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Wildfire “Apocalypse” in Türkiye as Temperature rises to Record 122.9º F.
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Wildfire “Apocalypse” in Türkiye as Temperature rises to Record 122.9º F.

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Türkiye is facing “apocalyptic” wildfires according to one official in the northwest Bursa region. Temperatures in central Anatolia hit an […]

Egypt needs more drinkable Water – how windy coastal Resorts could help

Egypt needs more drinkable Water – how windy coastal Resorts could help

07/28/2025 By The Conversation

Easy Money for War Profiteers in the Age of Trump

Easy Money for War Profiteers in the Age of Trump

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Israel/ Palestine
Stop Treating Gaza as a Natural Disaster: Armed by US, Israel Trashes Genocide Convention

Stop Treating Gaza as a Natural Disaster: Armed by US, Israel Trashes Genocide Convention

By Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s been almost two months since the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to […]

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Hizbullah
Will Current Israeli-Lebanese Fighting derail Historic Land Border Agreement?

Will Current Israeli-Lebanese Fighting derail Historic Land Border Agreement?

By Mireille Rebeiz, Dickinson College | – In October 2022, Lebanon and Israel signed a maritime border agreement brokered by the U.S., a move interpreted […]

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Displaced and Refugees
UN and EU slam Israel:  Imposing on Palestinians 'Levels of Food Insecurity never Recorded anywhere in the World'

UN and EU slam Israel: Imposing on Palestinians ‘Levels of Food Insecurity never Recorded anywhere in the World’

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The European Union’s Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borell and the European Commissioner for Crisis management Janez Lenarčič, issued […]

Juan Cole

Israel Lobbies
How AIPAC supports Israel's far Right Likud Party over Democratic America

How AIPAC supports Israel’s far Right Likud Party over Democratic America

( Detailed Political Quizzes ) – In a New York Times March 13, 2024, article (“Pro-Israel Lobby Faces Challenges Amid Gaza War and Shifting Politics”), […]

Jeffrey Rudolph

Elderly
Patients, Advocates Push Biden to ‘Reclaim Medicare’ From Privatized Medicare Advantage

Patients, Advocates Push Biden to ‘Reclaim Medicare’ From Privatized Medicare Advantage

“If Medicare Advantage has it their way, they’re going to deny me care and delay me care until I’m dead,” said one patient. Jake Johnson […]

Common Dreams

Conspiracy Theories
Could Trump win again?  Roots of MAGA Paranoia and the Politics of Fear

Could Trump win again? Roots of MAGA Paranoia and the Politics of Fear

Brooklyn, NY (Special to Informed Comment; featured) – The cover of my The Politics of Fear: The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia features a photograph […]

Arthur Goldwag

Israel/ Palestine
Western Powers could Stop the Gaza Genocide; instead they Cover it Up with "Humanitarian Aid"

Western Powers could Stop the Gaza Genocide; instead they Cover it Up with “Humanitarian Aid”

By Caroline Lund and Brendan Ciarán Browne | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The ongoing genocide in Gaza has starkly exposed Western governments’ […]

Middle East Monitor

Pentagon
Daring Look a Sacred Cow in the Teeth: Military Spending and National (in)Security

Daring Look a Sacred Cow in the Teeth: Military Spending and National (in)Security

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In an age when American presidents routinely boast of having the world’s finest military, where nearly trillion-dollar war budgets are now […]

William J. Astore

Climate Crisis
First US Offshore Wind Farm goes Live off Long Island in Omen of a Green Future, Cheaper Electricity

First US Offshore Wind Farm goes Live off Long Island in Omen of a Green Future, Cheaper Electricity

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This past week, the United States joined the rest of the advanced industrial countries in the world in having at […]

Juan Cole

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