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Have we Reached Peak Fossil Fuels? Wind & Solar met all New Energy Demand in Q1-Q3 ’25
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Have we Reached Peak Fossil Fuels? Wind & Solar met all New Energy Demand in Q1-Q3 ’25

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Ember finds that solar power-generating capacity grew Q1-Q3 ’25 by an unprecedented 31% over the same three quarters in 2024

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Iraq’s 2025 Elections reveal a Democracy without Belief

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Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail

Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail

Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of the Afghanistan presidential contest by the misnamed Independent Electoral Commission, the local Afghan commission appointed by . […]

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Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail

Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail

Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of the Afghanistan presidential contest by the misnamed Independent Electoral Commission, the local Afghan commission appointed by . […]

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Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast

Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast

A car bomb in the parking lot of the Shalimar Hotel in Rawalpindi was detonated on Monday morning. Aljazeera is reporting over 30 dead. ‘Pindi, […]

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Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast

Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast

A car bomb in the parking lot of the Shalimar Hotel in Rawalpindi was detonated on Monday morning. Aljazeera is reporting over 30 dead. ‘Pindi, […]

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Speculation on Whether Abdullah will Join National Unity Government; MPs call for US withdrawal

Speculation on Whether Abdullah will Join National Unity Government; MPs call for US withdrawal

Matthew Green of the FT, reporting from Kabul, suggests that Abdullah Abdullah may still be open to a post in Hamid Karzai’s cabinet. That outcome […]

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Speculation on Whether Abdullah will Join National Unity Government; MPs call for US withdrawal

Speculation on Whether Abdullah will Join National Unity Government; MPs call for US withdrawal

Matthew Green of the FT, reporting from Kabul, suggests that Abdullah Abdullah may still be open to a post in Hamid Karzai’s cabinet. That outcome […]

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Abdullah withdraws from Afghanistan Presidential Race

Abdullah withdraws from Afghanistan Presidential Race

Abdullah Abdullah announced Sunday morning that he has withdrawn from the second round of Afghanistan’s presidential election on the grounds that the same local officials, […]

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Abdullah withdraws from Afghanistan Presidential Race

Abdullah withdraws from Afghanistan Presidential Race

Abdullah Abdullah announced Sunday morning that he has withdrawn from the second round of Afghanistan’s presidential election on the grounds that the same local officials, […]

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Abdullah May Withdraw from Second Round

Abdullah May Withdraw from Second Round

Abdullah Abdullah is threatening to withdraw from the presidential runoff contest in Afghanistan if the head of the Electoral Commission is not replaced. That commission […]

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