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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

09/14/2025 By Global Voices

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Afghanistan
Central Asian Stans Fear Afghan Militancy while their Russian Ally is Bogged down in Ukraine

Central Asian Stans Fear Afghan Militancy while their Russian Ally is Bogged down in Ukraine

By Zhar Zardykhan | – Read this post in Malagasy ( GlobalVoices.org) – On May 8, 2022, the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan reported that they […]

Global Voices

Climate Crisis
Majority of Germans favor higher top Tax Rate to finance Climate Protection - Poll

Majority of Germans favor higher top Tax Rate to finance Climate Protection – Poll

By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Some 66 percent of German households are in favour of raising the top tax rate […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
California to test solar Panels over irrigation Canals to save Water, boost Electricity Output

California to test solar Panels over irrigation Canals to save Water, boost Electricity Output

By Anna Campbell and Karen Marroquin | – ( Cronkite News ) – TURLOCK, Calif. – As the most persistent drought conditions on record continue […]

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Climate Crisis
Portugal Opens Floating Solar Array on Europe's Largest Artificial Lake as Floatovoltaics Expand Globally

Portugal Opens Floating Solar Array on Europe’s Largest Artificial Lake as Floatovoltaics Expand Globally

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Europe’s high methane gas prices caused in part by the Russian war on Ukraine are hurting consumers even in countries […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Will Israel be held accountable? In conversation with the new UN Special Rapporteur in Palestine

Will Israel be held accountable? In conversation with the new UN Special Rapporteur in Palestine

By Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The position of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of […]

Ramzy Baroud

Bill of Rights
Is Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Spying on Most Americans?

Is Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Spying on Most Americans?

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Otherwords.org ) – Growing up in the Southern California suburbs, government surveillance never worried me. But my Syrian-American parents […]

OtherWords

Agriculture
5 technologies that will help make the food system carbon neutral

5 technologies that will help make the food system carbon neutral

By Rene Van Acker, University of Guelph; Evan Fraser, University of Guelph; and Lenore Newman, University of The Fraser Valley | – Globally, about one-third […]

The Conversation

Belgium
Dumping Russian Gas: 4 European countries seek 65 GW Offshore Wind by 2030, as EU Pledges $314 bn. for Green Energy

Dumping Russian Gas: 4 European countries seek 65 GW Offshore Wind by 2030, as EU Pledges $314 bn. for Green Energy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Anyone who follows the climate emergency and extreme weather events would think the serial catastrophes of the past couple years […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Republican Mainstreaming of White Supremacy Fuels Extremist Violence like the Racist Massacre in Buffalo

Republican Mainstreaming of White Supremacy Fuels Extremist Violence like the Racist Massacre in Buffalo

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – “All race politics is bad, all race politics is poison — it erases people, it dehumanizes them. Race politics […]

Dan Dinello

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