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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard
Abbasid Empire

Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Northeastern England fell to the Vikings in 865, and they held it for several decades. They not only had what […]

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)

08/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

What Do We Forget When We Remember Hiroshima?

08/13/2025 By Tomdispatch

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The Genocidal Partnership of Israel and the United States

The Genocidal Partnership of Israel and the United States

San Francisco (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – For decades, countless U.S. officials have proclaimed that the bonds between the United States and Israel are […]

Norman Solomon

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Tehran On The Brink: Can Iran Survive Its Water Crisis?

Tehran On The Brink: Can Iran Survive Its Water Crisis?

By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/ RL ) – Worsening Water Crisis: Iran is experiencing a deepening water crisis that has forced authorities to impose widespread […]

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Agrovoltaics
How Wind and Solar Power Keeps America’s Farms Alive

How Wind and Solar Power Keeps America’s Farms Alive

By Paul Mwebaze, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (The Conversation) – Drive through the plains of Iowa or Kansas and you’ll see more than rows […]

The Conversation

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Wildfire “Apocalypse” in Türkiye as Temperature rises to Record 122.9º F.

Wildfire “Apocalypse” in Türkiye as Temperature rises to Record 122.9º F.

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Türkiye is facing “apocalyptic” wildfires according to one official in the northwest Bursa region. Temperatures in central Anatolia hit an […]

Juan Cole

Desalinization
Egypt needs more drinkable Water – how windy coastal Resorts could help

Egypt needs more drinkable Water – how windy coastal Resorts could help

By Thokozani Majozi, University of the Witwatersrand (The Conversation) – Egypt is facing a growing water crisis due to its arid climate, limited water resources, […]

The Conversation

Arms Sales
Easy Money for War Profiteers in the Age of Trump

Easy Money for War Profiteers in the Age of Trump

( Tomdispatch.com ) – When, in his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of the unwarranted influence wielded by a […]

William D. Hartung

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Pariah State: Israeli Cruise Ship, Rebuffed at Greek Island Ports over Gaza Genocide, becomes Flying Dutchman

Pariah State: Israeli Cruise Ship, Rebuffed at Greek Island Ports over Gaza Genocide, becomes Flying Dutchman

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Extreme-right Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to turn Israel into a 21st century version of the Flying Dutchman. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza hunger deepens as 6,000 aid trucks await Entry: UN agency for Palestinian Refugees

Gaza hunger deepens as 6,000 aid trucks await Entry: UN agency for Palestinian Refugees

( Middle East Monitor ) – More than 6,000 aid trucks carrying essential food and supplies are stuck in Jordan and Egypt, unable to reach […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers: New Study — ProPublica

Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers: New Study — ProPublica

By Abrahm Lustgarten, Graphics by Lucas Waldron, Illustrations by Olivier Kugler for ProPublica ( ProPublica ) – As the planet gets hotter and its reservoirs […]

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