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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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Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis

Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis

12/18/2025 By ProPublica

Trump Administration Concedes U.S. Researchers may Talk with Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur  on Palestine, Despite Sanctions

Trump Administration Concedes U.S. Researchers may Talk with Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Despite Sanctions

12/18/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The concern about “fake news” now sweeping the inside-the-beltway crowd is a little hilarious, since all […]

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Urgent:  Soil carbon release under global warming to equal U.S. emissions

Urgent: Soil carbon release under global warming to equal U.S. emissions

By Kevin Dennehy | ( YaleNews | – – For decades scientists have speculated that rising global temperatures might alter the ability of soils to […]

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Israel Plots Largest Settlement Expansion in Occupied Syrian Golan since 1980

IMEMC | – – Arab human rights organization resists Israeli plans to construct 1,600 settlement units, and expropriate 25,000 acres of Syrian land in the […]

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Trump Effect: 867 Hate Incidents in Just 10 Days After Election

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TeleSur | – – Educators have reported an increase in students using racial slurs, verbally harassing their classmates and writing white nationalist graffiti. The “Trump […]

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Why Russia and Regime want all of Aleppo before Trump is sworn in

Why Russia and Regime want all of Aleppo before Trump is sworn in

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In the past two days, the Syrian Arab Army and its Shiite militia allies (Hizbullah from […]

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Right-wing Israeli master plan injures rights in Palestinian E Jerusalem

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Ma’an News Agnecy | JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A recent master plan presented by right-wing Jewish activists envisions a “greater Jerusalem” extending far beyond the current […]

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Will Trump Bring in a New Era of Surveillance and Torture?

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TeleSur | – – Trump’s picks for important security positions look intent on rolling back civil liberties. While there are many questions about what U.S. […]

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Trump’s Pentagon Hunger Games:  The Generals “haven’t done the job.”

Trump’s Pentagon Hunger Games: The Generals “haven’t done the job.”

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – President-elect Donald Trump’s message for the nation’s senior military leadership is ambiguously unambiguous. Here is […]

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Is Jimmy Carter right that Obama should Recognize Palestine?

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Jimmy Carter wrote and NYT op-ed yesterday in which he called on Barack Obama to arrange […]

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