UN's peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 56
UN's peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years
's long-running peacekeeping mission for the disputed Western Sahara ceased operations Sunday after 35 years. Once ruled by Spain, it is claimed by both Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 47
Thousands evacuated as India braces for second cyclone in a week
Cyclone Murasu expected to hit near Ongole late Monday with wind speeds of 100-110km/h, Meteorological Department says.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Democrats lead in key battleground states ahead of Senate midterms race
The survey shows that Texas is ready to flip Democrat. If accurate, that means that Texas is primed to elect a Democrat to the Senate for the first time in nearly forty years.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israeli man allegedly brutally murders wife with an axe in front of their four children
Police are still investigating the incident as of press time; however, the woman was allegedly beaten with an axe in her apartment in front of her four children.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
'You murdered your son': Right-wing protesters target Eisenkot outside his home
Right-wing protesters shouted accusations outside Gadi Eisenkot's home on Sunday, prompting his party and political allies to blame Netanyahu for incitement.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Wowhaus' Dichroic Glass "Inspire" Sculpture
" Inspire " is a public sculpture by Wowhaus , a California-based art and design studio. Commissioned by the San Ramon Public Library, the stainless steel structure mimics a book, with the pages made of dichroic glass; this is glass that has multiple coatings on it, with each…
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Good Idea for a Lamp for Ferrari Fanatics
This vintage desk lamp is by VEB Zweckleuchtenbau, a state-owned East German lamp manufacturer of the 1970s. It's a pretty basic Communist-era design, with no mistaking where the switch is. You can adjust the lamp's tilt by moving the stalk in the little channel in the base.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Drawing with Absurdly Long Pencils
Scenic artist Nikolay Laukhin creates large-scale backdrops for the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. And I mean seriously large-scale: You might wonder how many levels of scaffolds he has to erect in order to paint one of those pieces.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Designer Moritz Schmid's Patio Chair for Embru
Swiss furniture brand Embru is teasing this Patio Chair , by Swiss industrial designer Moritz Schmid . The form somehow manages to make a shopping-cart-like grid look both attractive and desirable.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Cardboard-Inspired Wooden Stacking Box
This Stacking Open Box is by industrial designer Yusho Nishioka . Inspired by cardboard boxes, the "flaps" serve as handles. A 45-degree bevel on the top and bottom of the boxes allows them to nest.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
This Sideways-Telescoping Camper Triples Its Footprint
In 2010, French inventor Eric Beau developed a towable caravan that could telescope sideways to expand its footprint. Sixteen years later Beau runs Beauer, a company that manufactures several iterations of his unique design.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Mesmerizing Kinetic Sculpture of Ducks in Flight
This "Flock of Ducks" motorized sculpture is by German artist Felix Scharstein . "Three spirals are interlocked and rotate synchronously," Scharstein writes. " The sculpture is made of aluminum and gold-plated brass.
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Global Affairs/Africa/Signal 40
Liberia: Civil Servants Rank As Liberia's Third-Biggest Taxpayer
[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- Liberia's third-biggest taxpayer this year is its own payroll office.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 39
Family of murdered student Henry Nowak say police misled and manipulated them
Father says officers did ‘not tell the truth’ of what happened after teenager was handcuffed as he bled to death The family of the murdered teenager Henry Nowak, who was arrested as he pleaded for medical help after being stabbed, have said they were failed by the authorities…
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 39
Tech stocks have made big V-shaped rebounds five times in 30 months — and now Deutsche Bank forecasts another bounce
Positioning among equity investors in tech stocks is consistent with much slower earnings growth than the sector is achieving. Deutsche Bank thinks it’s time to go overweight once again as the risk-reward profile favors a sector that is suddenly out of fashion.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 39
Elections pose next test for Venezuela
Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez held a rare address last week in which she vowed to hold elections.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 39
Election ‘war rooms’ enter the AI age
Both OpenAI and Anthropic will have “war rooms” dedicated to ensuring their platforms provide accurate information about the midterm elections.
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Leading progressive wants Democrats to think big post-midterms
Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, says his party colleagues need to dare President Donald Trump to veto Democratic bills if they take the majority.
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