Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that Israeli airstrikes shattered the supposed ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday, dropping heaving munitions […]
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Climate Emergency hits China: Historic droughts trigger power Shortages in the Yangtze Basin
( China Dialogue ) – Since mid-June, China has been facing the most intense and enduring heat waves since records began in 1961, according to […]
Is US fight against Shiite Militias in Syria becoming entangled in Russia-US Ukraine Tensions?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AP reports that early today, Wednesday, the US military launched air strikes against Iran-backed Shiite militias in Deir al-Zor Province, […]
Gravity power holds major promise for the decarbonization of electricity grids: Wind and solar energy get a lift from falling-weight technology
By David Henry | – ( Landscape News) – The Energy Vault Resiliency Center, a scalable gravity-powered energy storage center that holds major promise for […]
Digital Media and Sudan’s Revolution
By Shafie Khader Saeed | – Industrial revolutions are defined as new scientific and technological breakthroughs and innovative ways of seeing and dealing with the […]
Slavery and War are tightly Connected – but we had no Idea just how Much until we crunched the Data
By Monti Datta, University of Richmond; Angharad Smith, United Nations University and Kevin Bales, University of Nottingham | – Some 40 million people are enslaved […]
Our Carbon Dioxide Emissions could wipe out 87% of Marine Life if we don’t Quickly get to Zero
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some 87% of marine species are at risk of being wiped out or devastated by 2100 if the world goes […]
Raising the Alarm: Israel’s All-Out Assault on Rights Defenders: Palestinian Groups Raided, Closed; Researcher for Israeli Group Detained
By Omar Shakir | Israel and Palestine Director, Middle East and North Africa Division | @OmarSShakir | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Three […]
Is Afghanistan Balkanizing under the Taliban Rule? On the one-year anniversary of their seizure of power, the Taliban now face a wholly different threat.
By Atal Ahmadzai ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In the year since the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan has endured rapid and agonizing setbacks. Two […]
Shelling of Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant exposes multiple risks – a nuclear expert tells us what they are
By Ross Peel, King’s College London | – Shelling has recently intensified at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, raising international safety concerns. Ukrainian staff […]