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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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Australia
Biggest Solar-and-Battery Installation in World, at Darwin, Australia, to Power Singapore 3,000 miles Away

Biggest Solar-and-Battery Installation in World, at Darwin, Australia, to Power Singapore 3,000 miles Away

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Moving the world to renewable energy can’t be done purely on the basis of the nation-state. The challenge of the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Azmi Bishara, “Palestine: Matters of Truth and Justice” –  Review

Azmi Bishara, “Palestine: Matters of Truth and Justice” – Review

Tübingen (Special to Informed Comment) – Book Review – Azmi Bishara, Palestine: Matters of Truth and Justice. London: Hurst and Co., 2022. 2021 saw Benjamin […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Food Insecurity
A year of Hunger: How the Russia-Ukraine War is worsening climate-linked Food Crises

A year of Hunger: How the Russia-Ukraine War is worsening climate-linked Food Crises

By Ro McFarlane, University of Canberra; Nenad Naumovski, University of Canberra; and Shawn Somerset, University of Canberra | – Global wheat prices have soared since […]

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Pentagon
Bodies beyond Bucha:  The Civilian Deaths You Haven’t Heard About

Bodies beyond Bucha: The Civilian Deaths You Haven’t Heard About

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Madogaz Musa Abdullah still remembers the phone call. But what came next was a blur. He drove for hours, deep into […]

Nick Turse

censorship
Disney Targeted on Gay Rights by both DeSantis' Christian Taliban and Saudi Muslim Obscurantism

Disney Targeted on Gay Rights by both DeSantis’ Christian Taliban and Saudi Muslim Obscurantism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis notoriously just came after the Walt Disney Co. for its opposition, if belated, to his “don’t […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Stop the Wars. Save the Planet

Stop the Wars. Save the Planet

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – This report “is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership.” Such was […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: Release Long Detained Gaza Aid Worker: 6 Years After Arrest, Mohammad al-Halabi Has Not Been Convicted of a Crime

Israel: Release Long Detained Gaza Aid Worker: 6 Years After Arrest, Mohammad al-Halabi Has Not Been Convicted of a Crime

Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities should immediately release Mohammad al-Halabi, a humanitarian worker from Gaza detained for nearly six years both before […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Colonialism: why leading Climate Scientists have finally acknowledged its Link with Climate Change

Colonialism: why leading Climate Scientists have finally acknowledged its Link with Climate Change

By Harriet Mercer, University of Cambridge | – The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)‘s sixth and latest report on the impact of global warming […]

The Conversation

Democracy
France: Macron's Pyrrhic Victory -- Is his Neoliberalism Producing the Far Right?

France: Macron’s Pyrrhic Victory — Is his Neoliberalism Producing the Far Right?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Romain Brunet at France 24 termed Emannuel Macron’s win in the presidential election a “Pyrrhic victory.” In 280-275 BC, Pyrrhus, […]

Juan Cole

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