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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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2016 ‘One of worst Years in History for Children’: UNICEF

2016 ‘One of worst Years in History for Children’: UNICEF

By Matthew Tempest | ( EurActiv.com ) | – – Syria: Abdulaziz (in red), 10, whose father was killed in the continuing conflict, spends time […]

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Far Right
The Reich Strikes Back?  Neo-Nazis Call for a Boycott of New Star Wars Movie

The Reich Strikes Back? Neo-Nazis Call for a Boycott of New Star Wars Movie

By TeleSur | – – White-supremacists are upset because nearly all of the major characters on the new Star Wars film are people of color. […]

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Donald Trump
No, America, it wasn’t Russia: You did it to Yourself

No, America, it wasn’t Russia: You did it to Yourself

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The headlines scream, “Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House” […]

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The Fate of Iraq’s Minorities After Mosul

The Fate of Iraq’s Minorities After Mosul

By Tyler Fisher and Kamal Kolo | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The liberation of Mosul offers the international community a unique opportunity to permit […]

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Donald Trump
How We Can fight back against Trump's Anti-EPA

How We Can fight back against Trump’s Anti-EPA

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency is a […]

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Plutocracy
Billionairocracy:  Trump didn’t drain the Swamp, he is Drowning us in it

Billionairocracy: Trump didn’t drain the Swamp, he is Drowning us in it

By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – Given his cabinet picks so far, it’s reasonable to assume that The Donald finds hanging out […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Barghouthi: Israel’s Legitimizing Squatter Settlements a Declaration of War on Palestinians

Barghouthi: Israel’s Legitimizing Squatter Settlements a Declaration of War on Palestinians

By IMEMC | – – Palestinian lawmaker Mustafa al-Barghouthi, on Tuesday, said the legitimization of settlement outposts, by the Israeli Knesset, is “a war on […]

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Donald Trump
German Advertisers pull ads from Breitbart, having seen this Picture

German Advertisers pull ads from Breitbart, having seen this Picture

TeleSur | – – The decision to drop advertising from the far-right mouthpiece came on the back of a “No Money for The Right” campaign. […]

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Syria unlikely to be Partitioned:  The Resilience of Colonial Borders

Syria unlikely to be Partitioned: The Resilience of Colonial Borders

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Whenever a country falls into civil war, there are always observers who suggest that the problem […]

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