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Adding another layer to the country’s plans is the fact that several Canadian provinces already have existing provincial sovereign wealth funds.—
Keely Bastow,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Apr. 2026 -
Chad's eastern provinces have for several months been hosting refugees fleeing the war in Sudan and are facing increasing pressure on resources and security.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The city attorney has the least discretion in settlements of claims against the city (Charter Section 273) and, irrespective of personal views on a matter, in defending the city against claims and lawsuits (Charter Sections 271(a) and 272)).—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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As is the use of settlements from lawsuits targeting past spoilers of Waukegan’s natural areas.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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The Legislature’s role should be to support local communities, not dictate one-size-fits-all mandates from Boise.—
Mark Dee
May 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 May 2026
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During debate, DeSantis’s general counsel, David Axelman, argued that complying with prior court mandates risked acknowledging that race played a role in drawing districts, echoing legal arguments at the center of the Louisiana case.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
2 May 2026
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The popular code library is just one example of the broader problem of critical software dependencies that have never been seriously audited.—
Evan Johnson,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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The developer just adds it to their dependencies and calls a function to wrap the key.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2026
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America’s refusal dates back to the nineteen-nineties; considering this, the current Administration’s actions can be seen only as a shameful continuation of our country’s failure to respect human rights, even on its own soil.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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But what about Hong Kong, the most international and open city on Chinese soil?—
Brian Wong,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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In fact, Britain had twenty-six American colonies, and only half of them rose up.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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For his part, the teenage Bezos who dreamed of creating human space colonies has lost none of his passion for the enterprise.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 May 2026
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Encouraged and frightened by the events at Naples, other sovereigns granted constitutions.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 Mar. 2026
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Whatever their precise content, the blessings of liberty allow people to be something like sovereigns over their own lives.—
Cass Sunstein,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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Gerontocracy has always thrived in undemocratic places—Communist people’s republics, Gulf monarchies—where only death could pry power from the ruling elders.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
13 Apr. 2026
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The primary strategic target of the declaration was the Bourbon monarchies of France and Spain, Britain’s chief rivals.—
Christopher Magra,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2026
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