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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit

Neil Thompson

Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

09/11/2025 By Juan Cole

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

09/11/2025 By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

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Cities need to embrace green Innovation now to cut heat Deaths in the Future

Cities need to embrace green Innovation now to cut heat Deaths in the Future

By Alex Boston, Simon Fraser University | – In late June 2021, North America’s most severe heat wave in history hit British Columbia and the […]

The Conversation

Far Right
Christian Nationalists want to Control your Body: How Dobbs Is an Attack on Us All

Christian Nationalists want to Control your Body: How Dobbs Is an Attack on Us All

( Tomdispatch.com ) – When I was the age that my daughter is now, my favorite sweatshirt had the words “Choice, Choice, Choice, Choice” in […]

Liz Theoharis

Climate Crisis
The Climate Emergency grounds the Royal Air Force in UK, more Effectively than any Terrorist

The Climate Emergency grounds the Royal Air Force in UK, more Effectively than any Terrorist

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – We will probably overshoot the UN goal of limiting extra global heating from the climate emergency to 2.7 degrees F. […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Women Protest Iran's Hijab And Chastity Day By Removing Their Veils In Public

Women Protest Iran’s Hijab And Chastity Day By Removing Their Veils In Public

By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda | – Iranian women’s rights activists posted videos of themselves publicly removing their veils on July 12 to coincide with National […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Displaced and Refugees
The World must Act to restore Funding to Syria to avert a Humanitarian Catastrophe

The World must Act to restore Funding to Syria to avert a Humanitarian Catastrophe

By Jessica Adams | – Once again, last week, the people of northwest Syria were granted a last-minute reprieve. The aid community feared disaster had […]

Middle East Monitor

Food Security
How Morocco Could use its Solar Energy and abundant Phosphorous to Feed the World and Offset Russia

How Morocco Could use its Solar Energy and abundant Phosphorous to Feed the World and Offset Russia

By Michaël Tanchum, Universidad de Navarra | – Morocco has a large fertiliser industry with huge production capacity and international reach. It is one of […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Climate: Scientists Stunned to Find Atlantic Plankton 90% Gone; Marine Life, our Oxygen Imperiled

Climate: Scientists Stunned to Find Atlantic Plankton 90% Gone; Marine Life, our Oxygen Imperiled

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – (Note: After publication, Jonathan Gitlin at Ars Technica took issue with the below on the grounds that it is based […]

Juan Cole

Children
Republicans’ attempted Erasure of a 10-year-old Ohio Rape Victim is incredibly Sick and Disturbed

Republicans’ attempted Erasure of a 10-year-old Ohio Rape Victim is incredibly Sick and Disturbed

By David DeWitt | – ( Minnesota Reformer ) – The first and most important thing to recognize right now is that a heinous, violent […]

Minnesota Reformer

Climate Crisis
How hot is too hot for the Human Body? Our Lab found Heat + Humidity gets Dangerous faster than many People Realize

How hot is too hot for the Human Body? Our Lab found Heat + Humidity gets Dangerous faster than many People Realize

By W. Larry Kenney, Penn State; Daniel Vecellio, Penn State: Rachel Cottle, Penn State; and S. Tony Wolf, Penn State | – Heat waves are […]

The Conversation

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