Can You Reboot a Lamp Like a Superhero Franchise?
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Can You Reboot a Lamp Like a Superhero Franchise?

Riding an endless wave of nostalgia, one company is exhuming the intellectual property of midcentury designers to create new audiences for forgotten work. Source link

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Twins’ Peaks: The Gilbertson Brothers Want to Rewrite Your Country’s Map
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Twins’ Peaks: The Gilbertson Brothers Want to Rewrite Your Country’s Map

Two brothers, both mechanical engineers, are climbing many of the world’s tall peaks to prove they have been measured incorrectly. Source link

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With Critical Decisions Ahead, Netanyahu Faces Mounting Pressure
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With Critical Decisions Ahead, Netanyahu Faces Mounting Pressure

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has a series of vexing choices to make in the year ahead on issues including Gaza, conscription and a judicial overhaul, with…

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China Stages Military Drills Around Taiwan After US Backs Island with Arms
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China Stages Military Drills Around Taiwan After US Backs Island with Arms

China’s military has announced a fresh round of joint exercises around Taiwan less than two weeks after the U.S. approved one of the largest-ever arms packages for sale…

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China Will Hold Live-Fire Military Exercises Around Taiwan
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China Will Hold Live-Fire Military Exercises Around Taiwan

The exercises end months of relative calm across the Taiwan Strait and come after the Trump administration announced arms sales to the island. Source link

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Why We Keep Falling for Narcissistic Leaders
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The World Wants More Ube. Philippine Farmers Are Struggling to Keep Up.
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The World Wants More Ube. Philippine Farmers Are Struggling to Keep Up.

Soaring demand and extreme weather worsened by climate change have wiped out harvests of the popular purple yam. Source link

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The Lure of a Rising Asian Metropolis? No Traffic.
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The Lure of a Rising Asian Metropolis? No Traffic.

Indonesia is building a new, green city in the jungle. Its future is far from certain, but new residents like living there. Source link

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Trump Says the U.S. Struck a ‘Big Facility’ in Campaign Against Venezuela
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Trump Says the U.S. Struck a ‘Big Facility’ in Campaign Against Venezuela

The administration provided no details of what the president said was an attack last week linked to U.S. efforts to disrupt drug trafficking from Latin America. Source link

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Mexico Train Derailment Kills 13 People
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Mexico Train Derailment Kills 13 People

The train was carrying around 250 passengers and crew members on a cross-country route linking the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly 100 people were injured. Source…

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