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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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It's up to You: Corporations won't save us from Global Heating

It’s up to You: Corporations won’t save us from Global Heating

Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg | (The Conversation) | – – While businesses have been principal agents in increasing greenhouse gas emissions, they are also […]

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Continued Conflict: Iraqi PM rejects Kurdish offer, insists Referendum be Annulled

Continued Conflict: Iraqi PM rejects Kurdish offer, insists Referendum be Annulled

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi was in Tehran on Thursday for consultations with the Iranian government […]

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"Secret" JFK Assassination Files Reveal Bizarre Allegations

“Secret” JFK Assassination Files Reveal Bizarre Allegations

TeleSur | – – Nearly 3,000 documents previously kept secret are now in the process of being published online by the National Archive. As much […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Arabs & Kurds Use Weapons, Meant For Extremists, On Each Other

Iraqi Arabs & Kurds Use Weapons, Meant For Extremists, On Each Other

Shalaw Mohammed | (Kirkuk) | (Niqash.org) | – – The countries that gave the Iraqi and Kurdish military rockets, vehicles and guns were concerned that […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians picking olives near Nablus: Caught on Film

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians picking olives near Nablus: Caught on Film

Ma’an News Agency | – – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers reportedly attacked Palestinians who were harvesting olvies in the northern occupied West Bank district […]

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Climate Change
After CO2-fueled Disasters, Why won't the U. of Michigan go Green?

After CO2-fueled Disasters, Why won’t the U. of Michigan go Green?

Jonathan Morris | ( The Michigan Daily) | – – This month, two remarkable events occurred that passed mostly under the radar here on campus. […]

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Donald Trump
Trump's Dreams of Nukes and our Long National Nightmare

Trump’s Dreams of Nukes and our Long National Nightmare

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) | Preventing a nuclear war between the United States and North Korea may be the most pressing challenge facing the world right […]

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Solar: Elon Musk already got a San Juan Hospital running &  more to Come

Solar: Elon Musk already got a San Juan Hospital running & more to Come

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As Techdirt reported, Elon Musk has already put up a solar power generating facility at the […]

Juan Cole

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Opioid Superstorm: A Growing wealth Gap & deserted Neighborhoods

Opioid Superstorm: A Growing wealth Gap & deserted Neighborhoods

My experiences in Dayton tell me that Lack of public policy drives stagnant wages, abandoned homes and addiction

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