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China’s Solar Power Installations Skyrocket by 36.6%, may install 100 Gigs of New Solar this Year ift.tt/pWmM3QU

China’s Solar Power Installations Skyrocket by 36.6%, may install 100 Gigs of New Solar this Year

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - In the first four months of 2023, China's solar power installations increased by an incredible …

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Nakba: Remembering Israel’s Massacre of Palestinians at Tantura ift.tt/9cI1LAE

Nakba: Remembering Israel’s Massacre of Palestinians at Tantura

Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks     ( Middle East Monitor ) - On this day in May 1948, up to 200 …

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Chinese Immigrants sue over New DeSantis Law in Florida Barring them from Buying Homes or Land ift.tt/uienh6l

Chinese Immigrants sue over New DeSantis Law in Florida Barring them from Buying Homes or Land

By: Mitch Perry - Chinese citizens who live and work in Florida have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality …

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Women’s secret war: the inside story of how the US military sent female soldiers on covert combat missions to Afghanistan ift.tt/91DN5W8

Women’s secret war: the inside story of how the US military sent female soldiers on covert combat...

By Jennifer Greenburg, University of Sheffield | - A US Army handbook from 2011 opens one of its chapters with …

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Israeli Extremists led by Minister of Nat’l Security Storm al-Aqsa Mosque Complex, as Turkey Condemns “Fascism” ift.tt/sA6bCRP

Israeli Extremists led by Minister of Nat’l Security Storm al-Aqsa Mosque Complex, as Turkey...

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that dozens of Israeli squatters, with Minister of National …

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New Medicare-for-All Legislation introduced by Sanders, Jayapal, Dingell, others: Why is the greatest Health System in the World only for the Affluent? ift.tt/3mfgDxI

New Medicare-for-All Legislation introduced by Sanders, Jayapal, Dingell, others: Why is the...

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment) - The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was supposed to contain costs and make insurance …

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Military Drones are swarming the Skies of Ukraine and other Conflict Hot Spots – and Anything goes when it comes to International Law ift.tt/9ENgciC

Military Drones are swarming the Skies of Ukraine and other Conflict Hot Spots – and Anything goes...

By Tara Sonenshine, Tufts University | - Loud explosions rock the evening sky. Streaks of light appear like comets. Missiles …

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Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis: Two Peas in a (White Nationalist) Pod ift.tt/Cd7eiRb
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Spain Runs entirely on Green Energy for 9 Hours for First time, in Harbinger of Green Future ift.tt/fG08XZS

Spain Runs entirely on Green Energy for 9 Hours for First time, in Harbinger of Green Future

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - Spain, the world's 15th largest economy and the fourth-largest in Europe, recently ran for 9 …

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Israeli Extremists’ ‘Flag March’ Reveals the Occupation’s Dilemma in Palestinian East Jerusalem ift.tt/2FqduAV

Israeli Extremists’ ‘Flag March’ Reveals the Occupation’s Dilemma in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Hossam Shaker     ( Middle East Monitor ) - The fragility of a position is sometimes exposed when there …

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Strong Showing for Erdogan sets up Turkish Run-Off Election for May 28 ift.tt/IAYnWJa

Strong Showing for Erdogan sets up Turkish Run-Off Election for May 28

Written byArzu Geybullayeva ( Globalvoices.org ) - The results from the May 14 general elections in Turkey were a surprise …

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The Hottest Days are warming twice as fast as the Average Summer Temperature in Northwest Europe ift.tt/gsIwzG8

The Hottest Days are warming twice as fast as the Average Summer Temperature in Northwest Europe

By Matthew Patterson, University of Oxford | - (The Conversation) - On July 19 2022, the UK experienced its highest …

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Smotrich Plans to Send 500k further Israeli Squatters in to Steal More Palestinian Land in West Bank ift.tt/inEslWp

Smotrich Plans to Send 500k further Israeli Squatters in to Steal More Palestinian Land in West Bank

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - Yaniv Kubovich and Ben Samuels at Haaretz report that far-right extremist Bezalel Smotrich is preparing …

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Global Heating to Bring a Record-Breaking Hot Year by 2028 — Probably our First above the 2.7F /1.5C Threshold ift.tt/YqAiv85

Global Heating to Bring a Record-Breaking Hot Year by 2028 — Probably our First above the 2.7F...

By Andrew King, The University of Melbourne | - One year in the next five will almost certainly be the …

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What can the West learn from Kenya about Geothermal Power? ift.tt/xoT2G4O

What can the West learn from Kenya about Geothermal Power?

Clean Energy Wire / ARD ( Clean Energy Wire ) - Kenya signaled its interest in becoming the first African …

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Goodbye to the American Century: China India and the Emerging New World Order ift.tt/1ZSPGiD

Goodbye to the American Century: China India and the Emerging New World Order

( Tomdispatch.com) - Not so long ago, political analysts were speaking of the “G-2” — that is, of a potential …

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Is Israel Over-Hyping the Supposed Iran Threat? ift.tt/WeubKZw

Is Israel Over-Hyping the Supposed Iran Threat?

Review of Jonathan G. Leslie, Fear and Insecurity: Israel and the Iran Threat Narrative (London: Hurst and Co., 2022). Munich …

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The Symbolic Nakba Commemoration at the UN Showed Discomfort with the Truth that Israel Expelled the Palestinians ift.tt/yva8Its

The Symbolic Nakba Commemoration at the UN Showed Discomfort with the Truth that Israel Expelled...

Ramona Wadi walzerscent     ( Middle East Monitor ) - "The thought that an international organisation could mark the …

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EPA Again Proposes Restrictions on Power Plant Carbon Dioxide Emissions ift.tt/HZn5Pc6

EPA Again Proposes Restrictions on Power Plant Carbon Dioxide Emissions

By: Robert Zullo     ( The Wisconsin Examiner ) - The Obama administration’s 2015 Clean Power Plan — intended …

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The Nation of Islam: A brief History ift.tt/lFk3LDJ

The Nation of Islam: A brief History

By Joseph R. Stuart, Brigham Young University | - May 2023 marks 98 years since the birth of civil rights …

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