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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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With Rich pro-Carbon, only empowered Workers can Stop Climate Armageddon

With Rich pro-Carbon, only empowered Workers can Stop Climate Armageddon

The global reaction to two landmark new reports suggests the world could well lose that confrontation.

Sam Pizzigati

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters throw rocks on car of Palestinian Woman, Killing Her

Israeli Squatters throw rocks on car of Palestinian Woman, Killing Her

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – A Palestinian woman died of her wounds after Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank threw stones at the car […]

AFP

Saudi Arabia
Turkey: Saudis “Not Cooperating” on Khashoggi Probe; Trump Threatens Riyadh

Turkey: Saudis “Not Cooperating” on Khashoggi Probe; Trump Threatens Riyadh

Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey on Saturday accused Saudi Arabia of failing to cooperate with a probe into the disappearance of a journalist inside its Istanbul […]

Stuart Williams

Climate Change
Future of Climate Activism: Dutch Court orders Gov't to Reduce CO2 Emissions Dramatically

Future of Climate Activism: Dutch Court orders Gov’t to Reduce CO2 Emissions Dramatically

An appeals court in the Netherlands has upheld a 2015 lower court ruling in a class action case that the Dutch government needs to do […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Media Meet Collapses after Khashoggi Murder, but Trump Wants Business

Saudi Media Meet Collapses after Khashoggi Murder, but Trump Wants Business

By Clare BYRNE and Fabien ZAMORA | – Paris (AFP) – Donald Trump claims he is being “very tough” with Saudi Arabia and Britain has […]

AFP

Yemen
Yemen: Saudi-led War, Climate Change Creating Disastrous Water Shortage

Yemen: Saudi-led War, Climate Change Creating Disastrous Water Shortage

By Romy Haber | – ( Global Voices Online) – Yemen, the stage of one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, is facing […]

Global Voices

BDS
NZ Boycotters Ridicule Israeli Court Fine for Lorde Cancellation

NZ Boycotters Ridicule Israeli Court Fine for Lorde Cancellation

BDS: “Israel has no right to police the political opinions of people across the world”

Middle East Monitor

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On not Writing Recommendation Letters for the Occupiers in Palestinian Territories

On not Writing Recommendation Letters for the Occupiers in Palestinian Territories

An Open Letter to the University of Michigan on Palestine

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
End Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia until Fate of Dissident Journalist is Known: Human Rights Watch

End Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia until Fate of Dissident Journalist is Known: Human Rights Watch

Evidence Points to Saudi Responsibility

Human Rights Watch

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