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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory
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Pakistan now gets 25% of its Electricity from Solar, Plans Solar Panel factory

Juan Cole

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

12/17/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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With 3 more US Soldiers Wounded, Iraqi Joint Command urges Swift Departure of US Troops, Fearing Instability

With 3 more US Soldiers Wounded, Iraqi Joint Command urges Swift Departure of US Troops, Fearing Instability

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Three US servicemen were wounded, along with two Iraqi soldiers, during daylight hours on Saturday when some 33 katyusha rockets […]

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Brazil
Not a Hoax After All: Macho Coronavirus Denialists Donald Trump and Brazil's Bolsonaro were Exposed at Mar-a-Lago

Not a Hoax After All: Macho Coronavirus Denialists Donald Trump and Brazil’s Bolsonaro were Exposed at Mar-a-Lago

Sao Paulo (Special to Informed Comment) – Last weekend, President Donald Trump met with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for a private dinner in Mar-a-Lago, his […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Kushner Apartheid is Hardly the First Attempt to Erase the Palestinians

The Kushner Apartheid is Hardly the First Attempt to Erase the Palestinians

( Middle East Monitor ) – The international community has stated repeatedly that it will not accept any changes to issues related to Palestine upon […]

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Saudi Arabia
Night of Long Knives: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Grasps for Absolute Power

Night of Long Knives: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Grasps for Absolute Power

By Umer Karim and Scott Lucas | – The news seeped out of Saudi Arabia into international outlets late on March 6. King Salman’s brother, […]

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Climate Crisis
Why Burning Fossil Fuels is to Today's Pandemics as Fleas were to the Black Death

Why Burning Fossil Fuels is to Today’s Pandemics as Fleas were to the Black Death

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sheri Fink at the NYT reports that Center for Disease Control scientific modeler Matthew Biggerstaff estimated in a conference call […]

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
Why does Trump get a Pass for Pledging Economic Populism, but they Ask Sanders about the Cost?

Why does Trump get a Pass for Pledging Economic Populism, but they Ask Sanders about the Cost?

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment) – It may come as a shock, but Presidential candidates Trump and Sanders have made a number of similar […]

Arnold Oliver

Bernie Sanders
Palestinians: Why whether Sanders or Biden Wins the Democratic Primary Matters for the Mideast

Palestinians: Why whether Sanders or Biden Wins the Democratic Primary Matters for the Mideast

By Halah Ahmad | – (Al Shabaka) – Leading US Democratic presidential candidates have chosen to address, among other progressive platforms, the rising demand for […]

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Climate Change is already Diminishing the Colorado River, U.S. Researchers Find

Climate Change is already Diminishing the Colorado River, U.S. Researchers Find

By Luke Runyon /KUNC | ( Cronkite News) – GREELEY, Colo. – A warming climate already is reducing stream flows in the Southwest’s largest watershed, […]

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Donald Trump
As Trump stumbles in war on Coronavirus at Home, He Bombs Shiites in Shiite-Ruled Iraq

As Trump stumbles in war on Coronavirus at Home, He Bombs Shiites in Shiite-Ruled Iraq

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – US fighter jets bombed bases of the Kata’ib Hizbullah (“Brigades of the Party of God”) militia in Iraq on Thursday […]

Juan Cole

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