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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Donald Trump
Could Trump Really Launch a War With Iran?

Could Trump Really Launch a War With Iran?

This time around, the U.S. is pretty much alone.

Conn M. Hallinan

Israel/ Palestine
Israel demolishes Bedouin village Al-Araqeeb for 139th time, Plans Expulsion of 36,000

Israel demolishes Bedouin village Al-Araqeeb for 139th time, Plans Expulsion of 36,000

More than 60 years later, the Bedouin villages have yet to be legally recognised by Israel

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Climate Change
European colonisation of the Americas killed 10% of world population and caused global cooling

European colonisation of the Americas killed 10% of world population and caused global cooling

Our new data-driven best estimate is a death toll of 56 million by the beginning of the 1600s

The Conversation

European Union
Europe declares independence of Trump, Creates Channel for Iran Trade

Europe declares independence of Trump, Creates Channel for Iran Trade

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In what French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called “an important geo-political gesture,” France, Germany and the UK have swung […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
GOP Rep's Tweet seen as Racist toward Muslim-American Congresswoman (Young Turks)

GOP Rep’s Tweet seen as Racist toward Muslim-American Congresswoman (Young Turks)

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | The Young Turks | – The Young Turks: “Republican’s Tweet seeen as Racist On Twitter” Lee Zeldin let his […]

The Young Turks

Drugs
Not at the Border: The Real Nat'l Emergency is People Dying of Opioids

Not at the Border: The Real Nat’l Emergency is People Dying of Opioids

Since 1999, 400,000 Americans have died from overdoses of opioids, including legally prescribed ones

Rajan Menon

Israel/ Palestine
UN: Israeli Forces’ Violence Interfering in Palestinian Children’s Safe Access to Education

UN: Israeli Forces’ Violence Interfering in Palestinian Children’s Safe Access to Education

More than half of the verified incidents involved live ammunition, tear gas, and stun grenades fired into or near schools by Israeli Forces

Maan News Agency

Saudi Arabia
Top Ten Reasons Saudi Women are Running away from their Country

Top Ten Reasons Saudi Women are Running away from their Country

Rampant Discrimination, Abuse

Human Rights Watch

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Trump Explodes at CIA over Iran: "Naive and Passive," "Go Back to School!"

Trump Explodes at CIA over Iran: “Naive and Passive,” “Go Back to School!”

Coats: “We continue to assess that Iran is not currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons-development activities.”

Juan Cole

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