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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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Israeli general sees possible threat from Iraq as Iran’s clout grows

Israeli general sees possible threat from Iraq as Iran’s clout grows

Israel said it might attack sites in Iraq, effectively expanding a campaign now focused on Syria

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Population grows to 13 mn Worldwide, 1/2 in Israel and Palestine

Palestinian Population grows to 13 mn Worldwide, 1/2 in Israel and Palestine

The land seems to have a people

Maan News Agency

Iran
Under Trump’s Pressure, Iran’s Khamenei moves to Ensure Rightwing Successor

Under Trump’s Pressure, Iran’s Khamenei moves to Ensure Rightwing Successor

This is not good news for the moderates within the establishment

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2018: Saudis Made a Play for Regional Hegemony and Tripped over a Single Murder

2018: Saudis Made a Play for Regional Hegemony and Tripped over a Single Murder

The arrogant and impatient young Mohammed Bin Salman, who shouldered aside a raft of uncles and cousins to grab power as crown prince, is something […]

Juan Cole

Syria
As Trump Gets out of Syria & Afghanistan will Mercenaries & Blackwater Come In?

As Trump Gets out of Syria & Afghanistan will Mercenaries & Blackwater Come In?

By Paul Rogers | – At the end of 2003 the United States-led war in Iraq was going badly wrong. It had started so well […]

Open Democracy

Environment
Germany’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions Down 6% in 2018

Germany’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions Down 6% in 2018

By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany’s energy-related CO₂ emissions dropped by more than six percent year-on-year as the country […]

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Yemen
Young Girl’s Tragic Story makes her a Symbol of the Yemen War

Young Girl’s Tragic Story makes her a Symbol of the Yemen War

By Jamil Nasser with Dana Moukhallati in Dubai Sanaa, Yemen | AFP | – Buthaina Mansur al-Rimi’s life has changed drastically since last year — […]

AFP

Egypt
Giza is in the News:  Can You Pass the Egypt Quiz?

Giza is in the News: Can You Pass the Egypt Quiz?

By Jeffrey Rudolph | – (Political Quizzes) – When widespread demonstrations forced Egypt’s long-time dictator, Hosni Mubarak, to resign as president in February 2011, it […]

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Are Saudis Deploying Army of Sudanese child-soldiers in Yemen?

Are Saudis Deploying Army of Sudanese child-soldiers in Yemen?

Sudan leader Omar al-Bashir is said to have demanded from these Gulf countries $2 billion for every 1,000 Sudanese troops deployed in Yemen.

Juan Cole

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