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Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar
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Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar

Juan Cole

Cheap solar and wind can replace imports of expensive and possibly unreliable fossil gas as well as imports of expensive and polluting black coal

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

02/08/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

02/08/2026 By The Conversation

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NSA Spying: Now It's Personal

NSA Spying: Now It’s Personal

By Eva Galperin and Nadia Kayyali via EFF Imagine that you watched a police officer in your neighborhood stop ten completely ordinary people every day […]

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Christians
World Council of Churches Endorses Fossil Fuel Divestment

World Council of Churches Endorses Fossil Fuel Divestment

Geneva, Switzerland — The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), a fellowship of over 300 churches which represent some 590 million people […]

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Dissent
Escaping Mosul and ISIS Assassination Campaigns

Escaping Mosul and ISIS Assassination Campaigns

niqash | Special Correspondent | Mosul | Refugees from the Ninawa province, of whihc Mosul is the capital, queue to get into Iraqi Kurdistan. One […]

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Apartheid
Israel's Groundhog Day: Reverse Snowballs and the Horror of Lawn-Mowing

Israel’s Groundhog Day: Reverse Snowballs and the Horror of Lawn-Mowing

by Juan Cole A horrible video is circulating on social media, of a Palestinian father in Gaza who is bringing a toy to his four […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Army: We have been instructed to Hit Hamas Hard

Israeli Army: We have been instructed to Hit Hamas Hard

By Robert Naiman The government of Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a new war on Palestinians in Gaza, a war whose purported justifications make George W. […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
American Torturers:   We're all Jack Bauer Now in The 25th Hour

American Torturers: We’re all Jack Bauer Now in The 25th Hour

By Rebecca Gordon Once upon a time, if a character on TV or in a movie tortured someone, it was a sure sign that he […]

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Afghanistan
Will Afghanistan Break up Too? Abdullah Threatens Rival Gov't As Kerry Raises "Concern"

Will Afghanistan Break up Too? Abdullah Threatens Rival Gov’t As Kerry Raises “Concern”

By Charles Recknagel As disappointed Abdullah Abdullah supporters label Afghanistan's early election results a "coup d'etat," there is every reason to take seriously their threats […]

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Climate Change
Bhutan Hatches Ambitious Plan To Convert All Cars To Electric

Bhutan Hatches Ambitious Plan To Convert All Cars To Electric

By Christopher DeMorro Originally posted on EVObsession Situated on the southern slopes of the Eastern Himalayan mountains, the Kingdom of Bhutan has fewer people than […]

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Stop Saying 'If X fired Rockets at U.S.': It's Racist, & assumes we're Colonial

Stop Saying ‘If X fired Rockets at U.S.’: It’s Racist, & assumes we’re Colonial

By Juan Cole Is anyone else disgusted by the propaganda trick of trying to get Americans to sympathize with Israel’s massive attack on the civilian […]

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