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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal
China

China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lauri Myllyvirta writes at Carbon Brief that China’s CO2 emissions over-all fell by 1% in the past 12 months, and […]

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

05/16/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

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Displaced and Refugees
The Saudi-US war on Yemen is killing 130 Children a Day & Other Bleak Statistics

The Saudi-US war on Yemen is killing 130 Children a Day & Other Bleak Statistics

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Saudi-led coalition is waging total war on Yemen in a bid to defeat the guerrilla […]

Juan Cole

Plutocracy
Republicans Admit Their Tax Plan Is All About Rich Donors

Republicans Admit Their Tax Plan Is All About Rich Donors

By Peter Certo | (Otherwords.org) | – – It’s unpopular. It’s expensive. But the donors want it. Sometimes I have to remind myself that people […]

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Buddhism
Militant Buddhism is on the march in South-East Asia; Why Now?

Militant Buddhism is on the march in South-East Asia; Why Now?

By Peter Lehr | (The Conversation) | – – Even ten years on, the first mental image that comes to mind with regard to Theravāda […]

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Saudi Arabia
Is Saudi King Salman about to be pushed aside by Son?

Is Saudi King Salman about to be pushed aside by Son?

TeleSur | – – Speculation has mounted that the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz, will step down and pass the throne to Crown […]

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Lebanese PM Hariri arrives in or Escapes to France

Lebanese PM Hariri arrives in or Escapes to France

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri arrived Saturday morning with his family in Paris, after a two-week […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
US-Led Bombings in Iraq Killed 31 Times More Civilians Than Reported: NYT

US-Led Bombings in Iraq Killed 31 Times More Civilians Than Reported: NYT

By Jessica Corbett, staff writer| ( Commondreams.org ) | – – New York Times reporters uncovered “consistent failure by the coalition to investigate claims properly […]

Juan Cole

Petroleum
Despite Trump Pledge: Keystone Pipeline Spills 210,000 Gallons of Oil in Dakota

Despite Trump Pledge: Keystone Pipeline Spills 210,000 Gallons of Oil in Dakota

TeleSur | – – Environmental activist group Greenpeace said the leak demonstrated that approval should not be given for another section of the 2,600-mile pipeline […]

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Climate Change
Our heat trapping gas Emissions hit Record High in Planetary Threat

Our heat trapping gas Emissions hit Record High in Planetary Threat

The Conversation: Pep Canadell, CSIRO; Corinne Le Quéré, University of East Anglia; Glen Peters, Center for International Climate and Environment Research – Oslo; Robbie Andrew, […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Iraq defeated ISIL, but can it defeat Extremism?

Iraq defeated ISIL, but can it defeat Extremism?

By Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | – – The military campaign against the Islamic State is almost over. But now, locals and politicians […]

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