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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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Israeli Forces arrest 8-year-old Palestinian in East Jerusalem (They arrest 2 Children a day on Average)

Israeli Forces arrest 8-year-old Palestinian in East Jerusalem (They arrest 2 Children a day on Average)

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli special forces last Wednesday detained an eight-year-old Palestinian in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, a local information center said. Majdi […]

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Economy
Russell Brand v. Press Lord Rupert Murdoch:  Who won?

Russell Brand v. Press Lord Rupert Murdoch: Who won?

AJ+ | — “The British twitterati is in a tizzy over a brawl between Russell Brand and Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun. The “manarchist” comedian has […]

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Apartheid
Nowhere to Run: Broken Homes and Broken Lives in Gaza

Nowhere to Run: Broken Homes and Broken Lives in Gaza

By Jen Marlowe | (Tomdispatch.com) Rubble. That’s been the one constant for the Awajah family for as long as I’ve known them. Four months ago, […]

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Over 100 ISIL/Daesh Fighters Killed in US Airstrikes in Iraq; Attack on Syria Base Repelled

Over 100 ISIL/Daesh Fighters Killed in US Airstrikes in Iraq; Attack on Syria Base Repelled

By Juan Cole | — The US war on Daesh (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria takes up less and less space in the MSM. The […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Pundits Blame Eric Garner For His Own Death (TYT Medley of Shame)

Pundits Blame Eric Garner For His Own Death (TYT Medley of Shame)

Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks | — “The death of Staten Island man Eric Garner after New York police Officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in […]

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Apartheid
Israeli Squatters chop down 50 Olive Trees in Palestinian Village (800,000 since 1967)

Israeli Squatters chop down 50 Olive Trees in Palestinian Village (800,000 since 1967)

NABLUS (Ma’an) — Settlers cut down over 50 olive trees in the Nablus village of Aqraba on Friday, Palestinian official Ghassan Daghlas said. Settlers from […]

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Climate Change
Climate change threatens Peru's glaciers as 195 Countries Meet in Lima

Climate change threatens Peru’s glaciers as 195 Countries Meet in Lima

DW | — “Delegates from 195 countries are meeting in Lima, Peru for the UN’s 20th climate change conference. The mountains of Peru offer a […]

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Iran
Iran:  Rise In Youth just living together -- Gov't rails Against 'White Marriage'

Iran: Rise In Youth just living together — Gov’t rails Against ‘White Marriage’

By Golnaz Esfandiari (RFL/RE) | — Raana and Hamed have been living together for four years. They eat together. They both contribute to the household […]

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Coal
Solar Power in US doubles in 2014, Wind now 4% of Energy Mix

Solar Power in US doubles in 2014, Wind now 4% of Energy Mix

By Juan Cole | — Compared to Germany and Spain, the United States is woefully backward in its development of wind, solar and other renewable […]

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