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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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Authoritarianism
The Ugly Truth: The Republican Party is trying to Outlaw Democracy

The Ugly Truth: The Republican Party is trying to Outlaw Democracy

( Otherwords.org ) – Ralph Waldo Emerson told of a dinner guest who went on and on about the virtue of honesty, offering his own […]

Jim Hightower

China
Shanghai leads way in China’s carbon transition, but Does not have Much Time to Act

Shanghai leads way in China’s carbon transition, but Does not have Much Time to Act

By Shi Yi | – ( China Dialogue ) – Many Chinese cities and provinces are working on plans to hit peak carbon before 2030. […]

China Dialogue

Health
Heart health: Cities are badly Arranged -- A Redesign can help us live longer

Heart health: Cities are badly Arranged — A Redesign can help us live longer

By Tolullah Oni and Rizka Maulida | – ( The Conversation ) – By 2050, it is projected that almost 70% of the world’s population […]

The Conversation

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Israeli Supreme Court affirms Apartheid law limiting Sovereignty to Jewish Israelis, excluding 20% of Population

Israeli Supreme Court affirms Apartheid law limiting Sovereignty to Jewish Israelis, excluding 20% of Population

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports in an article edited by Mahmud Mujadalah that the Israeli Supreme Court on Thursday […]

Juan Cole

Petroleum
Does the end of Bromance between Saudi's Bin Salman and UAE's Bin Zayed mean Breakup of OPEC?

Does the end of Bromance between Saudi’s Bin Salman and UAE’s Bin Zayed mean Breakup of OPEC?

( Middle East Monitor ) – The disagreement between the UAE and Saudi Arabia over a proposed deal by OPEC+ to increase oil production is […]

Omar Ahmed

Bill of Rights
Torture, Wars of Aggression, Violations of Bill of Rights: Will there ever be accountability for America's Orgy of War Crimes in the 21st Century

Torture, Wars of Aggression, Violations of Bill of Rights: Will there ever be accountability for America’s Orgy of War Crimes in the 21st Century

( Tomdispatch.com) – America has an accountability problem. In fact, if the Covid-19 disaster, the January 6th Capitol attack, and the Trump years are any […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Human Rights
‘A pandemic of impunity in a tortured land’: Stalemate in Yemen War Worsens Human Rights Crisis

‘A pandemic of impunity in a tortured land’: Stalemate in Yemen War Worsens Human Rights Crisis

By Saoussen Ben Cheikh | – (GlobalVoices.org ) – The latest peace talks in Oman fell apart apart, and for Yemenis, that means going back […]

Global Voices

Climate Crisis
Ship Explosion Rocks Dubai, Mideast's Largest Commercial Zone, Possibly as a Result of Extreme Heat

Ship Explosion Rocks Dubai, Mideast’s Largest Commercial Zone, Possibly as a Result of Extreme Heat

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Alarabiya reports from Dubai on the massive explosion on the deck of a ship that was coming in to dock […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters stole Palestinian Land for an Illegal Settlement, but Plucky town of Beita isn't Taking it Lying Down

Israeli Squatters stole Palestinian Land for an Illegal Settlement, but Plucky town of Beita isn’t Taking it Lying Down

Beita is an icon of the popular Palestinian resistance ( Middle East Monitor ) – The town of Beita has turned into an icon of […]

Middle East Monitor

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