UK adventurer Karl Bushby returns home after 28-year trek around the world: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 51
UK adventurer Karl Bushby returns home after 28-year trek around the world
Karl Bushby has hacked through jungles in Central America, crossed the ice between Alaska and Russia, and last month swam across the English Channel on the final stretch of his voyage.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 50
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to hear California mail-in ballot appeal
The Department of Justice's request to the Supreme Court in the California case comes as it appeals dismissal of a lawsuit over Alaska's Senate election.
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Business & Finance/Europe/Signal 47
Donald Trump’s imperial presidency faces a popular uprising
Voters have grown weary of the president’s monument-building at a time of high living costs
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 46
Ukraine and Russia report fake emergency alerts after cyberattacks target apps
Authorities in Ukraine and Russia said their emergency alert mobile apps had been targeted by cyberattacks, with users in Ukraine receiving false warnings of an imminent nuclear threat.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 45
UAE-based Al Habtoor Group to sell all assets in Lebanon
7 billion. This decision follows the group's announcement in January to cease operations in the country and reflects a strategic shift towards markets offering greater stability and growth opportunities.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 41
Oracle files to sell $20 billion in new stock, bonds to finance AI buildout
Oracle filed plans on Monday to issue stock new shares and more debt to finance its artificial intelligence buildout.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe, one month after similar incident in France
The latest incidents follow an attack in France last month when police said hackers seized control of cooling units at hundreds of supermarkets, causing fires and food losses.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Boy George meets with Herzog, visits Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem during Israel trip
Also present at the event were Sylvan Adams, President of World Jewish Congress Israel and a member of the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem's board of directors, and former hostage Elkana Bohbot.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israeli ambassador Michael Lotem presents credentials to Somaliland president in Hargeisa
Following the presentation of credentials, a cornerstone-laying ceremony was held for Israel’s new embassy in Hargeisa.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Pistachio, chocolate and a price freeze: Israel’s Hanukkah doughnut season begins
Maafe Neeman says it will keep last year’s prices despite rising ingredient costs, with traditional jam doughnuts at NIS 6 and elaborate versions at NIS 14.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Claire Lavabre's Industrial-Minimalist Lamp for Hay
This Posto lamp, by French industrial designer and photographer Claire Lavabre , has an industrial-minimalist aesthetic: For her first design with HAY, Lavabre asked a simple question: what is a lamp, stripped back to nothing but itself?
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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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Design Student Work: A Hard Drive that Visually Indicates How Full It Is
This morphing hard drive enclosure is by Antonin Odin , done as an Industrial Design student at France's ENSCI . People increasingly want more visibility over their data, more taste in the objects they live with, and more function from both.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
An Italian Folding Bicycle Design that Fits Into a Suitcase
This T C Pocket Bici is a folding bicycle made by Tresoldi Casiraghi, an Italian metalworking firm, in 1963. Unlike the folding bicycles of today that split in half, the components here all fold into the racetrack-shaped frame. The whole thing then fits within its own suitcase.
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Longform/North America/Signal 40
Slate Pears Game 445: Nov. 2, 2026
Today's puzzle has four pears.
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