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Hurricane Melissa was 33% more Destructive in Jamaica because of People-Caused Climate Breakdown
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Hurricane Melissa was 33% more Destructive in Jamaica because of People-Caused Climate Breakdown

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hurricane Melissa is the most devastating storm to hit Jamaica in recorded history, CNN reports. It rapidly intensified over the […]

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Sudan Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City: Rampant Abuse of Fleeing Civilians by RSF

Sudan Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City: Rampant Abuse of Fleeing Civilians by RSF

10/30/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The Int’l Court of Justice Demands Israel let UN Aid Flow into Gaza, but to what Avail?

The Int’l Court of Justice Demands Israel let UN Aid Flow into Gaza, but to what Avail?

10/30/2025 By The Conversation

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The Great Turko-Russian World War for the Middle East:  From Syria's Idlib to Libya's Tripoli

The Great Turko-Russian World War for the Middle East: From Syria’s Idlib to Libya’s Tripoli

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The campaign to retake parts of Idlib province in northwest Syria by the Russian Aeronspace Forces and the Damascus government […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is 2020 the Year Gaza under Israeli Occupation Becomes Unlivable?

Is 2020 the Year Gaza under Israeli Occupation Becomes Unlivable?

By Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – Middle East Monitor | – It was a very happy moment when the Palestinians knew that they […]

Middle East Monitor

Environment
Polluter’s Paradise: How Oil Companies Avoided Environmental Accountability After 10.8 Million Gallons Spilled

Polluter’s Paradise: How Oil Companies Avoided Environmental Accountability After 10.8 Million Gallons Spilled

By Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune and The Advocate This article was produced by ProPublica in partnership with The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, which is a […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis and Carbon: Six Positive Developments in 2019

Climate Crisis and Carbon: Six Positive Developments in 2019

By Heather Alberro, Dénes Csala, Hannah Cloke, Marc Hudson, Mark Maslin, and Richard Hodgkins | – The climate breakdown continues. Over the past year, The […]

The Conversation

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Massive new 1.5 Gigawatt Solar Farm in Upper Egypt is Visible from Space

Massive new 1.5 Gigawatt Solar Farm in Upper Egypt is Visible from Space

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Aidan Lewis at Reuters reports that Egypt has just opened the 1.5 gigawatt Benban solar plant near the Upper Egyptian […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
After the Horrible Past Year, will 2020 be a Game Changer in Palestine?

After the Horrible Past Year, will 2020 be a Game Changer in Palestine?

( Middle East Monitor) – This has been a defining year for Palestine and Israel. Despite the usual political stagnation of the Palestinian leadership, two […]

Ramzy Baroud

Afghanistan
'Art-ivist' Omaid Sharifi: “There is so much more the world should know about Afghanistan”

‘Art-ivist’ Omaid Sharifi: “There is so much more the world should know about Afghanistan”

By Lin Xin and Luzie Mayer | Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung: The Green Political Foundation | – Interview: Omaid Sharifi is a pioneer Afghan activist and one of […]

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Environment
Did Undersea Volcanoes Hasten Fall of Eastern Rome and Pave way for Rise of Islam?

Did Undersea Volcanoes Hasten Fall of Eastern Rome and Pave way for Rise of Islam?

By Julie Celestial ( The Watchers) – Researchers presented underwater volcanism as a new interpretation of why the sky mysteriously went dark for over a […]

The Watchers

Donald Trump
Is Trump playing Impeachment Politics by Slamming Putin for Offensive in Syria's Idlib?

Is Trump playing Impeachment Politics by Slamming Putin for Offensive in Syria’s Idlib?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Kevin Liptak at CNN reports that Trump on Thursday tweeted on the Idlib campaign of the current Syrian government and […]

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