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China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal
China

China’s Power Sector Emissions fall 5.8% in Q1, as Renewables rapidly Replace Coal

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lauri Myllyvirta writes at Carbon Brief that China’s CO2 emissions over-all fell by 1% in the past 12 months, and […]

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

Trump and Bukele: The Few Repressing the Many

05/16/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

That Sucking Sound you hear is Trump Flushing America down the Toilet

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Israel/ Palestine
A return to the two-state politics without a historical reckoning spells loss for Palestinians

A return to the two-state politics without a historical reckoning spells loss for Palestinians

(Middle East Monitor ) – US President Joe Biden announced the restoring of diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority and the resumption of humanitarian aid […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
All Hands on Deck: Biden plans to fight climate change in a way no U.S. president has done before

All Hands on Deck: Biden plans to fight climate change in a way no U.S. president has done before

By Bill Ritter Jr. | – Joe Biden is preparing to deal with climate change in a way no U.S. president has done before – […]

The Conversation

Democracy
Preventing Future Election Violence: Peacebuilding to avoid becoming a failed state

Preventing Future Election Violence: Peacebuilding to avoid becoming a failed state

By Kerri Kennedy | – ( Otherwords.org ) – I have spent my entire career working to end election-related conflicts, mostly overseas. Unfortunately, this experience […]

OtherWords

Archaeology
Israeli Archeologists find 7th Century Mosque and Evidence of Tolerance in Early Islam at Tiberias

Israeli Archeologists find 7th Century Mosque and Evidence of Tolerance in Early Islam at Tiberias

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli archeologists have made two extremely important finds recently that have implications for our image of early Islam. Katia Cytryn-Silverman, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Protests mount over Israeli medical apartheid toward Palestine during pandemic"

Protests mount over Israeli medical apartheid toward Palestine during pandemic”

Israel’s rapid vaccine rollout leaves out Palestinian population

Global Voices

Germany
In Turnaround, New Onshore Wind jumps 50% in Germany adding 1.4 Gigs; Sector generates 20% of country’s Electricity

In Turnaround, New Onshore Wind jumps 50% in Germany adding 1.4 Gigs; Sector generates 20% of country’s Electricity

By Kerstine Appunn Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Onshore wind power – the cornerstone of Germany’s decarbonisation plans – has […]

Clean Energy Wire

Islamophobia
Islamophobia and Amnesia:  Why are Major White Supremacist attacks on Mosques quickly Forgotten?

Islamophobia and Amnesia: Why are Major White Supremacist attacks on Mosques quickly Forgotten?

By Jasmin Zine | – On Jan. 29, 2017, six Muslim men were shot dead in a Québec City mosque. An armed white nationalist terrorist […]

The Conversation

Antisemitism
The Republican Party's Iran-Level Superstitious Anti-Semitism: Greene claimed Jewish Space Laser started Cali Wildfires

The Republican Party’s Iran-Level Superstitious Anti-Semitism: Greene claimed Jewish Space Laser started Cali Wildfires

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Golnaz Esfandiari reports on controversies currently roiling Tehran over the belief in supernatural beings, genies (jinn or djinn), among the […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
Republican Leaders are de Facto Justifying Fascist Violence: Don't let them off the Hook

Republican Leaders are de Facto Justifying Fascist Violence: Don’t let them off the Hook

Fascism is not just about violence. It’s also about politics.

Foreign Policy in Focus

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