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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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Palestinians and Native Americans are both the Oppressed Indigenous Peoples of their Lands

Palestinians and Native Americans are both the Oppressed Indigenous Peoples of their Lands

( Middle East Monitor ) – At a recent conference in Istanbul that brought many Palestinian scholars and activists together to discuss the search for […]

Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
SCOTUS: Chair of Arizona GOP, Kelli Ward, must turn over her Phone Records to Jan. 6 House Panel

SCOTUS: Chair of Arizona GOP, Kelli Ward, must turn over her Phone Records to Jan. 6 House Panel

By Tori Gantz | – ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Monday that Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward has […]

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Emirates has Spent $154 mn on Lobbying US since 2016, and has Illegally Influenced US Politics: Intel Report

Emirates has Spent $154 mn on Lobbying US since 2016, and has Illegally Influenced US Politics: Intel Report

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UAE has spent more than $154 million on lobbyists since 2016, according to Justice Department records. It has spent […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
Yemen:  ‘What Have we Left Behind’ by Bushra Al-Maqtari – “Only victims are real in this war”

Yemen: ‘What Have we Left Behind’ by Bushra Al-Maqtari – “Only victims are real in this war”

Barcelona (Special to Informed Comment) – Review of Bushra Al-Maqtari, What Have You Left Behind? (London: Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2022.) “Only victims are real in this […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Progressive Politics
Ballot Initiatives let the People sidestep Right-Wing Politicians in this Election, So the Right wants to Abolish Them

Ballot Initiatives let the People sidestep Right-Wing Politicians in this Election, So the Right wants to Abolish Them

By Sarah Anderson | – ( Otherwords.org) – This fall, in the lead-up to the midterm elections, a group of Catholic nuns, Protestant ministers, and […]

OtherWords

Climate Crisis
The “Rules-Based International Order” Has a Priorities problem, stressing War over Food Security and Climate

The “Rules-Based International Order” Has a Priorities problem, stressing War over Food Security and Climate

( Todmispatch.com ) – Washington’s vaunted “rules-based international order” has undergone a stress test following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and here’s the news so far: […]

Rajan Menon

Climate Crisis
If a Warnock win gives the Dems 51 in the Senate, Sen. Manchin will no Longer be a drag on Green Energy Progress

If a Warnock win gives the Dems 51 in the Senate, Sen. Manchin will no Longer be a drag on Green Energy Progress

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ladies and gentlemen, the results are in, and the winner of the 2022 midterms is . . . the earth’s […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Geothermal Energy to get Relaunch in Germany as Government seeks new Heating Sources

Geothermal Energy to get Relaunch in Germany as Government seeks new Heating Sources

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – The vast potential of geothermal energy generation for heating has so far been under-utilised in […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Israel/ Palestine
The Biden Administration Says it will Push Back against Israeli Annexation of Palestine; but Will It?

The Biden Administration Says it will Push Back against Israeli Annexation of Palestine; but Will It?

( Middle East Monitor) – The US will push back against annexation, according to US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, as the Abraham Accords are […]

Ramzy Baroud

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