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

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A time-lapse video map of 2,053 nuclear explosions from 1945 through 1998 (Hashimoto)

A time-lapse video map of 2,053 nuclear explosions from 1945 through 1998 (Hashimoto)

Created by Japanese Artist Isao Hashimoto: A time-lapse video map of 2,053 nuclear explosions from 1945 through 1998. Starts off a little slow, but keep […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Malala Yousafzai Pleads at UN for Universal Free Schooling for Girls and Boys

Malala Yousafzai Pleads at UN for Universal Free Schooling for Girls and Boys

“In her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 16th birthday on […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Murderers where the Victim was White are Far more Likely to be Punished in US (Graph)

Murderers where the Victim was White are Far more Likely to be Punished in US (Graph)

In the US, as Amnesty International points out: Percentage of murder victims annually that are African-American: 50% Percentage of executions for murder annually where the […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Rebellion Movement Pressures President, PM to Pare Claimed Powers

Egypt: Rebellion Movement Pressures President, PM to Pare Claimed Powers

As Egypt braced for dueling huge demonstrations on Friday, a spokesman for the Rebellion or Tamarrud Movement, Hasan Shahin, said Thursday that the campaign expects […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Remembering Syria:  Homs 'Ghost Town' Under heavy Regime Bombardment

Remembering Syria: Homs ‘Ghost Town’ Under heavy Regime Bombardment

In winter of 2012, the world was mesmerized and horrified as the Syrian Baath regime drew up artillery pieces and its tanks and fired on […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
In Chilling Ruling, Chevron is Granted Access to Amazon Activists’ Private Emails

In Chilling Ruling, Chevron is Granted Access to Amazon Activists’ Private Emails

"Sweeping" subpoena violates rights of those who spoke out against oil giant's devastating actions in Ecuador – Lauren McCauley writes at Commondreams “Following their guilty […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Aljazeera’s Conspiracy Theory about Obama and Egypt is Brainless Mush

Aljazeera’s Conspiracy Theory about Obama and Egypt is Brainless Mush

Aljazeera Arabic has long since lost a lot of its previous journalisic standards, once its head, Waddah Khanfar, was fired in favor a member of […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
Middle East Regional Contention over Egypt’s New Government

Middle East Regional Contention over Egypt’s New Government

The change of government in Egypt produced starkly different reactions in various Middle Eastern countries, which tells us something about the situation there. With the […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
The Gezi Park Protests:  Is Turkey becoming Egypt?  (Schubel)

The Gezi Park Protests: Is Turkey becoming Egypt? (Schubel)

Vernon Schubel writes at ISLAMiCommentary: Vernon James Schubel On May 31st of this year a protest over the fate of Gezi Park, located near Istanbul’s […]

Juan Cole

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