U.S. military says its withdrawal of troops from Iraq for Islamic State fight is complete: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 54
U.S. military says its withdrawal of troops from Iraq for Islamic State fight is complete
S. mission as a sign of the country's increasing strength and sovereignty.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 50
Ex-husband, in-laws accused of murdering Hong Kong model appear in court
Abby Choi’s ex-husband and in-laws faced charges in a shocking murder case involving her dismembered body. The case has drawn significant attention in Hong Kong.
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Business & Finance/Europe/Signal 46
Netanyahu says pilot of Israel-bound flight tried to crash the plane
Plane carrying more than 150 passengers en route to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia after issuing ‘unlawful interference’ code
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 44
Eli Lilly says closely watched combo obesity regimen boosts weight loss in mid-stage trial
Lilly said it plans to start Phase 3 trials on the combo regimen adding its amylin drug eloralintide to tirzepatide at the end of the year.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 43
Christa Pike seeks firing squad, not lethal injection: Inside US executions - Al Jazeera
Christa Pike seeks firing squad, not lethal injection: Inside US executions Al Jazeera Court Pauses Execution of Tennessee’s Lone Woman on Death Row The New York Times Tennessee set to execute a woman for the first time in two centuries Reuters Killer in 1995 Knoxville Job Corps…
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Global Tech/Asia/Signal 42
The Sonos Ace Ultra are the headphones Sonos should have made the first time - The Verge
com A Swiss Army knife CD player, Sonos Beam and Ace Ultra reviews, next-gen upgrade for wireless headphones and more What Hi-Fi?
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 42
Norwegian ministers grilled in parliament over Epstein ties
The Epstein files have shed light on ties between the US financier and Rod-Larsen and his diplomat wife Mona Juul, the architects of the 1993 Oslo Accords.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Some passengers initially refuse to board rescue flight as plane departs Tabuk, source tells 'Post'
"We are interested in an Israeli plane to take us; we don't want to board the horrible company that put us through hell here today," one passenger told The Jerusalem Post.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Syrian, Jordanian military chiefs discuss defense cooperation to counter border security threats
“The call addressed a number of issues of mutual interest and ways to advance cooperation and coordination between Syria and Jordan in the defense field.”
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
The real story of the flydubai hijacking is the bravery of the Israeli passengers
The real standout, in this nightmare, has to be the brave Israelis who stormed the flydubai cockpit and were covered with blood once they took down the knife-wielding terrorist.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
As US ends operations in Iraq, Baghdad celebrates its withdrawal and renewed sovereignty
Baghdad asked the US to return. Now, in a kind of “no good deed goes unpunished” manner, Iraq is celebrating the US leaving after asking the US for help.
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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
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
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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A "Mirror" Made Out of Motorized Penguins
21c Museum Hotels is a hospitality company that combines boutique hotels and restaurants with contemporary art gallery spaces free to the public.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Utility Trailer that Folds Up for Storage
You might see this as a lame Autobot, but it's the only Transformer I'd have any actual use for: Adapt-X is the name of a utility trailer, that transforms into…a compact box. This allows you to store it in a space much smaller than its in-use footprint.
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