world power
noun
: a political unit (such as a nation or state) powerful enough to affect the entire world by its influence or actions
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Zarif was Iran’s top diplomat when the regime struck a deal with the US and world powers to limit Tehran’s nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief (a deal that has since all but collapsed).
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 6 July 2024
After eight months of Israel’s brutal war in Gaza, the United States, its European allies, and other leading world powers have had enough.
—Mohammad Shtayyeh, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2024
The main reason for this is strategic long-term development, at least for world powers like China and the U.S.: Water ice deposits in lunar soil, which could be used for drinking or fuel generation, could give nations the green light for base construction near the lunar south pole.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2024
Of course, another often ignored dynamic was that the Carroll territory was the subject of a much larger dispute between two world powers, France and England, and two governments, Maryland, the proprietary colony of Lord Baltimore, and the Iroquois Nation.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2024
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 6 July 2024
After eight months of Israel’s brutal war in Gaza, the United States, its European allies, and other leading world powers have had enough.
—Mohammad Shtayyeh, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2024
The main reason for this is strategic long-term development, at least for world powers like China and the U.S.: Water ice deposits in lunar soil, which could be used for drinking or fuel generation, could give nations the green light for base construction near the lunar south pole.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2024
Of course, another often ignored dynamic was that the Carroll territory was the subject of a much larger dispute between two world powers, France and England, and two governments, Maryland, the proprietary colony of Lord Baltimore, and the Iroquois Nation.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2024
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