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Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

China imported 389,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan oil in 2025, about 4% of its total

The “Neither Gaza nor Lebanon” chant asks: What does it mean for a government to prioritize foreign conflicts over domestic welfare?

he protest was part of over a 1,000 planned demonstrations against ICE across the nation this weekend

Political slogans grew sharper, and in some places the protests shifted from economic dissent to open calls for regime change.

Netanyahu continues to gamble on the possibility that international and regional opinion may eventually become receptive to ethnic cleansing

Average CO2 emissions of new cars fell by almost 12 percent, to an average of 105.8 grammes per kilometre

They discuss Cole’s career, ranging from his upbringing in a military family to becoming a leading public intellectual during the Iraq War

Russian and American leaders will face no barriers to the expansion of those thermonuclear arsenals

the Arctic’s climate is changing more rapidly than anywhere on Earth, further increasing the already substantial economic and personal risk