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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

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Solar and Wind Good news Stories Today

Solar and Wind Good news Stories Today

Scotland is now getting 70% of its electricity from renewables (wind, solar, wave and hydro) and plans to be at 100% in 2020. In some […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Socialists of America
Is Rashida Tlaib in Sights of Israel Lobbies b/c she is a Palestinian Muslim Congresswoman?

Is Rashida Tlaib in Sights of Israel Lobbies b/c she is a Palestinian Muslim Congresswoman?

Tlaib said her comment was critical of US Senators who were seeking to strip Americans of their Constitutional right to free speech.

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Snipers attack unarmed Protesters in Gaza, Kill Palestinian Woman, Injure 25 Others with Live Fire, Military Grade Tear Gas

Israeli Snipers attack unarmed Protesters in Gaza, Kill Palestinian Woman, Injure 25 Others with Live Fire, Military Grade Tear Gas

Israeli forces targeted a Palestinian ambulance by repeatedly firing dozens of tear-gas bombs in its way

Maan News Agency

Syria
Defying Turkey & Russia in Syria, al-Qaeda-linked HTS takes over Idlib

Defying Turkey & Russia in Syria, al-Qaeda-linked HTS takes over Idlib

“For Turkey, it’s the defeat of its allies.”

AFP

Donald Trump
FBI opened Investigation of Trump’s Russia Ties over Comey Firing

FBI opened Investigation of Trump’s Russia Ties over Comey Firing

While Trump has slammed the probe as baseless, Mueller has issued dozens of indictments

AFP

Donald Trump
Pompeo's US Jingoism and Anti-Iran Warmongering Rejected by Mideast Public

Pompeo’s US Jingoism and Anti-Iran Warmongering Rejected by Mideast Public

“It is important to note that the United States only receives single digit favorable ratings in Iraq and Egypt.”

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Jim Crow Segregated Road-Wall Opens in Occupied Palestinian West Bank

Israel’s Jim Crow Segregated Road-Wall Opens in Occupied Palestinian West Bank

The road’s western side serves Palestinians who cannot enter Jerusalem, whereas its eastern side serves Israeli settlers.

Maan News Agency

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Tucker Carlson's 'Daily Caller' Photoshop-shames AOC to Preserve Male Chauvinist Plutocracy

Tucker Carlson’s ‘Daily Caller’ Photoshop-shames AOC to Preserve Male Chauvinist Plutocracy

“Many have recognized that @FoxNews has crossed a line beyond conservatism and into outright bigotry with their financing of Tucker Carlson”

TeleSur

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Climate Emergency: Oceans Hotter than in Recorded History and Getting Hotter

Climate Emergency: Oceans Hotter than in Recorded History and Getting Hotter

Tampa, United States | AFP | – The world’s oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of […]

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