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EVs will Make Up 25% of New Car Sales Globally in 2025, up from 20% last Year
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EVs will Make Up 25% of New Car Sales Globally in 2025, up from 20% last Year

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Electric vehicles are expected to make up some 25% of cars sold globally in 2025, according to the International Energy […]

Kneecap Band Member’s Arrest is not the Issue, Criminalizing Opposition to Genocide of Palestinians Is

Kneecap Band Member’s Arrest is not the Issue, Criminalizing Opposition to Genocide of Palestinians Is

05/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Why ‘The Coin’ by Palestinian writer Yasmin Zaher has won the Dylan Thomas Prize

Why ‘The Coin’ by Palestinian writer Yasmin Zaher has won the Dylan Thomas Prize

05/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Iraq
Kurds increase their Autonomy amid chaos in Arab Iraq

Kurds increase their Autonomy amid chaos in Arab Iraq

(By Globalpost) As Iraq spirals, the Kurds take advantage (via GlobalPost) ERBIL, Iraq — As sectarian violence in Iraq reaches new heights and threatens to […]

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A Bridge of Boats across Frozen Tigris River, Mosul, 1903

A Bridge of Boats across Frozen Tigris River, Mosul, 1903

The authors say locals in Mosul told them that the last time the river froze was 1750. That freezing became more rare after that date […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Spain, Portugal show that 50%, even 70% Power from Renewables is Possible Right now

Spain, Portugal show that 50%, even 70% Power from Renewables is Possible Right now

(By Juan Cole) The miserable record of the United States in tackling its deadly carbon dioxide emissions (5 billion metric tons a year) sometimes obscures […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Syria: Rebel Militias take on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Syria: Rebel Militias take on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

(By Joshua Landis with A.J.N.) A major confrontation has broken out between the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Syria’s other rebel militias. […]

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Climate Change
Kerry may Nix Keystone XL for Global Climate Agreement

Kerry may Nix Keystone XL for Global Climate Agreement

(By Tina Casey) John Kerry Throws More Cold Water On Keystone XL Pipeline (via Clean Technica) The tubes have been buzzing over a new New […]

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Afghanistan
The Failure of the Trillion Dollar National Security State

The Failure of the Trillion Dollar National Security State

(By Tom Engelhardt> In a 1950s civics textbook of mine, I can remember a Martian landing on Main Street, U.S.A., to be instructed in the […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran Rock Video:  Chrymez, "Fight for Your Rights"

Iran Rock Video: Chrymez, “Fight for Your Rights”

David Nejadi’s Iran Chrymez Rock band plays “Fight for your Rights” for more see Reverbnation

Juan Cole

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Recognizing Israel as a Jewish State is like saying the US is a White State

Recognizing Israel as a Jewish State is like saying the US is a White State

(By Juan Cole) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is adding a fifth demand to his negotiations with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestine […]

Juan Cole

Israeli hardliners object to Kerry pressure

Israeli hardliners object to Kerry pressure

Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline coalition partners step up pressure on the Israeli prime minister, threatening to topple the government if he caves in to American pressure […]

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