Israel’s Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi on Sunday, Israeli official told Reuters: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 53
Israel’s Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi on Sunday, Israeli official told Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi and met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday, a senior Israeli official told Reuters. There was no immediate comment from Netanyahu's office and the UAE's foreign ministry.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 48
Taylor Swift becomes most-awarded artist in MTV VMAs history
Taylor Swift set a new record at the MTV VMAs by becoming the most-awarded artist in the event’s history and dedicated her top award to Dolly Parton. The show, hosted by Snoop Dogg and broadcast from Los Angeles, also featured performances from Madonna.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 45
France's far-right National Rally gains ground in Senate and forms group for first time
RN presidential candidate Marine Le Pen hailed a "historic victory" after the results were announced.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 45
Serbia’s president resigns to run for prime minister
Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic has resigned as president and will lead his ruling party into a snap parliamentary election.
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Global Affairs/Asia/Signal 43
Trump offered to sell arms to China, US ambassador tells Fox News
US President Donald Trump's offer was in response to China's concern over weapons sales to Taiwan, the US ambassador to China said.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 42
Venezuelans rally for opposition leader’s return and presidential elections
Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado has been living in exile, with plans to return to Venezuela spoiled multiple times.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
UN to mark 25th anniversary of South Africa's Durban Conference criticized for antisemitic rhetoric
"Durban was not a fight against racism, but a platform for antisemitism and hatred of Israel," said Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon.
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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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Minimalist Low-Cost Japanese Sketchbook
These Blank Note sketchbooks by MUCU, a Japanese stationery brand, almost look like some kind of military surplus. But in fact they're just as minimal a sketchbook as possible: Two pieces of recycled paperboard for the covers, a canvas strip for the spine, and 60 pages of…
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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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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 39
Northern Star shares pop as Australia's largest gold miner rejects $27 billion takeover proposal
Northern Star shares jumped more than 9% after the Australian gold miner rejected a takeover proposal from Gold Fields.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 39
UK Issues Warning Over Tight Power Supplies for Monday Evening
The UK grid operator warned that electricity supplies may be tight Monday evening before a spike in wind power brings relief to the system overnight.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 39
Rising Fuel Prices Brew Higher Costs for Major Beer Maker
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 39
European Gas Steadies as Traders Eye Mixed Signals on Iran
European natural gas prices steadied as traders weighed mixed signals from the US on talks with Iran on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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