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Wind and Solar Provide 40% of Brazil’s Electricity for first time
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Wind and Solar Provide 40% of Brazil’s Electricity for first time

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This month Brazil’s National Electric System Operator estimated that wind and solar are now producing nearly 40 percent of the […]

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Israel/Palestine: Microsoft Should Avoid Contributing to Rights Abuses

Israel/Palestine: Microsoft Should Avoid Contributing to Rights Abuses

10/11/2025 By Human Rights Watch

How Extreme Temperatures Strain Minds and Bodies: A Karachi Case Study

How Extreme Temperatures Strain Minds and Bodies: A Karachi Case Study

10/11/2025 By The Conversation

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Who's Running John Bolton to Start a war with Iran? He worried even Mad Dog Mattis

Who’s Running John Bolton to Start a war with Iran? He worried even Mad Dog Mattis

Ironically, when Mattis first met Bolton, he joked that he had heard that he was “the Devil.”

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Trump: “We’ll Devastate Turkey Economically” if it Hits Syrian Kurds

Trump: “We’ll Devastate Turkey Economically” if it Hits Syrian Kurds

Also urged the Kurds not to “provoke” Ankara.

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Iraq welcomes Iran Foreign Minister after Pompeo, denounces US Sanctions as “Illegal”

Iraq welcomes Iran Foreign Minister after Pompeo, denounces US Sanctions as “Illegal”

Iran is the second-largest source of imported goods in Iraq.

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No More Wars for Oil?  Wind & Solar will reduce Energy-Related Conflicts

No More Wars for Oil? Wind & Solar will reduce Energy-Related Conflicts

Political power will get more decentralised and diffused

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Qatar
Ostracized by Neighbors, Qatar aims to Invest $45 bn in United States

Ostracized by Neighbors, Qatar aims to Invest $45 bn in United States

The value of bilateral trade between Qatar and the US has doubled in 10 years

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Trump's Erratic Foreign Policy in 2019: Will it put us in More Danger?

Trump’s Erratic Foreign Policy in 2019: Will it put us in More Danger?

President Trump’s ‘America First’ policies, which drove the global economy into chaos last year and caused a stir in the international community.

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Banking
Not the Onion: Ivanka Trump in running for World Bank Head

Not the Onion: Ivanka Trump in running for World Bank Head

WASHINGTON (Ma’an) — Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, and US President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, are reportedly among possible […]

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Corporate Surveillance
Snowden: If Israel’s NSO had Refused Sale to Saudis, Khashoggi would be Alive

Snowden: If Israel’s NSO had Refused Sale to Saudis, Khashoggi would be Alive

Three people, all of whom were in contact with [Khashoggi] suffered from hacking attempts by what appeared to be Saudi intelligence

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Could Trump’s Gov’t Shutdown send US Economy into Tailspin?

Could Trump’s Gov’t Shutdown send US Economy into Tailspin?

Payments to farmers and poor families, craft beer labels, food inspections and economic data all have fallen victim to the budget impasse.

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