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Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%
China

Trump to Xi: ‘Hold our Beer’ – EVs majority of Chinese New Car Sales, as Exports rocket 74%

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Car News China reports that in the first half of 2025, consumers in that country bought 10,891,000 passenger vehicles. But […]

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

Iran’s President Says Rebuilding Nuclear Sites Futile Without Talks With Washington

08/12/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

Beyond Recognition: Is a Palestinian State even Possible Anymore?

08/12/2025 By The Conversation

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Democrats in Congress Want Windfall Tax on Big Oil, Consumer Rebates, and cheap Green Energy

Democrats in Congress Want Windfall Tax on Big Oil, Consumer Rebates, and cheap Green Energy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has introduced, and several other congressional Democrats have co-sponsored, a bill to curb big petroleum companies […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
It’s Not Just Inflation — It’s Price Gouging

It’s Not Just Inflation — It’s Price Gouging

By Lindsay Owens | – ( Otherwords.org) – If you’ve been slammed lately by higher prices on everything from groceries to rental cars and gas […]

OtherWords

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can't Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted

Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can’t Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted

By Ramona Wadi | – ( Middle East Monitor )- Once again, Israel feels entitled to play the humanitarian card, with only Palestinians pointing out […]

Ramona Wadi

Displaced and Refugees
Humanitarian corridors could help civilians safely leave Ukraine – but Russia has a history of not respecting these pathways

Humanitarian corridors could help civilians safely leave Ukraine – but Russia has a history of not respecting these pathways

By Kirsten Gelsdorf and Jacob Kurtzer | – As Russia continues to target houses, apartment buildings, hospitals and civilians in Ukraine, there are mounting calls […]

The Conversation

Bashar al-Assad
This is Where We came in: Will Russia's Syrian Mercenaries in Ukraine form a new Al-Qaeda?

This is Where We came in: Will Russia’s Syrian Mercenaries in Ukraine form a new Al-Qaeda?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, according to Alarabiya (quoting Tass) Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he would permit foreign fighters from the […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
If Putinism is victorious in Ukraine, it will set a horrific Precedent

If Putinism is victorious in Ukraine, it will set a horrific Precedent

By John Feffer | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – War has been pretty much a constant in human affairs. If you’ve managed […]

John Feffer

Batteries
Ukraine war pushes German homeowners' demand for rooftop Solar, Batteries, in bid for Independence

Ukraine war pushes German homeowners’ demand for rooftop Solar, Batteries, in bid for Independence

By Paul Gordon | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The war in Ukraine and the associated energy crisis are pushing homeowners in record […]

Clean Energy Wire

Authoritarianism
Iran Must Release Prominent Anthropologist Fariba Adelkhah (MESA)

Iran Must Release Prominent Anthropologist Fariba Adelkhah (MESA)

Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association | – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i, […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Gigi Hadid’s Palestine Pledge and ‘Anti-Palestinianism’: The Great Vogue Controversy

Gigi Hadid’s Palestine Pledge and ‘Anti-Palestinianism’: The Great Vogue Controversy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Arab News reports that Vogue did an instagram posting about model Gigi Hadid’s pledge to donate her fall earnings […]

Juan Cole

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