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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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Authoritarianism
Trump's Real sin in DC is not distinguishing between "Good" and "Bad" Dictators

Trump’s Real sin in DC is not distinguishing between “Good” and “Bad” Dictators

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald J. Trump’s peculiar comments about and relationship with dictators and loonies among foreign leaders have […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Hamas in new charter accepts 1967 borders for Palestinian state

Hamas in new charter accepts 1967 borders for Palestinian state

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Hamas movement announced its new charter Monday evening, presenting an acceptance of a Palestinian state […]

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Authoritarianism
Priebus: Trump Could Amend Constitution to Abolish 1st Amendment

Priebus: Trump Could Amend Constitution to Abolish 1st Amendment

TeleSur | – – A constitutional amendment to stem negative coverage of any administration would require a supermajority in both houses of Congress. U.S. President […]

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Far Right
Coultergate and the Truth About Campus Speech

Coultergate and the Truth About Campus Speech

David Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – The cancellation of human outrage machine Ann Coulter’s speech at the University of California-Berkeley has generated yet […]

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Donald Trump
Trump sends US Troops to Patrol Turkish-Syrian Border as Ankara Threatens US Allies

Trump sends US Troops to Patrol Turkish-Syrian Border as Ankara Threatens US Allies

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Only one fighting force in Syria is practically speaking taking on Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on the […]

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Arab World
Press Freedom in Middle East Cratering in Age of Brutal Dictatorships

Press Freedom in Middle East Cratering in Age of Brutal Dictatorships

By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com ) | – – Among the 22 countries belonging to the Arab League, 17 are ranked as “bad” or […]

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Donald Trump
Hassan Minhaj was told not to Roast Trump, But did Anyway (WH Correspondents)

Hassan Minhaj was told not to Roast Trump, But did Anyway (WH Correspondents)

Hassan Minhaj | (White House Correspondents Dinner) | (Video Clip) | – – “Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj took full advantage of Donald Trump’s absence […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey's Erdogan bans Wikipedia, TV Dating Shows, oh, and Fires 4,000

Turkey’s Erdogan bans Wikipedia, TV Dating Shows, oh, and Fires 4,000

TeleSur | – – With the April 16 referendum having expanded Erdogan’s powers, the AKP leader continues to lead a mass crackdown against his citizens. […]

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Desertification
20 Million People Could ‘Starve to Death’ in Next Six Months

20 Million People Could ‘Starve to Death’ in Next Six Months

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME (IPS) – Urgent action is needed to save the lives of people facing famine […]

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