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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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Islam
American Muslim women are finding a unique religious Space at a women-only Mosque in Los Angeles

American Muslim women are finding a unique religious Space at a women-only Mosque in Los Angeles

By Tazeen M. Ali, Washington University in St Louis | – As Ramadan draws to a close, Muslims around the world prepare to celebrate the […]

The Conversation

Archaeology
Palestinians: Bust of 4500-yr.-old Goddess Anat found in Gaza “attests the Depth of Ancient Palestinian Civilization”

Palestinians: Bust of 4500-yr.-old Goddess Anat found in Gaza “attests the Depth of Ancient Palestinian Civilization”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A farmer plowing his land in Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip, recently found the head of a statuette of the […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Pain of Tunisia, Ghana, Global South from Ukraine War being Ignored by Eurocentric Media

Pain of Tunisia, Ghana, Global South from Ukraine War being Ignored by Eurocentric Media

( Middle East Monitor ) – While international news headlines remain largely focused on the war in Ukraine, little attention is given to the horrific […]

Ramzy Baroud

European Union
Russia’s Weaponization of Natural Gas could backfire by Destroying Demand for It

Russia’s Weaponization of Natural Gas could backfire by Destroying Demand for It

By Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin | – In December 2006, The Economist magazine published a cover drawing of Russian president Vladimir […]

The Conversation

Health
Seven hours of Sleep is optimal in Middle and old Age, say Researchers

Seven hours of Sleep is optimal in Middle and old Age, say Researchers

By Barbara Sahakian | ( Cambridge University Research) – Seven hours is the ideal amount of sleep for people in their middle age and upwards, […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Fossil-Fuel Burning Humans are as Catastrophic for Sea Life as the Chicxulub Meteor was that also killed the Dinosaurs

Fossil-Fuel Burning Humans are as Catastrophic for Sea Life as the Chicxulub Meteor was that also killed the Dinosaurs

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Justin L. Penn and Curtis Deutsch shows that over the next 200 years, humanity could kill […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Apartheid toward Palestinians isn't Just a Human Rights Issue; it is about Colonialism

Israeli Apartheid toward Palestinians isn’t Just a Human Rights Issue; it is about Colonialism

( Middle East Monitor) – Since 2021, criticism of Israel has focused heavily on its apartheid system and practices. The gradual awareness within the international […]

Ramona Wadi

Education
Investing in the Pentagon, Not Our Children

Investing in the Pentagon, Not Our Children

( Tomdispatch.com ) – A kid spit on my husband Patrick yesterday. That sentence just keeps running through my head. The student was up on […]

Frida Berrigan

Climate Crisis
Extinction Rebellion Climate Scientists: why we glued Ourselves to a Government Building

Extinction Rebellion Climate Scientists: why we glued Ourselves to a Government Building

By Charlie Gardner, University of Kent; Emily Cox, Cardiff University: and Stuart Capstick, Cardiff University | – One recent Wednesday, while most scientists around the […]

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