U.S. economy grew a solid 2.2% in the second quarter, government says, upgrading previous estimate: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 49
U.S. economy grew a solid 2.2% in the second quarter, government says, upgrading previous estimate
S. economy has proven surprisingly resilient in the face of fighting with Iran and the energy price spike it caused.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 46
Is Iran losing its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz? - Al Jazeera
Is Iran losing its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz? Al Jazeera Iran has lost considerable leverage in the Strait of Hormuz. S.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 46
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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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 46
Israelis march between once-closed West Bank settlements
Hundreds of Israelis celebrated the holiday of Sukkot by marching between recently rebuilt West Bank settlements. This event marks a symbolic return to an area predominantly Palestinian.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 45
AI debt surge raises risk of sharp market correction, warns Bank of England - ft.com
AI debt surge raises risk of sharp market correction, warns Bank of England ft.com AI Valuations Could See ‘Sharper Correction,’ BOE Warns Bloomberg.com Regulating AI 'not the right place to start' says Bailey BBC We need ‘right to intervene’ in AI amid growing threat, says Bank…
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 41
Stellantis CEO reconfirms 2026 guidance, says turnaround plan continues as automaker's shares hit new low - CNBC
com Stellantis Falls 4% With Canadian Labor Standoff Unresolved; Ford and General Motors Dip 24/7 Wall St. Stellantis Stock Slides As Downgrades And Labor Risks Mount StocksToTrade Stellantis Lined Up an Armored-Vehicle Builder for Brampton. Now It Needs the Union to Sign.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israeli ministers call for increased military action after flydubai incident
Ministers and opposition politicians also praised the Israeli passengers aboard the flybubai aircraft, saying that they saved many lives and potentially prevented a disaster on the scale of 9/11.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Antisemitic incidents in Spain rose 14.5% in 2025, Spanish Jewish group tells Senate in report
The report emphasized that Israel has been made the center of hostilities that have spilled over into Jewish communities, institutions, and sympathetic citizens.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Gulf media delays reporting on flydubai hijacking, consider Israeli sources unreliable
While Israeli officials increasingly view the incident as an attempted hijacking and a disaster that was narrowly avoided by heroes on the plane, many in the Gulf appeared wary of reporting details.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Channel 12 interviews hoaxer posing as passenger aboard flydubai flight to Tel Aviv
The hoaxer continued describing the alleged dramatic moments on the flight, saying passengers feared something had happened to the pilot and that the aircraft could crash.
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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
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
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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Saudi Arabia is Making…EVs?!?
For a while now, Saudi Arabia has been seeking to pivot away from fossil fuels as their main source of revenue. Even so, I did not see this coming. Ceer is a new Saudi Arabian auto manufacturer, the country's first.
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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
AI Has Changed What Makes a Great Designer
For most of my nearly three decades teaching design at Parsons School of Design , there was a relatively straightforward answer to the question of what made a young designer valuable: technical proficiency.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 40
Earth and Mars: Built from different cosmic recipes
Four and a half billion years ago, Earth and Mars were born in the rotating cloud of gas and dust that would eventually become our solar system. Yet exactly how the planets formed remains one of the most disputed questions in planetary science.
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