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Wind and Solar Provide 40% of Brazil’s Electricity for first time
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Wind and Solar Provide 40% of Brazil’s Electricity for first time

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This month Brazil’s National Electric System Operator estimated that wind and solar are now producing nearly 40 percent of the […]

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Israel/Palestine: Microsoft Should Avoid Contributing to Rights Abuses

Israel/Palestine: Microsoft Should Avoid Contributing to Rights Abuses

10/11/2025 By Human Rights Watch

How Extreme Temperatures Strain Minds and Bodies: A Karachi Case Study

How Extreme Temperatures Strain Minds and Bodies: A Karachi Case Study

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The War in Yemen is Political, Ecological: Forget Sunnis and Shiites

The War in Yemen is Political, Ecological: Forget Sunnis and Shiites

By Solaiman M. Fazel | (Informed Comment) As the Saudi led coalition closes its second week of bombardment in Yemen, the dominant narrative in the […]

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Apartheid
Joint Israeli-Palestinian March for justice for Negev Bedouin Villages

Joint Israeli-Palestinian March for justice for Negev Bedouin Villages

By Silvia Boarini | — JERUSALEM (IPS) – There was a symbolic dimension to a recent four-day march from the periphery of Israel to the […]

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Climate Change
Scotland: Outer Hebrides Island co-op buys Wind Turbine, sells Energy

Scotland: Outer Hebrides Island co-op buys Wind Turbine, sells Energy

Triodos Bank, UK | — “As the southernmost inhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland Barra and Vatersay bear the brunt of whatever weather […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Hamas forces join fight against ISIL in Damascus refugee camp

Hamas forces join fight against ISIL in Damascus refugee camp

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An official in the support network for the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria said Sunday that a Hamas-affiliated group is fighting the […]

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Israel
Religion in Israel: It’s the Government’s Business

Religion in Israel: It’s the Government’s Business

By Shalom Goldman | (ISLAMICommentary) – Shalom Goldman Surveys of religious affiliation in the U.S. reveal that more than 25% of American have joined a […]

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Yemen:  Russia, Red Cross Demand halt to Bombing to Avert Humanitarian Catastrophe

Yemen: Russia, Red Cross Demand halt to Bombing to Avert Humanitarian Catastrophe

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The Red Cross and the Russian Federation are both demanding a temporary cease-fire in the aerial bombardment of […]

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Climate Change
How Climate Change is already affecting Human Well-Being

How Climate Change is already affecting Human Well-Being

EPA | – “This video provides an introduction to the issue of climate change. The narration discusses the causes of modern-day climate change, signs that […]

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Barack Obama
US Arms Hypocrisy in Egypt:   Obama’s New Beginning that Never Started

US Arms Hypocrisy in Egypt: Obama’s New Beginning that Never Started

By Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei | (Informed Comment) – “To the people of Egypt, particularly the young people of Egypt: I want to be clear: […]

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GCC
Saudi-led attacks in Yemen demonstrate the Gulf's new assertiveness

Saudi-led attacks in Yemen demonstrate the Gulf’s new assertiveness

By James M. Dorsey | ( Your Middle East ) – “Everything is underground, nothing is public.” The current Saudi-led intervention in Yemen designed to […]

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