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[ad_1] Juan Cole for Informed Comment  South Korea, the world’s 13th largest economy, spends more of its gross domestic product to import fossil fuels than almost any other country on earth, with the bill amounting to $25 billion a year, according to Energy Live News. Worse, the cost of fossil gas could increase by 41% this year, since has seen a price spike over the Iran War and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Moreover, it seems unlikely that the Persian Gulf will ever again be a reliable source of fossil fuels, since there will be further Israel-US-Iran wars.…

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[ad_1] A bill’s provision to integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries will go to a U.S. House vote after an effort to stop it failed Thursday. Passage will make it nearly impossible to end the U.S.-Israel special relationship, writes Alan MacLeod.  Alan MacLeod for MintPress News Amid widespread and growing public opposition to the Israeli genocide of Gaza and South Lebanon, a controversial new bill seeks to formally integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries like never before, making it difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins. Section 224 of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) proposes to join the…

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[ad_1]  Jennifer K. Rumple Prism Deep East Oakland, California. Locals call it “Deep in the E” or simply, “The Deep.” This is where Diamond Allen primarily grew up in the early 2000s.  The neighborhood is made up of predominantly working-class Black and Latino families who have faced significant disinvestment and longstanding neglect of infrastructure and resources—including limited access to fresh produce and full-service grocery stores.  There were four liquor stores on Diamond’s block, he recalled. Not much else. “I remember frequently going to the liquor store after school with my friends and buying a honey bun or a bag…

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[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded a two-day summit in Beijing on May 20, 2026, signing roughly 40 cooperation documents and adopting a joint declaration on a multipolar world order, according to state media reports [1]. The declaration rejects the idea of a single ideological center and advocates for civilizational diversity, according to analysis by Ladislav Zemanek, a non-resident research fellow at the China-CEE Institute and expert of the Valdai Discussion Club [2]. Zemanek wrote that the partnership “is not a crusade against the West. It is a revolt against unipolarity — against the idea…

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