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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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Amid Pandemic Spike, Israel cuts Electricity to Palestinian Hamlets in Apparent Pressure to accept Annexation

Amid Pandemic Spike, Israel cuts Electricity to Palestinian Hamlets in Apparent Pressure to accept Annexation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestinians are saying that Israel, the Occupation Authority, cut off their electricity last week. Akram al-Waraa at Middle East Eye […]

Juan Cole

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Iran? N. Korea?  If Trump needs a war to win in November, which enemy will he choose to wag the dog?

Iran? N. Korea? If Trump needs a war to win in November, which enemy will he choose to wag the dog?

By Paul Rogers | – ( OpenDemocracy.net) – With the US presidential election less than four months away, Donald Trump trails Joe Biden in the […]

Open Democracy

Democracy
The Other Black Lives Matter Protests are in Africa: Sudanese wanted Democracy, not a Long Military-Civilian Transition

The Other Black Lives Matter Protests are in Africa: Sudanese wanted Democracy, not a Long Military-Civilian Transition

By David E Kiwuwa | – In the last few days, tens of thousands of people have, once again, taken to the streets of Sudan’s […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump, Convicted of University Fraud, wants to Defund the Universities to Stop People Thinking

Trump, Convicted of University Fraud, wants to Defund the Universities to Stop People Thinking

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump notoriously set up a phony “university” to bilk prospective students of millions of dollars. He lost a civil suit […]

Juan Cole

Children
Syrian Refugee Children Are Still Being Robbed of an Education

Syrian Refugee Children Are Still Being Robbed of an Education

By Breanna Small and Bill Van Esveld | ( Human Rights Watch ) – June 30 was possibly the most important day of 2020 for […]

Human Rights Watch

Europe
Europe’s Tunisian Heritage:  Common German, English Words Suggest Carthage was Present in the North

Europe’s Tunisian Heritage: Common German, English Words Suggest Carthage was Present in the North

By Robert Mailhammer | – Remember when Australians paid in shillings and pence? New research suggests the words for these coins and other culturally important […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
For Trump, Schools are just a Pawn:  He wants the Parents back at work for his Reelection Campaign

For Trump, Schools are just a Pawn: He wants the Parents back at work for his Reelection Campaign

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump is insisting that schools must open normally in the fall or he will cut their funding. About 10 percent […]

Juan Cole

Congress
Supreme Court Slaps down Trump's Claim of Immunity from Grand Jury Subpoena

Supreme Court Slaps down Trump’s Claim of Immunity from Grand Jury Subpoena

By Stanley M. Brand | – In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that President Donald Trump has no immunity, by virtue of […]

The Conversation

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Undercover Patriots: Trump, Tulsa, and the Rise of Military Dissent

Undercover Patriots: Trump, Tulsa, and the Rise of Military Dissent

It was June 20th and we antiwar vets had traveled all the way to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the midst of a pandemic to protest President […]

Danny Sjursen

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