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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%
China

Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Car News China reports that in the first half of 2025, consumers in that country bought 10,891,000 passenger vehicles. But […]

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

08/12/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

08/12/2025 By The Conversation

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Egypt
Red Sea attacks in Sympathy with Gaza Escalate as Yemeni Houthis' Resilience Surprises Biden

Red Sea attacks in Sympathy with Gaza Escalate as Yemeni Houthis’ Resilience Surprises Biden

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Helpers of God (Ansar Allah) or Houthis in Yemen are proving a bigger challenge for the Biden Administration’s attempt […]

Juan Cole

Religious Right
Abortion Ban Extremists are using a Slavery-Era Texas Law against Women

Abortion Ban Extremists are using a Slavery-Era Texas Law against Women

By Jim Hightower | – ( Otherwords.org ) – Here’s our big word of the day: extraterritoriality. It expresses a sketchy legal theory asserting that […]

OtherWords

Pentagon
War is Bad for you — And the Economy: Biden touts the Alleged Benefits of the Arsenal of Democracy

War is Bad for you — And the Economy: Biden touts the Alleged Benefits of the Arsenal of Democracy

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Joe Biden wants you to believe that spending money on weapons is good for the economy. That tired old myth — […]

William D. Hartung

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Thousands Protest in Israel, Demand Netanyahu Step Down, new Elections, Hostage Deal

Thousands Protest in Israel, Demand Netanyahu Step Down, new Elections, Hostage Deal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the Israeli police dispersed a crowd of demonstrators from a major Tel Aviv […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Will Biden go Big on Diplomacy or on Military Destruction?

Gaza: Will Biden go Big on Diplomacy or on Military Destruction?

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – On the horizon, shimmering like some heavenly ideal, is a grand bargain to end the war in Gaza, […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
Why Planting Forests alone is no Panacea for the Climate Crisis

Why Planting Forests alone is no Panacea for the Climate Crisis

By James Weber, University of Reading; and James A. King, University of Sheffield | – (The Conversation) – Tackling climate change by planting trees has […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
UN-Appointed Human Rights Experts Demand Halt of Arms Shipments to Israel for Violations of Laws of War

UN-Appointed Human Rights Experts Demand Halt of Arms Shipments to Israel for Violations of Laws of War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – More than thirty independent experts appointed by the Office of the High Commission on Human Rights of the United Nations […]

Juan Cole

Hamas
Iran’s “Axis of Resistance:” Different Groups, Similar Goals

Iran’s “Axis of Resistance:” Different Groups, Similar Goals

By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/RL ) – Iran’s so-called axis of resistance is a loose network of proxies, Tehran-backed militant groups, and an allied state […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Egypt
Microplastics found in Nile River Fish: Toxic Pollution threatens World’s Longest River

Microplastics found in Nile River Fish: Toxic Pollution threatens World’s Longest River

By Dalia Saad, University of the Witwatersrand | – The Nile is one of the world’s most famous rivers. It’s also Africa’s most important freshwater […]

The Conversation

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