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Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled
Climate Crisis

Global Solar skyrockets 64% in H1, as Trump SecEnergy Wright gets Schooled

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy consultancy reports that in the first half of 2025, the world put in 380 gigawatts of new […]

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

“But come with old Khayyam and leave the Lot,” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:9

09/04/2025 By Juan Cole

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

The full Seizure of Gaza: A Path toward Isolation and Collapse

09/04/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign Press Corps

Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign Press Corps

by Dr Binoy Kampmark ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Fourth Estate may not be in a good way, corrupted and compromised as it […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Israel is killing far more Civilians than is typical for modern Wars

Gaza: Israel is killing far more Civilians than is typical for modern Wars

By Neta Crawford, University of Oxford (The Conversation) – Hamas killed about 1,200 people in Israel, mostly unarmed civilians, in its surprise attack on southern […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

By Pintu Kumar Mahla, University of Arizona (The Conversation) – Farmers in South Asia rely on the summer monsoon’s rainfall, but extreme monsoon rains in […]

The Conversation

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Türkiye Bans Israeli Ships, Goods at its Ports, Halts Cargo Overflights, Declares Gaza a Genocide

Türkiye Bans Israeli Ships, Goods at its Ports, Halts Cargo Overflights, Declares Gaza a Genocide

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday that his country would completely cut economic relations with Israel, blocking Israeli ships from […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US’s Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations

Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US’s Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations

by Ranjan Solomon ( Middle East Monitor ) – The United States is once again demonstrating that it is unfit to serve as host of […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Trump’s Immigrant Gulags:  A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations

Trump’s Immigrant Gulags: A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When it comes to for-profit, private corporate incarceration of immigrants, making lots of money is like drinking […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Omar Khayyam
“The Bird is on the Wing”: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:7

“The Bird is on the Wing”: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:7

Stanza 7 of the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám talks about how little time we have here on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy

The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy

( Middle East Monitor ) – In an important step toward the economic isolation of Israel due to its genocide in Gaza, Norway’s Government Pension […]

Middle East Monitor

Hizbullah
Risking Regional Chaos:  The US-Israeli Plan to End UN Peacekeeping in S. Lebanon

Risking Regional Chaos: The US-Israeli Plan to End UN Peacekeeping in S. Lebanon

By Vanessa Newby, Monash University and Chiara Ruffa, Sciences Po (The Conversation) – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) is seen by many […]

The Conversation

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