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For First time in History, Renewables Overtook Coal in Global Electricity Production in H1
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For First time in History, Renewables Overtook Coal in Global Electricity Production in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy analysis firm has released its global electricity report for the first half of 2025, and it contains […]

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Israel/Palestine: States Should Act to Halt Atrocities

Israel/Palestine: States Should Act to Halt Atrocities

10/08/2025 By Human Rights Watch

A Case for Nonviolent Resistance:  MAGA Men and Rage

A Case for Nonviolent Resistance: MAGA Men and Rage

10/08/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Saudi Arabia's Brutal Game of Thrones signals its Lack of Democracy

Saudi Arabia’s Brutal Game of Thrones signals its Lack of Democracy

(Informed Comment) – The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi and his possible death at the hands of the Saudi state operatives in its consulate in Istanbul […]

Ali Abootalebi

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Dozens injured as Palestinians Protest Israeli Closure of Nablus School in Palestine

Dozens injured as Palestinians Protest Israeli Closure of Nablus School in Palestine

NABLUS (Ma’an) — Dozens of Palestinians participated in a protest against an Israeli army order to close a Palestinian high school in the al-Lubban village […]

Maan News Agency

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia vows Retaliation if Punished over Missing Critic

Saudi Arabia vows Retaliation if Punished over Missing Critic

Riyadh would “respond to any action with a bigger one”

Omar Hasan

Native Americans
Sen. Warren Calls on Trump to Pay $1 mn. to Charity as her DNA shows Native Ancestry

Sen. Warren Calls on Trump to Pay $1 mn. to Charity as her DNA shows Native Ancestry

Washington (AFP) – US Senator Elizabeth Warren, a potential 2020 Democratic presidential contender, released DNA test results Monday confirming her Native American ancestry and challenged […]

AFP

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Tokyo's Net Carbon Zero Olympics, as Japan surges toward 65 GW Solar

Tokyo’s Net Carbon Zero Olympics, as Japan surges toward 65 GW Solar

But will it be enough to avoid turning the Pacific Ocean into Godzilla?

Juan Cole

Germany
"Untrump the World": Hundreds of Thousands March in Berlin against Far Right

“Untrump the World”: Hundreds of Thousands March in Berlin against Far Right

“We are indivisible”

Common Dreams

Donald Trump
Trump: SecDef Mattis, ‘Sort of a Democrat’ Could be Leaving Cabinet

Trump: SecDef Mattis, ‘Sort of a Democrat’ Could be Leaving Cabinet

By Jim MANNION | – (AFP) – US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis “could be” leaving the cabinet post, US President Donald Trump says US Defense […]

AFP

Native Americans
Could Deb Haaland be the First Native American Woman in Congress?

Could Deb Haaland be the First Native American Woman in Congress?

We have people in Congress right now who… don’t know what it’s like” to be without food or proper health care

Javier Tovar

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Iran:  Khashoggi was Murdered because West Shielded Saudis from Criticism

Iran: Khashoggi was Murdered because West Shielded Saudis from Criticism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment): According to the invaluable BBC Monitoring press surveys of Middle Eastern newspapers, the coverage of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal […]

Juan Cole

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