There is no permanent civilian population in Antarctica, and political demonstrations there are extremely rare due to environmental restrictions and international treaties governing the region.
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Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
But a series of court decisions in the past 50 years has given the executive branch more leeway to withdraw from treaties.
Enver Hoxha led the country through ephemeral alliances and radical ruptures, leading it to total isolation.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2026
Southern Kerala state presents a different challenge, where power has traditionally alternated between alliances led by the Indian National Congress and communist parties.
But the deals are done project by project, rather than via the older model of pacts that paid out millions in development funds and compensation over three or four years.
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Joe Otterson,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
Brown told reporters the agreement with New Zealand didn’t affect his country’s other pacts.
Unlike catalytic converters, a criminal doesn’t have to lift the vehicle to do the job, and sedans and compacts are spared no more than lifted pickups and SUVs.
—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
5 Feb. 2026
Multiple states have gone to court to argue prediction markets are nothing more than unlicensed gambling sites that operate in violation of state law and tribal compacts.
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