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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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Is Saudi Arabia using "Sportswashing" to Simply Hide its Human Rights Abuses -- Or is there a Bigger Strategy at Play?

Is Saudi Arabia using “Sportswashing” to Simply Hide its Human Rights Abuses — Or is there a Bigger Strategy at Play?

By Ben Rich, Curtin University and Leena Adel, Curtin University | – As Saudi Arabia continues to open up internationally, it is yet again in […]

The Conversation

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Iraq’s Climate Crisis: America’s War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian Dustbowl

Iraq’s Climate Crisis: America’s War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian Dustbowl

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was one of the fabled rivers of history and the Marines needed to cross it. In early April 2003, as […]

Juan Cole

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To Stop Global Heating, Cut Military Spending

To Stop Global Heating, Cut Military Spending

By Alliyah Lusuegro | ( Otherwords.org ) – Not long ago, I couldn’t step outside my home without pulling on my KN95 mask.  As smoke […]

OtherWords

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Tunisia: Crisis as Black Africans Expelled to Libya Border

Tunisia: Crisis as Black Africans Expelled to Libya Border

( Human Rights Watch) – (Tunis) – Tunisian security forces have collectively expelled several hundred Black African migrants and asylum seekers, including children and pregnant […]

Human Rights Watch

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The Stabbing attack against women at the U. of Waterloo underscores the Dangers of Polarizing Rhetoric about Gender

The Stabbing attack against women at the U. of Waterloo underscores the Dangers of Polarizing Rhetoric about Gender

By Shana MacDonald, University of Waterloo and Alysia Kolentsis, University of Waterloo | – In the wake of the recent stabbing attack on a University […]

The Conversation

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Turkiye's Erdogan Urges NATO membership for Ukraine, but Stiff-Arms Sweden over Kurdish Issue

Turkiye’s Erdogan Urges NATO membership for Ukraine, but Stiff-Arms Sweden over Kurdish Issue

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan invited Ukraine’s leader, Volodomir Zelensky, to Istanbul for consultations. Zelensky arrived late on Friday and met […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Israeli Far Right's Alliance with PM Netanyahu is Leading the Mideast into Madness

The Israeli Far Right’s Alliance with PM Netanyahu is Leading the Mideast into Madness

Amr Hamzawy     ( Middle East Monitor ) – Once again, the extreme religious right in Israel demonstrates its never-ending racism, violence and inhumanity […]

Middle East Monitor

Batteries
Shifting to Electric Vehicle Fleets Would save State, Local Governments Millions

Shifting to Electric Vehicle Fleets Would save State, Local Governments Millions

  Liam Coates/Cronkite News ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – Arizona governments could save almost $283 million over the next 10 years if roughly 20,000 […]

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Climate Crisis
Why are so Many Climate Records breaking all at Once?

Why are so Many Climate Records breaking all at Once?

By Kimberley Reid, Monash University | – (The Conversation) – In the past few weeks, climate records have shattered across the globe. July 4 was […]

The Conversation

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