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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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Counter-Terrorism
Daesh/ ISIL in the Digital Realm v2.0

Daesh/ ISIL in the Digital Realm v2.0

By Michael Degerald | ( History X ISIS ) Not long ago I wrote a piece that explored various facets of how Daesh, the organization, […]

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Iraq
The Kurdish Women fighters taking on Daesh/ ISIL:  An Eyewitness Account

The Kurdish Women fighters taking on Daesh/ ISIL: An Eyewitness Account

By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – It was the sort of invitation that causes both excitement and trepidation, an invite to […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu voices support for Israeli squatter takeover of Palestinian Buildings in Hebron outside Israel

Netanyahu voices support for Israeli squatter takeover of Palestinian Buildings in Hebron outside Israel

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his government’s support of illegal settlements in the West Bank […]

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Foreign Policy
'We had to destroy the Country to save it, Sir!' The US Imperial Treadmill in Iraq etc.

‘We had to destroy the Country to save it, Sir!’ The US Imperial Treadmill in Iraq etc.

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) One of the charms of the future is its powerful element of unpredictability, its ability to ambush us in […]

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China
Dragon & Phoenix:  Khamenei Lauds New Sino-Iranian 'Strategic Partnership'

Dragon & Phoenix: Khamenei Lauds New Sino-Iranian ‘Strategic Partnership’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iran’s clerical leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, spoke Saturday on the occasion of the state visit to […]

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Banking
Fearing the Bern, Billionaire Bloomberg Threatens to Buy Election for Establishment

Fearing the Bern, Billionaire Bloomberg Threatens to Buy Election for Establishment

By Jon Queally, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – Former New York City mayor indicates willingness to spend “at least $1 billion”… […]

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Economy
The Surprising Reasons Oil Prices Keep Falling

The Surprising Reasons Oil Prices Keep Falling

By Marcelle Arak and Sheila Tschinkel | (The Conversation) | – – Global stock markets have been in a tailspin this week. And the sinking […]

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Apartheid
71 UK doctors call on World Medical Association to Expel Israel over Torture

71 UK doctors call on World Medical Association to Expel Israel over Torture

Ma’an News Agency | – – ‘BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A group of British doctors is pushing for the World Medical Association (WMA) to expel the […]

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Iraq
How Bad Is The Violence In Iraq?

How Bad Is The Violence In Iraq?

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “A UN report on the violence in Iraq from January 2014 to October 2015 makes for sober […]

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