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Even as it Strikes Deals with Trump, the Gulf Embraces Chinese Tech Giants
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Even as it Strikes Deals with Trump, the Gulf Embraces Chinese Tech Giants

Neil Thompson

Chinese technology firms are increasingly competing with US ones in major Middle Eastern markets, escalating technology-related US national security concerns. London (Special to Informed Comment; […]

US: Don’t Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya

US: Don’t Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya

05/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Netanyahu’s Occupation Plan for Gaza means more Suffering for Palestinians and less Security for Israel

Netanyahu’s Occupation Plan for Gaza means more Suffering for Palestinians and less Security for Israel

05/13/2025 By The Conversation

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Iranian President dead in Crash: Now comes the Night of Long Knives

Iranian President dead in Crash: Now comes the Night of Long Knives

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s Mehr News Service reported Monday morning Tehran time that President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian died Sunday […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Insurers are Pulling out of Climate Risk Zones, Leaving Communities even more Vulnerable

Insurers are Pulling out of Climate Risk Zones, Leaving Communities even more Vulnerable

By Jessica Garcia | ( Otherwords ) – In an era of climate disasters, Americans in vulnerable regions will need to rely more than ever […]

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African-Americans
Trumpism, Race and Authoritarianism: The Storm is Coming

Trumpism, Race and Authoritarianism: The Storm is Coming

By Clarence Lusane ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Consider Donald Trump to be in a racial bind when it comes to election 2024. After all, he […]

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Climate Crisis
Top 3 Climate Catastrophes Menacing Florida, as DeSantis Erases Climate Change From Web Sites

Top 3 Climate Catastrophes Menacing Florida, as DeSantis Erases Climate Change From Web Sites

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When we think about Florida, we may think about flamingos. But in the Ron DeSantis regime, the state bird ought […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
"There is no Security:" Israel's Invasion of Rafah will not Eliminate Hamas or End the War

“There is no Security:” Israel’s Invasion of Rafah will not Eliminate Hamas or End the War

By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – The Gaza war has now entered its eighth month and a resolution to the […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
Biden's Potemkin Village: US Aid Dock Theatrics as Gaza Drowns in Starving Refugees amid Rivers of Shit

Biden’s Potemkin Village: US Aid Dock Theatrics as Gaza Drowns in Starving Refugees amid Rivers of Shit

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The story has it that Russian noble and officer Grigory Potemkin, who stole the Crimea from the Ottoman Empire in […]

Juan Cole

Iran
U.S. Seeks Shift In Iranian 'Decision-Making Calculus' Through Saudi-Israeli Normalization

U.S. Seeks Shift In Iranian ‘Decision-Making Calculus’ Through Saudi-Israeli Normalization

By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/RL) – The United States wants to force a gradual shift in Iran’s “decision-making calculus” by signing a defense deal with […]

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Climate Crisis
Extreme Heatwaves in South and Southeast Asia are a Sign of Disasters to Come

Extreme Heatwaves in South and Southeast Asia are a Sign of Disasters to Come

By Neven S. Fučkar, University of Oxford | – (The Conversation) – Since April 2024, wide areas of south and south-east Asia, from Pakistan to […]

The Conversation

Apartheid
S. Africa v. Israel on Rafah Genocide:  Endgame in which Gaza is utterly Destroyed for Human Habitation

S. Africa v. Israel on Rafah Genocide: Endgame in which Gaza is utterly Destroyed for Human Habitation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – South Africa returned to the International Court of Justice in the Hague on Thursday over the Israeli invasion of Rafah, […]

Juan Cole

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