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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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al-Qaeda
Texas Near-Ban on Abortion foiled by People's 'Gallery Filibuster'

Texas Near-Ban on Abortion foiled by People’s ‘Gallery Filibuster’

This is the “gallery filibuster” — shouting by pro-choice advocates in the Senate halls after Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis’s filibuster was shut down– that so […]

Juan Cole

Russia
Snowden:  Top Ten Signs that Putin might not be on Washington’s Side

Snowden: Top Ten Signs that Putin might not be on Washington’s Side

The American political class and corporate press professed itself shocked, shocked, when Russian President Vladimir Putin declined to order the arrest Edward Snowden, marooned in […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Critics: Obama’s Climate Plan a Day Late and a Penny Short (Lazare)

Critics: Obama’s Climate Plan a Day Late and a Penny Short (Lazare)

President should renounce “all of the above” energy strategy and nation's reliance on dirty fossil fuels, say environmentalists – Sarah Lazare, staff writer, Commondreams Environmentalists […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
NSA says they can’t reveal if they Spied on You because it would ‘Help Our Enemies’ (Larson)

NSA says they can’t reveal if they Spied on You because it would ‘Help Our Enemies’ (Larson)

Jeff Larson writes at ProPublica Shortly after the Guardian and Washington Post published their Verizon and PRISM stories, I filed a freedom of information request […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt's 'Rebellion' Movement Plans Protests as Generals Warn they'll Intervene

Egypt’s ‘Rebellion’ Movement Plans Protests as Generals Warn they’ll Intervene

Egypt is facing its severest crisis since the January-February 2011 revolution against dictator Hosni Mubarak as the country moves toward nation-wide protests on June 30. […]

Juan Cole

Qatar
Millennials take over Qatar, but Real Change has Yet to be Accomplished

Millennials take over Qatar, but Real Change has Yet to be Accomplished

The quirky Emir of Qatar since the mid-1990s, Sheikh Hamad b. Issa al-Thani, stepped down in favor of his fourth son, Tamim, 33, this morning. […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
The Syrian War comes to Lebanon as Sidon Explodes into Violence

The Syrian War comes to Lebanon as Sidon Explodes into Violence

The Syrian civil war spilled over onto Lebanon dramatically on Sunday and again on Monday morning when violent clashes broke out between the Salafi militia […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Top Ten Ways US TV News are Screwing us Again on NSA Surveillance Story (Iraq Redux)

Top Ten Ways US TV News are Screwing us Again on NSA Surveillance Story (Iraq Redux)

US television news is a danger to the security of the United States. First, it is so oriented to ratings that it cannot afford to […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Why Correa might give Snowden Asylum:  All the Horrible things the US has done to Ecuador

Why Correa might give Snowden Asylum: All the Horrible things the US has done to Ecuador

Rafael Correa of Ecuador, who won a third term this year, has significantly improved the lives of his people, reducing poverty rates and building out […]

Juan Cole

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