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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

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Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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Europe Heating up at Twice global Average, with Extreme Weather cost of $2 bn.

Europe Heating up at Twice global Average, with Extreme Weather cost of $2 bn.

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The World Meteorological Organization says that a new report reveals Europe to be the continent undergoing the most rapid heating […]

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Climate Crisis
Climate Change: Severe flooding in Yemen has Affected over 165 000 people, Worsening the displacement Crisis

Climate Change: Severe flooding in Yemen has Affected over 165 000 people, Worsening the displacement Crisis

( The Watchers ) – More than 165 000 people across more than 70 districts of Yemen were impacted by widespread flooding over the past […]

The Watchers

Displaced and Refugees
The Irony of 'World Refugee Day': 'Celebrating', then blaming the Victims

The Irony of ‘World Refugee Day’: ‘Celebrating’, then blaming the Victims

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud   ( Middle East Monitor ) – Fadi, a Syrian teenager, with curly hair and an acne-covered face, has miraculously survived […]

Ramzy Baroud

African-Americans
Teaching Juneteenth: One Black Family’s Struggle for Freedom Offers lessons for Texas lawmakers trying to Erase History from the Classroom

Teaching Juneteenth: One Black Family’s Struggle for Freedom Offers lessons for Texas lawmakers trying to Erase History from the Classroom

By Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Sam Houston State University and Zachary Montz, Sam Houston State University | – (The Conversation) – The news was startling. On […]

The Conversation

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The Biden Effect: Electric Vehicle Sales skyrocket 79% in US in Q1

The Biden Effect: Electric Vehicle Sales skyrocket 79% in US in Q1

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Laws have consequences. The Inflation Reduction Act passed by the Biden administration and the Democrats in Congress (with no Republican […]

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European Union
Europe Ignoring  Israeli War Crimes under Guise of Combating anti-Semitism, New report Finds

Europe Ignoring Israeli War Crimes under Guise of Combating anti-Semitism, New report Finds

( Middle East Monitor ) – The chilling repercussions of the highly controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism have been revealed in […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
How the Exposure of highly classified Documents could harm US Security – and why there are Laws against storing Them insecurely

How the Exposure of highly classified Documents could harm US Security – and why there are Laws against storing Them insecurely

Gary Ross, Texas A&M University When Donald Trump pled not guilty on June 13, 2023, to federal criminal charges related to his alleged illegal retention […]

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Corporations
Why Are Corporate Healthcare Fraudsters Being Handed ‘Get Out of Jail Free Cards’?

Why Are Corporate Healthcare Fraudsters Being Handed ‘Get Out of Jail Free Cards’?

  Kay Tillow Jun 12, 2023Common Dreams ( Commondreams.org ) – The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that oversees those […]

Common Dreams

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Saudi Foreign Minister in Iran seeking $1 bn in Bilateral Trade, Security for Gulf Shipping, Justice for Palestine

Saudi Foreign Minister in Iran seeking $1 bn in Bilateral Trade, Security for Gulf Shipping, Justice for Palestine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The London-based pan-Arab newspaper al-`Arab reports on the visit of Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud to […]

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