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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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Young American Muslim Protesting Trump Racism ejected from Rally in Style

Young American Muslim Protesting Trump Racism ejected from Rally in Style

TeleSur | – – The U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent was dressed in sunglasses and a long South Asian coat. An Asian American was escorted […]

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Israel/ Palestine
That stream of Refugees into Europe?  It includes Palestinians forced out by Israeli Occupation

That stream of Refugees into Europe? It includes Palestinians forced out by Israeli Occupation

By IMEMC | – – Palestinians are joining the Middle East exodus to Europe in greater numbers because of the Syrian war and ongoing Israeli […]

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Netanyahu GOP Policy in Tatters, he snubs White House Invitation

Netanyahu GOP Policy in Tatters, he snubs White House Invitation

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A year ago, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu intervened in US politics in a big way, […]

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Republican Party
'He would Make US like Syria';  Muslim-Americans of Dearborn on a Trump Victory

‘He would Make US like Syria’; Muslim-Americans of Dearborn on a Trump Victory

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump is leading in the presidential primaries, despite some of the alarming things he’s said, including about […]

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Inequality
7 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About The Ultra Rich

7 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About The Ultra Rich

By Scott Klinger | ( Inequality.org ) | – – New data provides a glimpse into the lives of the richest of rich—how the 400 […]

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Syria
Disillusioned Volunteer Says Syria A Battle For War Booty, Territory

Disillusioned Volunteer Says Syria A Battle For War Booty, Territory

By Luljeta Krasniqi Veseli and Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/RL | – – “In the beginning, when I went [to Syria], everybody was greeting us. […]

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Displaced and Refugees
As EU pays Turkey billions to stop migrants, Anger over 'unconscionable' border closures

As EU pays Turkey billions to stop migrants, Anger over ‘unconscionable’ border closures

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – As EU and Turkey barter over migrant lives, campaigners decry pay-outs and border […]

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As Bomb Kills 60, is Iraq Army Preparing for Armageddon with ISIL?

As Bomb Kills 60, is Iraq Army Preparing for Armageddon with ISIL?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A truck bombing in the largely Shiite city of Hilla killed 60 on Sunday, one of […]

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SNL Spoofs Election Coverage, Trump: 'We in GOP do not say Racist Things, we Imply Them"

SNL Spoofs Election Coverage, Trump: ‘We in GOP do not say Racist Things, we Imply Them”

NBC | (Saturday Night Live) | – – “Jake Tapper (Beck Bennett) covers the outcome of Super Tuesday, including Donald Trump (Darrell Hammond) and Hillary […]

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