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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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Netanyahu on Iran Deal:  threatens ‘survival of Israel’, ‘horrific war’

Netanyahu on Iran Deal: threatens ‘survival of Israel’, ‘horrific war’

RT | —- A nuclear deal with Iran based on current framework will “threaten the survival of Israel”, said PM Benjamin Netanyahu, warning it would […]

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GCC
Saudi Arabia's intervention in Yemen is Morphing into Major War

Saudi Arabia’s intervention in Yemen is Morphing into Major War

By Paul Rogers Since it was first announced, the Saudi Arabia-led war in Yemen has developed very rapidly. Air strikes have already hit numerous targets, […]

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Syria: ISIL Conquest of Yarmouk Palestinian Camp refutes Israeli Propaganda

Syria: ISIL Conquest of Yarmouk Palestinian Camp refutes Israeli Propaganda

Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday, the extremist Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) group, known for its brutal beheadings and mass murder, took over the […]

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Apartheid
Why Palestine joining the International Criminal Court could be a total game changer

Why Palestine joining the International Criminal Court could be a total game changer

By Kurt Mills, University of Glasgow | (The Conversation) – After more than five years and much diplomatic wrangling, Palestine has joined the International Criminal […]

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Bill of Rights
Boycotting Indiana over anti-Gay Religious Discrimination

Boycotting Indiana over anti-Gay Religious Discrimination

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – “Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and John Iadaola (https://twitter.com/jiadarola) host of The Young Turks discusses the backlash and boycotts from […]

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Apartheid
Israel's Hidden Palestinians fight Eviction

Israel’s Hidden Palestinians fight Eviction

AJ+ – “100,000 Palestinian Bedouins living in villages in Israel’s Negev desert are being threatened with eviction. Their communities are not recognised by the State […]

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Displaced and Refugees
As Aden falls to Houthis & Saudis Bomb, Yemenis buy up Food, Fuel

As Aden falls to Houthis & Saudis Bomb, Yemenis buy up Food, Fuel

By Almigdad Mojalli – SANA’A, 1 April 2015 (IRIN) – Yemen’s war continued to escalate on Wednesday, with Saudi-led airstrikes in most major cities and […]

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As Iran talks Progress, US, Iran forces cooperate in taking Tikrit

As Iran talks Progress, US, Iran forces cooperate in taking Tikrit

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – By now the Iraqi government has a long history of claiming areas are “liberated” when the local picture […]

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Apartheid
Barghouthi: “Joining ICC A Significant Move To Strip Israel’s Illegal Immunity”

Barghouthi: “Joining ICC A Significant Move To Strip Israel’s Illegal Immunity”

By IMEMC News | – Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated that by joining the International Criminal Court (ICC), Palestine would […]

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