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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

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Trump Stuns NATO with Demand to Double Defence Spending

Trump Stuns NATO with Demand to Double Defence Spending

US President Donald Trump shocked allies at a fraught NATO summit on Wednesday by suddenly demanding that members double their defense spending

Damon Wake

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No Trump, Germany doesn't Get 70% of its Energy From Putin; it gets 41% from Renewables

No Trump, Germany doesn’t Get 70% of its Energy From Putin; it gets 41% from Renewables

Trump made the false claim that Germany gets 70% of its energy from Russia

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
No, Trump is not going to Save UK or Theresa May from Economic Consequences of Brexit

No, Trump is not going to Save UK or Theresa May from Economic Consequences of Brexit

May has been left blowing in the wind by the right wing of her own party

Juan Cole

Arab World
Emerging Superpower China Offers Arab States $20 bn. in Development Loans

Emerging Superpower China Offers Arab States $20 bn. in Development Loans

China will provide Arab states with $20 billion in loans for economic development, President Xi Jinping told top Arab officials Tuesday

AFP

Iran
Iranians Dance To Protest Detention Of Teen Over Instagram Videos

Iranians Dance To Protest Detention Of Teen Over Instagram Videos

Iranian social-media users are expressing support for a teenager who was detained over her Instagram dance videos

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Supreme Court
Does this Change Everything? Kavanaugh Pick Cements Generational Rightward Tilt on Court

Does this Change Everything? Kavanaugh Pick Cements Generational Rightward Tilt on Court

The decision cements a rightward tilt on the top judicial body

Michael Mathes

Israel
Open Apartheid? Israeli Bill that would allow Jewish-Only Communities worries President

Open Apartheid? Israeli Bill that would allow Jewish-Only Communities worries President

Israel’s president raised alarm Tuesday over a proposed law seen as opening the door to the establishment of Jewish-only communities

AFP

Turkey
Top Five Foreign Policy Challenges Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan Faces in New Term

Top Five Foreign Policy Challenges Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan Faces in New Term

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to take a tough line with the West on key foreign policy issues

Fulya Ozerkan

Donald Trump
America’s other Crisis of Addiction besides Opioids:  Trump and War

America’s other Crisis of Addiction besides Opioids: Trump and War

America’s addiction crisis goes deeper than prescription drugs

Tom Engelhardt

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