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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

09/20/2025 By The Conversation

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

09/20/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Climate Crisis
When we Drive Gasoline Cars & Run Air Conditioning off Coal,  We’re declaring a Hot War on Ourselves

When we Drive Gasoline Cars & Run Air Conditioning off Coal, We’re declaring a Hot War on Ourselves

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Too hot. Too dry. Too many weapons. This world needs changing. But that’s too vague. After all, this world is already […]

Frida Berrigan

Brazil
Why did China attend MBS's Ukraine Peace Conference in Saudi Arabia? Breaking with Moscow or Keeping Options Open?

Why did China attend MBS’s Ukraine Peace Conference in Saudi Arabia? Breaking with Moscow or Keeping Options Open?

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China has come out in favour of a third round of talks to design a peace framework for […]

Neil Thompson

Colonialism
The Netherlands Waged a Bloody 4-Year War to keep Indonesia Colonized after 1945; Finally it is Apologizing

The Netherlands Waged a Bloody 4-Year War to keep Indonesia Colonized after 1945; Finally it is Apologizing

( Jacobin NL) On Monday 29 May 2023 I stood with my granddaughter and my son-in-law in front of the Proclamation Monument in Jakarta, with […]

Anne-Ruth Wertheim

China
Palestinians welcome China's new Middle East Role, but they want more than Mediation

Palestinians welcome China’s new Middle East Role, but they want more than Mediation

by Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is feasible for China to continue playing an important role in mediating Middle East […]

Ramzy Baroud

plastic
How Microplastics are making their Way into our Farmland

How Microplastics are making their Way into our Farmland

By Branaavan Sivarajah, Carleton University; and Jesse Vermaire, Carleton University | – (The Conversation) – Microplastic pollution is a global environmental problem that is ubiquitous […]

The Conversation

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Trouble for Abraham Accords: Saudis Try to establish E. Jerusalem Consulate for Palestinians, but Extremist Israeli Gov't says, "No!"

Trouble for Abraham Accords: Saudis Try to establish E. Jerusalem Consulate for Palestinians, but Extremist Israeli Gov’t says, “No!”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Quds Press reports that Saudi Arabia has given its ambassador to Jordan, Nayef al-Sudairi, an extra portfolio of consul in […]

Juan Cole

History
How Lebanon was shaped by its Great Famine in WW I

How Lebanon was shaped by its Great Famine in WW I

        Brand, Tylor. Famine Worlds: Life at the Edge of Suffering in Lebanon’s Great War. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2023.   Review of Tylor Brand, […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Afghanistan
Afghanistan under Taliban: Repression, Humanitarian Crisis, Abuses against Women Threaten Millions

Afghanistan under Taliban: Repression, Humanitarian Crisis, Abuses against Women Threaten Millions

(Human Rights Watch ) – (New York) – Taliban authorities have tightened their extreme restrictions on the rights of women and girls and on the […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
As Climate Crisis increases Rainfall, We need "Sponge Cities" with Stormwater Drains and Floodable Parks

As Climate Crisis increases Rainfall, We need “Sponge Cities” with Stormwater Drains and Floodable Parks

By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland ( The Conversation) -Tune into news from about any part of the planet, and […]

The Conversation

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