Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez calls snap election amid housing crisis: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 70
Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez calls snap election amid housing crisis
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called a snap election for November 29.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 48
Ex-prince Andrew launches bid to ‘quash’ Epstein-affair search warrants
Britain's disgraced former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, filed a legal action on Monday to quash warrants that led to searches of his residences.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 47
Extreme heat putting pregnant women, newborns at risk: UN climate chief
Extreme heat is putting pregnant mothers and their newborns at increasing risk, United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell will warn on Monday.
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Business & Finance/Europe/Signal 47
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez calls snap election
Move to hold vote on November 29 comes after government defeat on legislation aimed at ending housing crisis
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 47
Yemen military announces broad strikes against Houthis
The Yemeni military announced a broad set of strikes against Houthi targets on Monday, after the government declared a new campaign to retake all territory even as the Iran-backed group made fresh gains on the ground.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 46
Yemen's government declares major operation against Houthis
The Yemeni military announced a broad set of strikes against Houthi targets on Monday, after the government declared a new campaign to retake all territory even as the Iran-backed group made fresh gains on the ground.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 45
Sunken Silk Road city reveals Central Asia's lost history
The sun had barely risen, but diving volunteer Elizaveta Bodrova was already raring to plunge into the cold waters of Lake Issyk-Kul, where the ruins of a once-thriving city have lain submerged for centuries.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 42
Middle East oil exports surpass pre-war levels despite tensions, data shows - Al Jazeera
Middle East oil exports surpass pre-war levels despite tensions, data shows Al Jazeera The Return of Middle East Oil The New York Times Shippers Are Offering Sailors Up to $25,000 a Trip to Sneak Oil Out of the Gulf WSJ Oil falls as Middle East crude exports rise, G7 to release…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Live grenade round fired at IDF troops in friendly-fire incident during training exercise
Despite the shooting, none of the soldiers was wounded. At this stage, it remains unclear why live ammunition was used during the exercise.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
IDF killed two-thirds of terrorists who invaded Israel on October 7, intel chief tells cabinet
-Gen. Shlomi Binder, head of the IDF's Military Intelligence, told the security cabinet on Sunday evening.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israeli prof. indicted for planning mass terror attack against Palestinians, Arab-Israelis
He was charged with preparing to commit an act of terrorism, extortion by threats, and obstruction of justice
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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
London Design Festival 2026
The leaves are turning golden, the trains are turning up late, and the London Design Festival is returning for its 24th edition.
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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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