The avant-garde architect Kiyonori Kikutake designed the structure as a modern homage to the Edo period takayuka-shiki souko (storehouses built on stilts).
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Jonathan DeLise,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2026
Although that effort met resistance after the outbreak of Syria’s civil war as Israel began to regularly conduct strikes on weapons storehouses in Syria and on convoys facilitated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran still managed to keep Hezbollah armed.
The work is part of a larger effort statewide to update the National Guard’s armories, as renovations in recent years have either been completed or are planned at many readiness centers, including those in Brainerd, New Ulm, Marshall, Moorhead and Fergus Falls.
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Elliot Mann,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire a year ago, but Israel — which says the group has been rebuilding its armories, and that Lebanon is failing in its commitment to disarm it — has ramped up attacks against Hezbollah in recent days.
Development workflows have progressed from fully manual processes to co-pilots that suggest code—systems capable of executing multistep changes across repositories.
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Fabio Caversan,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
The archive is a mortuary, and the literal presence of bones exemplifies the violence of such repositories.
Markley cleaned up the lot, painted the building black and set up a complex digital warehouse which stores data from more than a hundred customers ranging from hospitals to universities to police stations.
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David Wade,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Though the shopping center once held dozens of stores, its population of retailers steadily dwindled for years amid a string of new owners and a decaying exterior.
But even if the Strait of Hormuz is reopened, will shipping companies feel safe to pass through it, given that sea mines could make their operations dangerous?
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June 16,
NPR,
16 June 2026
The island is filled with skull-and-crossbones signs warning of danger mines.
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