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December 4, 2023
Report: Prolonged aggression on Gaza deeply hurts US interests in Middle East - Hespress English

HESPRESS English – Morocco News MENA Hespress ENMonday 4 December 2023 - 12:00 Morocco, alongside other Arab nations signatories of the Abraham Accords with Israel, are “forced to distance themselves from the Jewish state,” according to a recent report from Eurasia Review magazine. The Journal’s report, entitled “How The Gaza Crisis Harms US Interests” stated

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December 4, 2023
A Cry for the Levant - Carnegie Middle East Center - Carnegie Middle East Center

As a child of the Levant, I feel the pain and anguish generated by almost a century of conflict. My family was a victim of the great divide that opened up in the Middle East after Europeans dismantled the remnants of the Ottoman Empire, drew lines in a land previously defined by close-knit communities of

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December 4, 2023
COP28 - The Rockefeller Foundation

The Coal to Clean Credit Initiative (CCCI), a consortium of global experts, receives high-level endorsement from Philippines’ ACEN to begin exploring the world’s first coal-to-clean pilot project in the Philippines, supported by the Monetary Authority of SingaporeCCCI is already actively engaging with sovereign buyers of credits under the Paris Agreement, with support from the COP28

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December 4, 2023
Why HDPE and other petchem operating rates could remain at record lows until 2030 – Asian Chemical Connections - ICIS

By John Richardson UNTIL I FULLY understood the potential supply and cost-per-tonne implications of converting a lot more oil into petrochemicals, what’s happening to demand and the extent of China’s future self-sufficiency, I used to present charts such as the one above to clients with the proviso: “The good news is that this chart will

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December 4, 2023
Iran Update, December 3, 2023 - Critical Threats Project

Information Cutoff: 5:00 pm ESTThe Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. It also covers events and trends that affect the stability and decision-making of the Iranian regime. The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for

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December 4, 2023
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 3, 2023 - Critical Threats Project

14 hours ago 5:25pm ETClick here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.Click here to see ISW’s 3D control of terrain topographic map of Ukraine. Use of a computer (not a mobile device) is strongly recommended for using

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December 3, 2023
Accelerating Innovations Mitigating Climate Change Impact on Health, Agriculture, & Gender - The Rockefeller Foundation

Dubai, 3 December 2023 – Climate change threatens to reverse decades of global development progress and puts the health and livelihoods of future generations in jeopardy. Data indicates a rapid increase in temperature, humidity and rainfall which negatively impacts health, agriculture and vulnerable populations including women. For example, increasing temperatures and rainfall from El Nino

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December 3, 2023
Democracy Awakening - Notes on the State of America - C-SPAN

October 11, 2023 2023-12-03T08:00:06-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMmJmXC8wMDJcLzE3MDE2MDg4ODFfMDAyLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Historian Heather Cox Richardson talked about past and present challenges to American democracy and her outlook on its future. Politics and Prose Bookstore and Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC, sponsored this event. Historian Heather Cox Richardson talked about past and present challenges to American democracy and her outlook on its future.

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December 3, 2023
Countries, Companies Signal Support for Energy Transition Accelerator - The Rockefeller Foundation

DUBAI, UAE | December 3, 2023 – Today at COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the U.S. Department of State, the Bezos Earth Fund, and The Rockefeller Foundation presented the core framework of the Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA), an innovative carbon finance platform aimed at catalyzing private capital to support ambitious just energy transition

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December 3, 2023
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Institute of Philanthropy Call for Stronger Partnerships ... - The Rockefeller Foundation

DUBAI | 3 December 2023 – The Rockefeller Foundation and the Institute of Philanthropy (IoP), a charitable organization established by The Hong Kong Jockey Club, signed a formal ‘Statement of Collaboration’ on the first-ever Health Day at COP28 in Dubai. Having both identified climate and health as strategic priorities, the two organizations aim to collaborate

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