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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

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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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Palestine: Of course, it is an intifada: This is what you must know

Palestine: Of course, it is an intifada: This is what you must know

By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – When my book ‘Searching Jenin’ was published soon after the Israeli massacre in the Jenin […]

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Iraq
The Mideast's New Cold War: Why Russia won't Defeat Iraq's Extremists

The Mideast’s New Cold War: Why Russia won’t Defeat Iraq’s Extremists

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Since the announcement of a new military alliance including Russia, locals have been trading arguments. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Elderly Palestinian man confronts Israeli soldiers over shooting at Youth, before collapsing

Elderly Palestinian man confronts Israeli soldiers over shooting at Youth, before collapsing

Lauren Hampshire | (ODN Video News Report/ ITN) | – – An elderly Palestinian man confronted a group Israeli troops after they clashed with Palestinian […]

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Israel
Israeli settlers carry out attacks in East Jerusalem, West Bank

Israeli settlers carry out attacks in East Jerusalem, West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers on Saturday carried out a number of attacks on Palestinians across the occupied West […]

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Kurds
Who Bombs a Peace Rally? An Unprecedented  95 Dead in Turkey capital as Accusations fly

Who Bombs a Peace Rally? An Unprecedented 95 Dead in Turkey capital as Accusations fly

Written by John Lubbock | ( Globalvoices.org Twin bombings hit a peace rally organised by leftist groups in Ankara on the morning of October 10 […]

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Russia
Putin’s Syria Strikes Irk some among Russia's 16 mn. Muslims, Raise Risks

Putin’s Syria Strikes Irk some among Russia’s 16 mn. Muslims, Raise Risks

By Tom Balmforth | RFE/ RL MOSCOW — With its soaring minarets and golden dome, the huge new mosque that President Vladimir Putin opened in […]

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Tunisian  Nobel Recognizes role of Labor Unions, the Left in Democratic Transition

Tunisian Nobel Recognizes role of Labor Unions, the Left in Democratic Transition

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – How many American news reports about the Nobel Peace Prize given to the Tunisian Quartet that […]

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Human Rights
Israeli Army kills 6 Palestinians, wounds 145 at Gaza Border Demonstration

Israeli Army kills 6 Palestinians, wounds 145 at Gaza Border Demonstration

Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Six Palestinians were killed and 145 others injured as Israeli military forces opened fire at […]

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Energy
Top 5 Signs cheap Renewable Energy is taking the World by Surprise

Top 5 Signs cheap Renewable Energy is taking the World by Surprise

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. Vice News points out that a new report from the Paris-based International Energy Agency estimates […]

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