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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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Syria: If ISIL is dire threat, why isn't its Defeat bigger News?

Syria: If ISIL is dire threat, why isn’t its Defeat bigger News?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Syrian regime announced Wednesday that its army, supported by the Lebanese Shiite militia, Hizbullah and […]

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Trumpism Didn’t Just Lose—Progressives Won

Trumpism Didn’t Just Lose—Progressives Won

It wasn’t just Democrats who won this election, but progressives who didn’t shirk the label.

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Saudi Arabia urged to end Yemen blockade: Fear of Unprecedented Famine, Disease

Saudi Arabia urged to end Yemen blockade: Fear of Unprecedented Famine, Disease

Cholera, starvation threaten Yemen under siege

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Le Pen Stripped of Immunity for Tweeting Gruesome IS Images

Le Pen Stripped of Immunity for Tweeting Gruesome IS Images

TeleSur | – – Circulating “violent messages that incite terrorism or pornography or seriously harm human dignity” is a crime punishable in France by up […]

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Trump only president not invited to Paris Climate Summit

Trump only president not invited to Paris Climate Summit

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Europe1 is reporting that French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that “for the moment” US head […]

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Donald Trump
Can we survive Trump’s Rage-Based Iran Policy?

Can we survive Trump’s Rage-Based Iran Policy?

By Daniel Brumberg | (Informed Comment) | – – Both his disciples and his detractors would probably agree that Trump speaks from the heart or […]

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Oil & Coal & Crop Burning turn Delhi into 'Gas Chamber' of Air Pollution

Oil & Coal & Crop Burning turn Delhi into ‘Gas Chamber’ of Air Pollution

The Watchers | – – The Indian Medical Association declared a public health emergency on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, as toxic smog engulfed Indian capital […]

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Robots & Autocrats: Saudi Arabia's Brave New World

Robots & Autocrats: Saudi Arabia’s Brave New World

By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com) | – – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is on a mission to shake up Saudi Arabia, the most […]

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Treasury Sec. Mnuchin is just an Enforcer for the 0.1%

Treasury Sec. Mnuchin is just an Enforcer for the 0.1%

By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin doesn’t exactly come across as the guy you’d want in your corner […]

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