The war also gave new force to two powerful ideological movements, Soviet Communism and European Fascism, both of which seemed hellbent on destabilizing, then remaking, the global order.
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Beverly Gage,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2026
Surging fuel prices driven by the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are remaking global politics.
The owner is a major global exporter of wood from Surabaya, Indonesia, and in 2012 began infrastructure work on the nearly 15-acre property while designing the resort with Singapore’s WATG architectural firm.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Oct. 2026
After opening a second store on the Left Bank, Parisian handbag duo Léo et Violette have given their Rue Sainte-Anne flagship a fresh encore, with Betyle Studio designing a space inspired by the founders’ love of opera and music.
Kingsoft Cloud is refashioning itself into an artificial intelligence cloud player — a move that should drive its shares higher, according to Morgan Stanley.
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Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
7 July 2026
But weathering the tensions and refashioning the alliance for the future will require more than billion-dollar deals and verbal diplomacy.
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The Christian Science Monitor,
Christian Science Monitor,
7 July 2026
Across product organizations, Microsoft executives have been devising ways to charge customers based on usage to better reflect rising costs.
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Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2026
Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.
The startup, founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, is building AI models for creating virtual 3D environments frequently used in humanoid robot development.
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Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2026
An organization may publish dozens of articles without creating clear relationships among them.
Swift, who was deeply learned, was envisaging a nightmare world in which reading and writing — the essential foundation of wit and wisdom — are replaced by a flashy simulation of human knowledge.
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Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
8 Sep. 2026
Gufram and Snarkitecture’s Sculpted Mirror In envisaging the Sculpted Mirror for Gufram, Snarkitecture founders designers Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham carefully studied the theme of reflective surfaces.
According to Plitsas, the episode raises questions about threats originating from within the cockpit.
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Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2026
YouTube’s European boss, Pedro Pina, has said that in the wake of the success of Obsession and Backrooms, more films and series originating on the platform will enter the awards conversation.
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