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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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JFK Files Reveal US Mulled Use of Biological Weapons in Cuba

JFK Files Reveal US Mulled Use of Biological Weapons in Cuba

TeleSur | – – During a top-level meeting, U.S. officials warned against the possibility of it being traced back to the United States. The recently […]

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Barzani gambled it all and Lost-- Kurdistan Pres. ending Career

Barzani gambled it all and Lost– Kurdistan Pres. ending Career

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani has written a letter to the parliament of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government […]

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Kenya to become the sixth largest producer of geothermal power

Kenya to become the sixth largest producer of geothermal power

KNT Keney | Video News Report | – – “Kenya is set to become the sixth largest producer of geothermal power in the world after […]

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Corruption
Reminder: Mueller is investigating *Crimes*; Hence 1st Charges

Reminder: Mueller is investigating *Crimes*; Hence 1st Charges

TeleSur | – – According to reports, a federal grand jury has approved criminal charges in an investigation regarding alleged Russian interference in the 2016 […]

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Displaced and Refugees
'They shot my two daughters in front of me': Burma's Rohingya tell heartbreaking stories of loss

‘They shot my two daughters in front of me’: Burma’s Rohingya tell heartbreaking stories of loss

By Ronan Lee | (The Conversation) | – – If there’s anything positive about the sprawling Rohingya refugee camps near Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, it’s that […]

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Donald Trump
U.S. Soldiers Died in Niger. What on Earth Are We Doing There?

U.S. Soldiers Died in Niger. What on Earth Are We Doing There?

By Peter Certo | ( Otherwords.org) | – – When our soldiers kill and die in wars we don’t know about and can’t end, we’re […]

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Scotland Wind Revolution: First Offshore floating Turbines power 20,000 Homes

Scotland Wind Revolution: First Offshore floating Turbines power 20,000 Homes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The BBC reports that five massive floating wind turbines off the coast of Aberdeenshire in Scotland […]

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Iraq
Iraq: How Youtube & Facebook Fake News Raised Kurdish-Shiite Tensions

Iraq: How Youtube & Facebook Fake News Raised Kurdish-Shiite Tensions

By Histyar Qader | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | – – After clashes in northern Iraq this week, hundreds of fake pictures have flooded Iraqi social […]

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Saudi women between online resistance and new physical realities

Saudi women between online resistance and new physical realities

Heyla Selim | ( GlobalVoices.net ) | – – What role did collective action, and social media play in Saudi Arabia’s decision to lift its […]

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