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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
Climate Crisis

America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

08/21/2025 By Human Rights Watch

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

08/21/2025 By The Conversation

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By the End of the Year, Germany will have a Million Electric Cars on the Road out of 4.7 mn Total

By the End of the Year, Germany will have a Million Electric Cars on the Road out of 4.7 mn Total

By Sören Amelang | – Germany will probably reach its target of having one million fully electric or plug-in hybrid cars on the road this […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Yemen: a war with no military solution ... and perhaps no political solution either

Yemen: a war with no military solution … and perhaps no political solution either

( Al-Bab.com) – The Yemeni city of Marib lies 120 km to the east of the capital, Sana’a, with mountainous territory in between. It was […]

Brian Whitaker

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Why the US needs to get out of Syria: Biden orders Bombing that kills 17 in Proxy dance with Iran

Why the US needs to get out of Syria: Biden orders Bombing that kills 17 in Proxy dance with Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Quds al-`Arabi [Arab Jerusalem]’ reports that at least seventeen fighters were killed in U.S. air strikes on Thursday night on […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Saudi Arabia: Proposed Reforms Neglect Basic Rights:  Ongoing Repression, Absence of Civil Society Impede Progress

Saudi Arabia: Proposed Reforms Neglect Basic Rights: Ongoing Repression, Absence of Civil Society Impede Progress

( Human Rights Watch) – (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia recently announced a series of important and necessary reforms, but ongoing repression and a lack of […]

Human Rights Watch

China
Biden, Climate Change, and China: A New Cold War equals A Scalding Planet

Biden, Climate Change, and China: A New Cold War equals A Scalding Planet

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Slowing the pace of climate change and getting “tough” on China, especially over its human-rights abuses and unfair trade practices, are […]

Michael T. Klare

Internet
Facebook's news blockade in Australia shows how tech giants are swallowing the web

Facebook’s news blockade in Australia shows how tech giants are swallowing the web

By Jennifer Grygiel | – When Facebook disabled Australians’ access to news articles on its platform, and blocked sharing of articles from Australian news organizations, […]

The Conversation

CIA
Biden's New Mideast: In Nadir of US-Saudi Relations, release planned of CIA report Accusing Crown prince of Murder

Biden’s New Mideast: In Nadir of US-Saudi Relations, release planned of CIA report Accusing Crown prince of Murder

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration will release a Central Intelligence Agency report concluding that crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman, 35, of Saudi […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Why Google's Plans for a Saudi-Based Cloud are So Dangerous: Riyadh may demand Private Customer Data

Why Google’s Plans for a Saudi-Based Cloud are So Dangerous: Riyadh may demand Private Customer Data

By Dahlia Kholaif | – ( Global Voices ) – Tech giant Google plans to establish a new Google Cloud region in Saudi Arabia. Access […]

Global Voices

Donald Trump
The Claudius Presidency

The Claudius Presidency

(Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Caligula was by all accounts a nasty piece of work. During the nearly four years that he ruled over […]

John Feffer

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