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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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Do we need Tanf? US's 4,775 global Military 'Sites,' cost us $716 bn/ yr.

Do we need Tanf? US’s 4,775 global Military ‘Sites,’ cost us $716 bn/ yr.

( Tomdispatch.com) – The U.S. military is finally withdrawing (or not) from its base at al-Tanf. You know, the place that the Syrian government long […]

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Senators Backing Israel anti-Boycott Bill are Betrayers of the Constitution

Senators Backing Israel anti-Boycott Bill are Betrayers of the Constitution

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The response of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) to the proposed the Senate bill permitting state and local sanctions on persons […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
With Trump AWOL, Can Europe & China Lead Globe away from Climate Suicide?

With Trump AWOL, Can Europe & China Lead Globe away from Climate Suicide?

After a technically successful climate summit last year, it is time to see which countries address scientific warnings with ambition

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Donald Trump
No, Trump is not like Obama on Middle East policy

No, Trump is not like Obama on Middle East policy

Obama wanted to calm the waters in the Middle East, then shift the burden of policing it to America’s partners there

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia
UN Takes Charge of Saudi Girl in Thailand seeking Asylum, Fearing Family Violence

UN Takes Charge of Saudi Girl in Thailand seeking Asylum, Fearing Family Violence

She came from Kuwait with the intention of escaping what she described as violence by her family.

Middle East Monitor

poetry
What the Witty, Irreverent, Sensual Poetry of Ghalib can Teach Americans

What the Witty, Irreverent, Sensual Poetry of Ghalib can Teach Americans

Love-crazed yet craving life. I worship fire./ But recant when lightning finds me out.

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President Bolton overrules Feckless Trump Tweet on Syria Withdrawal

President Bolton overrules Feckless Trump Tweet on Syria Withdrawal

US allies would not be left in the lurch, he pledged

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Climate Sabotage & Forever Wars: Is America the Most Dangerous Country in the World?

Climate Sabotage & Forever Wars: Is America the Most Dangerous Country in the World?

On Climate Change, quagmire seems like an appropriate image, as long as we keep in mind that we are the aggressors.

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatter attacks against Palestinian Natives Tripled in 2018

Israeli Squatter attacks against Palestinian Natives Tripled in 2018

At least 482 attacks against Palestinians last year

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