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With its Togg EV, Turkiye emerges as 4th Biggest European Electric Car Market
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With its Togg EV, Turkiye emerges as 4th Biggest European Electric Car Market

Juan Cole

44% of the new car market in Turkiye is now battery electric or plug-in hybrid! That is more than California

Algorithms and AI have turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

Algorithms and AI have turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

02/18/2026 By Middle East Monitor

The Apocalyptic President: The Personification of an Imperial Power (and Planet) in Decline

The Apocalyptic President: The Personification of an Imperial Power (and Planet) in Decline

02/18/2026 By Tom Engelhardt

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If SCOTUS rules against FEC, Each Politician will represent one Billionaire (Moyers)

If SCOTUS rules against FEC, Each Politician will represent one Billionaire (Moyers)

Bill Moyers interviews Heather Gerken on McCutcheon vs The Federal Election Commission, which he calls “Citizens United: the Sequel” the blurb: “This week the Supreme […]

Juan Cole

Energy
It’s Getting Hot in Here:  Global Warming Turning Point in only 34 Years (Germanos)

It’s Getting Hot in Here: Global Warming Turning Point in only 34 Years (Germanos)

Andrea Germanos writes at Commondreams.org: The "years of climate departure" for various cities across the globe. (Image: University of Hawaii/Abby Frazier)If global warming continues its […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Whatever Happened to the Somali Pirates?

Whatever Happened to the Somali Pirates?

With the opening of Paul Greengrass’s film “Captain Phillips,” written by Billy Ray and starring Tom Hanks, the phenomenon of piracy in the waters off […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Sakharov Prize-winner Malala Yousafazai Calls on US Gov’t to Conduct talks with Taliban (Queally)

Sakharov Prize-winner Malala Yousafazai Calls on US Gov’t to Conduct talks with Taliban (Queally)

Malala Yousafzai has won the Sakharov Prize for free speech and human rights. Jon Queally writes at Commondreams.org: ” Malala Yousafzai, the sixteen-year-old girl shot […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Why “Fracking” should be against the Law (Giesen)

Why “Fracking” should be against the Law (Giesen)

Tom Giesen writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: As our stocks of cheap and easy gas and oil diminish, we seek oil in […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libyan Prime Minister Abducted, released by Armed Group

Libyan Prime Minister Abducted, released by Armed Group

Early morning on Thursday, today, the news came of the abduction of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from a hotel in the capital, Tripoli. He […]

Juan Cole

Lebanon
Plight of Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Plight of Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Some 750,000 Syrians have been forced to seek refuge in Jordan. About 2/3s live in apartments or with families, with about a third forced to […]

Juan Cole

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Dear Tea Party:  The Gov’t Shutdown is Hurting White People, Too

Dear Tea Party: The Gov’t Shutdown is Hurting White People, Too

When the Republican Party was reduced to its bare minimum of support in 2008, as the American people finally rebelled against the Bush/ Rove dismantling […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
World Bank: Israelis strangling Palestinian Economy

World Bank: Israelis strangling Palestinian Economy

Israeli-imposed restrictions on Palestinians in the Palestinian West Bank impede easy access to fertile farmland and other resources, costing the Palestinians $3.4 billion a year, […]

Juan Cole

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