump rejects peace plan Reuters Iran Says Won’t Soften Demands After Trump Rejects Hormuz Offer Bloomberg Iran war live: Tehran vows not…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 52
Pope Leo draws 800,000 people to central Paris for open-air Mass on iconic square
PARIS: Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris’ iconic Champs-Élysées avenue to attend an open-air Mass with Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church’s enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country.
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Former Ukrainian defense minister unveils 'Army of Robots' to accelerate autonomous warfare
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov plans to have humanoid robots playing active combat roles on the battlefield.
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Israir expands Morocco service with two weekly Marrakesh flights, plans Casablanca route
Under the planned schedule, passengers could, for example, fly from Israel to Marrakesh and return from Casablanca without traveling back to their original arrival city.
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Pakistani teenager suspected to have used AI system for guidance in attempted poisoning of father
The NCCIA said in a statement that the suspect was influenced by the popular US television series Breaking Bad and had asked various AI chatbots for information on how to produce methanol.
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Schools in Riyadh move to remote learning without warning amid renewed Saudi-Houthi tensions
The academic calendar shows that the current week was scheduled as a regular school week after the Saudi National Day holiday on September 23 and 24.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Shameful, immoral hypocrites: An open letter to the Irish football team
There were no comparable gestures from the Irish football team for the Israelis massacred on October 7.
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Mojtaba Khamenei was injured prior to Iran war, pulled from hospital rubble, Iranian official says
He also denied the claim that Iran’s former supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, had recommended his son to serve as his successor.
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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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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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
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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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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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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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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China pushes back against US on Iran and Cuba in UN speech - Reuters
China pushes back against US on Iran and Cuba in UN speech Reuters China General Debate Russia and China unite against US over Iran and Cuba in UN speeches Washington Examiner China, as usual, uses UN speech to promote global development as solution to world's challenges AP News…
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MacKenzie Scott self-published her novel 'Last Days in Two Nations' on Substack. It's her first novel since divorcing Jeff Bezos, and it's baffling.
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Online attacks on Kenyan journalists: what makes audiences join in, push back or stay silent
Whether the public rallies to defend journalists can depend on whether audiences believe they deserve that support.
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