UAE had shared details about FlyDubai flight with Israel, including pilots’ names and nationalities: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 49
UAE had shared details about FlyDubai flight with Israel, including pilots’ names and nationalities
TEL AVIV, Israel: Authorities in the United Arab Emirates shared with Israel a list of passengers and crew ahead of the FlyDubai flight on which a pilot attempted to seize control of the Israel-bound aircraft and crash it, regional officials said Sunday, raising new questions…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Georgia, US, block party shooting kills two, wounds dozens, officials say
Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy told a news conference that two men, aged 21 and 23, were shot dead in Vienna, Georgia, about 135 miles south of Atlanta.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Titan Straps: Fast, Tough Tie-Down Straps Invented for a Bikerafting Trip
Here's a fascinating way to travel: Bikerafting. First popularized in Alaska in the 1980s, you ride through the wilderness on your bike, carrying a packraft (an inflatable raft).
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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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
LDF 2026: Design collectives
Much has been said and written about design festivals having to bow to economic restraints and corporate rule. This year, independent collectives across London got together to shake up the establishment by just doing it themselves, together.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Meta's Radically Thinner, More Lightweight VR Glasses
There's a gigantic size gap between VR glasses and ordinary spectacles. I expected Apple to start closing that gap first, but instead it's Meta that's taking the design lead. Their forthcoming Meta VR glasses have chunky stems, but otherwise look a lot closer to regular eyewear.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Strutt's Chief Designer Covers the Development of Their Powered Wheelchair Battery
Earlier we looked at the ev¹ , a beautiful powered wheelchair by Singaporean startup Strutt . We were so taken by the form that we didn't even wonder where the battery goes, or what it looks like.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Unusual Joinery in Abuse Studio's 1000L Furniture
Furniture designers once sought to hide their joinery. But these days anything goes, with some designers turning the joinery itself into a point of visual interest.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 40
Europe is fighting the wrong AI sovereignty battle
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 39
Brazil election goes to run-off as right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro wins first round
With neither candidate getting more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 38
Vienna shooting leaves two dead at party - KTVU
Vienna shooting leaves two dead at party KTVU Victims in fatal Vienna mass shooting identified; GBI says 'majority' of 35 injured were shot 13WMAZ Mass shooting at Georgia block party leaves 2 dead, 35 injured Fox News GBI releases names of victims killed in Dooly County mass…
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 38
One Nation to establish headquarters in multimillion-dollar Brisbane office bought by Gina Rinehart
Barnaby Joyce defends move, saying party will lease space from mining billionaire’s company at commercial rates One Nation celebrated stunning success in Queensland in 1998 – then it all fell apart. What happened?
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 38
Former Bachelor star Sam Wood charged with domestic violence
Fitness influencer, 46, faces court on Monday after his arrest in Noosa at the weekend The fitness influencer and reality TV star Sam Wood has been charged in Queensland with domestic violence offences.
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Technology/Global/Signal 38
Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies from Plague
Hacker News reports on this developing story.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 38
Copper Gains as US Jobs Data Offers Relief on Fed Tightening
Copper rose for a second session after a US employment report eased pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 38
IDF shoots suspect attempting to break into military post in southern Syria
On Sunday evening, troops from the 2nd "Carmeli" Brigade, who were manning outposts in the Syrian buffer zone, spotted a suspect approaching the post between the villages of Hader and Kuneitra.
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Business & Finance/Europe/Signal 37
Flávio Bolsonaro takes lead in first round of Brazil election
Son of jailed former far-right president is the unexpected favourite against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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