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Global South is now 1/3 of major EV Markets, Leaving US in the Dust
Climate Crisis

Global South is now 1/3 of major EV Markets, Leaving US in the Dust

Juan Cole

The adoption of electric vehicles has spread to the Global South and is no longer only a Chinese, European and American phenomenon.

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3 Narratives of Gaza: Trump’s Riviera, Palestinians’ Two-States, Israel’s Genocide

3 Narratives of Gaza: Trump’s Riviera, Palestinians’ Two-States, Israel’s Genocide

12/23/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

“You will not Kill our Imagination:” Palestinian Memoirist Saeed Teebi

“You will not Kill our Imagination:” Palestinian Memoirist Saeed Teebi

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Mueller:  FBI Drones on US Soil, used 'Minimally' (Young Turks)

Mueller: FBI Drones on US Soil, used ‘Minimally’ (Young Turks)

FBI director Robert Mueller admitted Wednesday that the FBI sometimes deploys drones over US territory. Cenk Uygur reports: Cenk points out that if the Bureau […]

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Afghanistan
On-Again, Off-Again US Talks with Taliban in Doha; Kabul Furious

On-Again, Off-Again US Talks with Taliban in Doha; Kabul Furious

The attempt of the US State Department to open negotiations with the Taliban, who now have an office in Doha, Qatar, foundered on a series […]

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Iran
Iran's Pres. Rouhani News Conference: Transparency on Nukes and Talks with US

Iran’s Pres. Rouhani News Conference: Transparency on Nukes and Talks with US

CNN profiles Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani and interviews Hillary Mann Leverett: The USG Open Source Center translated the first news conference held by newly […]

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Drones
US Drone Operator says, 'I became a sociopath', regrets 1626 Killings (Lest we forget)

US Drone Operator says, ‘I became a sociopath’, regrets 1626 Killings (Lest we forget)

Lest we forget (from last summer): Brandon Bryant is haunted by his career as a drone contract killer for the US government. Drone operator: ‘I […]

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Domestic Surveillance
I am Bradley Manning (celebrity video protesting treason charge)

I am Bradley Manning (celebrity video protesting treason charge)

The celebrity video ‘I am Bradley Manning: protests against the ‘aiding the enemy charge’ against leaker Manning, who is now being tried in a military […]

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Energy
Dear Jenny McCarthy and Bill McKibben: Coal Plants are causing Autism, Let's Sue Them!

Dear Jenny McCarthy and Bill McKibben: Coal Plants are causing Autism, Let’s Sue Them!

The situation comedy actress Jenny McCarthy has done great damage to public health by her wrong-headed thesis that vaccines cause autism. This is not true, […]

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Iran
Russia:  Iran is ready to Cease Enriching Uranium to 20%

Russia: Iran is ready to Cease Enriching Uranium to 20%

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov repeated in an interview with the Kuwaiti press on Tuesday an assertion he has made before, i.e. that Iran stands […]

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60% of Free Syria Army fighting for Islamic State: Channel 4 News

60% of Free Syria Army fighting for Islamic State: Channel 4 News

Channel 4 News interviews a journalist who has been with the Free Syria Army for the past 6 months on what motivates them. He says […]

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Brazil Protests (In the Eye of the Storm Video)

Brazil Protests (In the Eye of the Storm Video)

Brazilians in the hundreds of thousands have been protesting the high cost of city bus tickets, diversion of government funds to international projects like the […]

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