Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years: the hour's strongest signal

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Global AffairsNorth AmericaSignal 67

Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years

One of the youngest women sent to death row is set to be executed in Tennessee. If carried out as scheduled Wednesday, it would be Tennessee's first execution of a woman in 200 years.

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 52

Pope Leo says AI risk concerns not ‘fake news’

Leader of the Catholic Church says AI safety issues should be taken seriously and acted on.

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 46

UAE president discussed bilateral relations with Israel's Netanyahu, state news agency says

CAIRO: UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed bilateral relations during a visit on Sunday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Gulf country, the Emirati state news agency WAM reported on Monday.

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Global AffairsEuropeSignal 46

New York Times executive fatally shot by elderly in-laws, police say

Jonathan McKinsey's in-laws, who are both 77 years old, face multiple charges including first-degree murder.

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Global AffairsEuropeSignal 46

Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot

The US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail A counter-terrorism operation near RAF Fairford in the UK was mired in confusion on Tuesday after police released five…

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 44

Malaysia starts sending Myanmar migrants home

Malaysia has initiated the repatriation of approximately 1,500 Myanmar nationals amidst concerns from rights groups about their safety upon return. This marks the start of a larger effort to send back 5,000 migrants.

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InvestigativeGlobalSignal 43

Prosecutor reopens probe into Cornell gang rape allegations after accuser files lawsuit - AP News

Prosecutor reopens probe into Cornell gang rape allegations after accuser files lawsuit AP News New York prosecutors reopen investigation after student files lawsuit over alleged gang rape at Cornell University CNN Investigation of alleged gang-rape at Cornell University…

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40

Killing of mafia head Yushayev leaves Hadera vulnerable to further organized criminal violence

Yushayev was shot dead at a restaurant in Caesarea on August 23. His murder continues to occupy both police investigators and figures in the region's criminal underworld.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 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 & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 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 & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 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 & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 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 & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Raak Design Casts Light on a Medical Tool

ENT doctors use nasal speculums to look inside a patient's nose. Typically the tool is held in one hand and a flashlight in the other. Belgian industrial design firm Raak Design streamlined this approach with their new speculum design for client VisionTech.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

An Architectural-Scale Kintsugi Project

In the 1960s, college students stumbled across an abandoned ruin in the wilds of Warsaw, Virginia, outside of Richmond. The crumbling stone structure had been abandoned following a hurricane in the 1930s, and weather had taken its toll.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Cost-Cutting Disguised as Minimalism: Volvo's EX30 Dashboard Goes Too Far

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Business & FinanceNorth AmericaSignal 39

Luckin Coffee weighs entry into Middle East markets, chairman tells CNBC

Luckin is weighing a push into Middle East markets while deepening its foothold in Southeast Asia, with backing from sovereign wealth funds in both regions.

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Business & FinanceGlobalSignal 39

Ellawn: Brookfield Sees Many Mideast Opportunities

Brookfield closed its $2 billion Mideast fund in August and Jad Ellawn, their Managing Partner and Regional Head of Middle East says they're seeing multiple opportunities in the Middle East.

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Business & FinanceGlobalSignal 39

SGX's Kan: Investors Are Abandoning Siloed Trading

SGX Group Head of Derivatives Janice Kan believes investors are abandoning siloed trading, and are now demanding a single venue where they can trade global equities, sectors and currencies together.

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