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 […]
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The new Chinese Century? Can a Green China with no Mideast Entanglements Surpass US?
London (Informed Comment) – In the last fifteen years the United States has spent a total of between $4 trillion and $6 trillion on its […]
Is the Syrian Crisis Nearing the point where Diplomacy Can make a Difference?
Jo Comerford and Mattea Kramer | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Introduction by Tom Engelhardt : Whatever happened to the “imperial presidency”? In mid-September, in […]
200 Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village with firebombs
Ma’an News Agency | – – HEBRON (Ma’an) — More than 200 Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian villages of Wad al-Haseen and Wad al-Nasara near […]
Syrian Army advances under Russian air Support, al-Qaeda no. 2 Killed
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Arabic press is reporting that under cover of Russian air support, the Syrian Arab Army […]
‘Putin of Arabia’ hugely popular among Iraqi Shiites
By Jean-Marc Mojon with Raji Nasser in Najaf | ( Your Middle East ) | – – The new Iraq Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bullish […]
Palestine: Death of a Stone-Thrower: Intifada 3.0
VICE News | (Video Report) | – – “Tension builds in Israel and the West Bank with three new stabbing attacks on Israelis reported on […]
Big Win For Fair Use In Google Books Lawsuit
By Corynne McSherry | (Electronic Freedom Foundation) | – – In a long-anticipated ruling, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals handed Google a clear victory […]
Study: Miami, New Orleans Can’t Be Saved From Rising Sea Levels
GeoBeats News | – – “According to a recently published study, Miami, New Orleans, and a number of other US cities are already beyond the […]
Ottomans saved Hungarian PM Orban’s Ancestors; now he says Islam never part of Europe
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban not only continued to defend his anti-immigrant bigotry but went on […]