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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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Backed by Putin Air Force, Syrian Army rapidly takes 90% of Daraa

Backed by Putin Air Force, Syrian Army rapidly takes 90% of Daraa

Syrian regime forces backed by Russia made sweeping advances on Monday against rebels holding out in the country’s vital southern zone

Rouba El Husseini

Donald Trump
Trump calls EU "Foe," on Eve of Putin Summit, on basis of his Zero-Sum Mercantilism

Trump calls EU “Foe,” on Eve of Putin Summit, on basis of his Zero-Sum Mercantilism

Trump categorized the European Union as a “foe” of the US, appearing to put it on the same footing as Russia and China

Juan Cole

Solar Energy
Latin America’s largest solar park turns Mexican desert green

Latin America’s largest solar park turns Mexican desert green

When the plant reaches full capacity later this year, it will supply enough electricity to power 1.3 million homes

Yussel Gonzalez

National Security State
For 40 Million US Working Poor, Trillion-Dollar Foreign Military Adventures Don’t Bring Security

For 40 Million US Working Poor, Trillion-Dollar Foreign Military Adventures Don’t Bring Security

The greatest threat day-to-day threat for millions of Americans isn’t terrorism or North Korea, it’s economic insecurity

Rajan Menon

Afghanistan
Raising Questions about Trump Policies,  Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan Highest in Decade

Raising Questions about Trump Policies, Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan Highest in Decade

The number of Afghan civilians killed in the country’s long-running conflict hit a record high in the first six months of 2018

Allison Jackson

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Israel Unleashes Heaviest Airstrikes Since 2014 Assault

Gaza: Israel Unleashes Heaviest Airstrikes Since 2014 Assault

Israeli occupation forces struck 40 targets in the besieged Gaza Strip Saturday, in the most extensive Israeli military assault since 2014

TeleSur

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Top Three Ways London's Sadiq Khan is a better Leader than Donald Trump

Top Three Ways London’s Sadiq Khan is a better Leader than Donald Trump

Sadiq Khan as mayor of London is the opposite of Trump in every way

Juan Cole

Environmentalism
Ireland To Become First Country to Divest From Fossil Fuels

Ireland To Become First Country to Divest From Fossil Fuels

Ireland’s lower house of parliament has passed a bill that will require the country to divest all of its shares in fossil fuel companies

TeleSur

Pakistan
Pakistanis Mourn as Extremists attack Democratic Elections, killing 128

Pakistanis Mourn as Extremists attack Democratic Elections, killing 128

Pakistan was in shock Saturday after a suicide blast killed 128 people, just following the dramatic arrest of ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif

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