UAE vice president visits Saudi Arabia in first visit since rift: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 58
UAE vice president visits Saudi Arabia in first visit since rift
UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed topics of mutual interest and ways to enhance cooperation and coordination.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 57
Morocco's king appoints first woman prime minister following election
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT, Sept 29 (Reuters) - King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri on Tuesday as Morocco's first woman prime minister after her liberal-centrist party came out on top in a September 23 parliamentary election, the royal palace said.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 51
Mamdani releases plan to combat antisemitism in New York amid concerns over his criticism of Israel
The plan is the mayor's most forceful attempt to address concerns from the Jewish community over antisemitism.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 50
Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assaulting an officer
Garcés Pérez, who was shot in his car by agents, is accused of striking officer with side mirror while trying to drive away Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced an assault charge against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in his car by a federal immigration agent in…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 50
Iran’s currency hits a new record low as war erodes the country’s economic stability
5 million rials to the US dollar in a stark reflection of how the war in the Middle East has steadily eroded the Iranian economy. 2 million to the dollar on Sept. 2.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 47
US sanctions 10 over allegedly procuring weapons for Iran
WASHINGTON: The United States has sanctioned 10 individuals and entities, including some based in China, Hong Kong and Pakistan,saying they helped Iran procure weapons and components, the US Treasury Department said Tuesday.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 45
Six Flags shuts down X2 rollercoaster after hundreds allege brain injuries
The announcement comes after multiple lawsuits alleged that hundreds of riders suffered brain injuries from X2, a ride with seats that spin 360 degrees.
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Business & Finance/Europe/Signal 43
US 30-year Treasury yield hits highest since 2002
Government debt extends decline as inflation and surging oil prices weigh on market
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 41
Trump Accounts will auto-enroll children, potentially adding 60 million accounts: Treasury
The Treasury Department announced that Trump Accounts will begin auto-enrolling eligible children. Here's what families need to know.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Cost-Cutting Disguised as Minimalism: Volvo's EX30 Dashboard Goes Too Far
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Easy Roller: An Alternative Take on the Pizza Cutter
While the traditional form of a pizza cutter is this… …Japanese manufacturer Fireside has a different take, offering a much more compact form factor: It's no surprise this Easy Roller came from Japan, where storage space is limited.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Mafell's Beefy Portable Drilling Station for Timber Framers
Traditional timber framing is still very much a thing in Europe. Timber framers often need to drill accurate holes for the pegs that will fasten two timbers, and these holes occasionally need to be drilled at angles.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 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 & Architecture/North America/Signal 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 & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
London Design Fair 2026: The Victoria & Albert Museum
The best place to start at LDF , and arguably the heart of the festival, is the Victoria Albert Museum in South Kensington.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
How Navy SEAL Design Input Accidentally Created a New Knife-Drawing Mechanism
A. Emerson was also an accomplished martial artist, having trained since childhood; the reason he moved from his native Wisconsin to California was not to work at Hughes, but to train at the Filipino Kali Academy run by the legendary Dan Inosanto.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 39
Gina Raimondo thinks AI ultimately will create jobs. It's the initial mass layoffs wave that worries her
No one knows what AI will mean for jobs long-term, but the layoffs are likely to hit first without proper planning, says former US Commerce Sec. Gina Raimondo.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 38
Why monkeys handle conflicts better than we do
Conflicts with our colleagues, loved ones or team members can quickly stifle communication, heighten tensions and undermine relationships.
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