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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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Turkey and Russia lock horns in Syria as fear of outright war escalates

Turkey and Russia lock horns in Syria as fear of outright war escalates

By Mehmet Ozalp | – As the nine-year Syrian civil war enters its final turn, Turkey and Russia, long-time allies in Syria, are on the […]

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Epidemics
Heckuva Job, Pencie!  A US ruled for and by the Rich leaves Workers at Risk for Coronavirus

Heckuva Job, Pencie! A US ruled for and by the Rich leaves Workers at Risk for Coronavirus

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Is the United States prepared to deal with a public health emergency? At this point such an […]

John Buell

Donald Trump
Trump Spending $1.2 Trillion a year on War, with Nothing to Show for It

Trump Spending $1.2 Trillion a year on War, with Nothing to Show for It

By Mandy Smithberger | – Hold on to your helmets! It’s true the White House is reporting that its proposed new Pentagon budget is only […]

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China
Maybe Try Friendship?  Hatred and Enmity are bad Politics for America and a World in Crisis

Maybe Try Friendship? Hatred and Enmity are bad Politics for America and a World in Crisis

We live in an era where animosity and even rage are the norm in the political arena. Both Democrats and Republicans are deeply divided in […]

Richard Penaskovic

Bernie Sanders
The Plutocracy Strikes Back:  CNN Compares Bernie Sanders to Coronavirus

The Plutocracy Strikes Back: CNN Compares Bernie Sanders to Coronavirus

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday morning CNN host Michael Smerconish compared Sen. Bernie Sanders to the coronavirus, asking if anything could stop either […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Nonviolent Noncooperation: A Palestinian Response to the Kushner/Trump Plan

Nonviolent Noncooperation: A Palestinian Response to the Kushner/Trump Plan

( Nonviolence International) – President Trump and his son-in-law’s “peace” plan would worsen the long term subjugation of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, East […]

Mubarak Awad

Development
The Coronavirus has sent Stocks Plummeting - Could a Recession be Next?

The Coronavirus has sent Stocks Plummeting – Could a Recession be Next?

By Michael Walden | – Fears are growing that the new coronavirus will infect the U.S. economy. U.S stocks are headed for their worst week […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
On Top of Everything Else, Coronavirus hits the Middle East

On Top of Everything Else, Coronavirus hits the Middle East

(Al-Bab.com) – Iran announced on Friday that the number of coronavirus cases in the country has risen to 388, with 34 deaths so far (among […]

Brian Whitaker

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Clouds of War: Russia sends Warships as Turkey kills 45 Syrian Troops and blackmails Europe with Migration

Clouds of War: Russia sends Warships as Turkey kills 45 Syrian Troops and blackmails Europe with Migration

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkey and Russia engaged in a tense dance of negotiation and threat on Friday in the wake of the killing […]

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