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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

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Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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Starving Polar Bear on Iceless Land: Heart-Wrenching Climate Change Video:

Starving Polar Bear on Iceless Land: Heart-Wrenching Climate Change Video:

National Geographic | – – Dec. 7, 2017 – This is what climate change looks like. This starving polar bear was spotted by National geographic […]

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Trump's Gift to Hizbullah weakens Saudi Hand in Beirut

Trump’s Gift to Hizbullah weakens Saudi Hand in Beirut

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Hassan Nasrullah, the secretary general of Lebanon’s Hizbullah, called for a new Palestinian uprising or intifada […]

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Jared Kushner: "Peace Envoy" & Funder of Illegal Israeli Squatters in Palestine

Jared Kushner: “Peace Envoy” & Funder of Illegal Israeli Squatters in Palestine

By Justin Elliott | ( ProPublica) | – – While Jared Kushner is working on a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians, the […]

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1% plans Blade Runner Walls against  250 mn Climate Refugees

1% plans Blade Runner Walls against 250 mn Climate Refugees

By Todd Miller | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – When I first talked to the three Honduran men in the train yard in the southern […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Over 50 injured in Trump-caused in clashes across Palestinian territory

Over 50 injured in Trump-caused in clashes across Palestinian territory

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The number of injured Palestinians continues to climb on Thursday as clashes with Israeli forces continue […]

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A Bitter Pill for Far Right: Europe's Muslim Immigrants create Jobs, boost Economy

A Bitter Pill for Far Right: Europe’s Muslim Immigrants create Jobs, boost Economy

Maha Akeel | (Euractiv.com) | – – Immigration has been shown to boost Europe’s economies and should be encouraged as indigenous populations get older. At […]

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Islamophobia
Ethnically Cleansed Burmese Rohingya reach 600,000 in Bangladesh Camps

Ethnically Cleansed Burmese Rohingya reach 600,000 in Bangladesh Camps

By Naimul Haq | (Inter Press Service) | – – IPS Correspondent Naimul Haq interviews WILLIAM LACY SWING, Director General of the International Organization for […]

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Climate Denier Rupert Murdoch's Estate Burned in LA December Wildfires

Climate Denier Rupert Murdoch’s Estate Burned in LA December Wildfires

The Watchers | – – 1. 1. Rupert's network denies global warming.2. Global warming burns down his home.3. The end.#LAfire https://t.co/FYbm19TY9z — jp (@jpdoctor) December […]

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How Trump's Jerusalem Move Just Helped Iran Win the Mideast

How Trump’s Jerusalem Move Just Helped Iran Win the Mideast

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Some sections of the crazy quilt that makes up the Trump administration want to push Iran […]

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