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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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Arab Americans
Yemeni people are being starved — so this Detroit organizer went on hunger strike in solidarity

Yemeni people are being starved — so this Detroit organizer went on hunger strike in solidarity

By Loretta Graceffo | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – During the early days of the war, when Iman Saleh called her family in Yemen, they […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
Surging of Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Methane endangers our Planet: Why we Have to Stop It

Surging of Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Methane endangers our Planet: Why we Have to Stop It

By Drew Shindell | – Methane, the main ingredient in natural gas, is a larger climate problem than the world anticipates, and cutting its emissions […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Can Biden’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan escape the Shadow of Saigon?

Can Biden’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan escape the Shadow of Saigon?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Many of us have had a recurring nightmare. You know the one. In a fog between sleeping and waking, you’re trying desperately […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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44% of People in World Fear US will interfere with their Democracy, fearing China or Russia Less

44% of People in World Fear US will interfere with their Democracy, fearing China or Russia Less

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new Alliance of Democracies Poll conducted around the world with 50,000 people in 53 countries earlier this year finds […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Campaign of Israel's Netanyahu against Biden Iran Deal crashes and burns along with his Career

Campaign of Israel’s Netanyahu against Biden Iran Deal crashes and burns along with his Career

( Middle East Monitor) – The Israeli security and military delegations flocking to Washington in the past few weeks have returned disappointed following their failed […]

Oraib AlRantawi

Demographic Decline
For Greying Geriatric Wealthy Countries, Immigrants are the Solution, not a "Crisis"

For Greying Geriatric Wealthy Countries, Immigrants are the Solution, not a “Crisis”

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Germany faces a major crisis. The German birth rate is considerably below what’s needed to replace the population. German […]

John Feffer

Democratic Socialists of America
How 'socialism' stopped being a dirty word for some voters – and started winning elections across America

How ‘socialism’ stopped being a dirty word for some voters – and started winning elections across America

By Joshua Kluever | – The leftist Democratic Socialists of America, which helped congressional star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez get elected in 2018, looks to be a […]

The Conversation

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For 1st time, Ultra High Resolution Photo released of Black Stone in Mecca, sacred relic of Islam

For 1st time, Ultra High Resolution Photo released of Black Stone in Mecca, sacred relic of Islam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Saudi commission for the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina revealed in a tweet on Tuesday that it […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
'Apartheid', Israel and the verdict of international law: The Problem is Occupation

‘Apartheid’, Israel and the verdict of international law: The Problem is Occupation

Leonie Fleischmann | – Discrimination against Palestinians by Israeli laws and policies amount to the crime of apartheid, according to a recent report from Human […]

Juan Cole

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