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What happens to the planet if Trump gets his hands on all of Venezuela’s oil?

The largest oil reserves of any country on the planet, more than 300 billion barrels, are estimated to lie beneath the ground in Venezuela. President Donald Trump is now laying claim to these vast deposits after his capture of the country’s president Nicolás Maduro. Venezuelan oil is a tantalizing prospect for Trump, who reveres fossil …

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Egypt Independent January 8, 2026

Israel’s propaganda machine endangers every Jew on the planet – including me

Israel’s propaganda machine endangers every Jew on the planet – including me Submitted by Antony Loewenstein on Fri, 12/19/2025 –

Middle East Eye December 24, 2025

Like no other commute on the planet: Inside Saudi Arabia’s dazzling $22-billion metro system

Taking the metro is usually little more than a means to an end while moving around cities, but Saudi Arabia’s brand new Riyadh Metro is turning this notion on its head. Launched in December 2024, the automated rapid transit system brings new meaning to the phrase, “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” Spanning over …

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Egypt Independent October 1, 2025

These researchers think the sludge in your home may help save the planet

James Henriksen with Colorado State University, holds up a water sample for Harvard colleague Braden Tierney. The bag is teeming

NPR NEWS June 3, 2025

If Planet Nine is out there, this telescope might actually find it

The Milky Way shines over the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in an image taken in October 2024. Hernán Stockebrand Hernán

NPR NEWS April 10, 2025

Dabaa to be largest nuclear project on the planet despite sanctions: Russian company Rosatom CEO

Alexey Likhachev, CEO of the Russian company Rosatom, said that sanctions pose an obstacle to the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Egypt, “but they will not stop us.” He pointed out that the project’s implementation is proceeding according to the planned schedule, and it is a symbol of the growing cooperation between …

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Egypt Independent February 21, 2025

The planet saw its hottest day on record

CNN — Sunday was the hottest day in recorded history, according to preliminary data from a climate tracking agency monitoring temperatures since the mid-1900s. It’s the second consecutive year average global temperatures have crashed through shocking climate records and will not be the last, as planet-warming fossil fuel pollution drives temperatures to shocking new highs. …

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Egypt Independent July 24, 2024

Thinking of having a baby as the planet collapses? First, ask yourself five big ethical questions

Do you want to have a baby? But, on a planet rocked by the climate crisis, ecosystem collapse, famine and poverty, is having one just adding to the problem – … Continued