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Denmark’s foreign minister has summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen after the country’s national broadcaster reported that three people linked to President Donald Trump had been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
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Richard Hall, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
This could be an alternative to the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline that connects oil fields in Basra to Ceyhan, bypassing Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdistan region entirely.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Drastic political changes have created an increasingly restricted environment for them in the semiautonomous Chinese city once regarded as a bastion of press freedom in Asia.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist, says his 2019 revocation of Kashmir’s semiautonomous status ended a decades-long separatist insurgency and allowed tourism to flourish, a narrative that was shattered by the attack last month.
—Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC news, 6 May 2025
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Richard Hall, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
This could be an alternative to the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline that connects oil fields in Basra to Ceyhan, bypassing Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdistan region entirely.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Drastic political changes have created an increasingly restricted environment for them in the semiautonomous Chinese city once regarded as a bastion of press freedom in Asia.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist, says his 2019 revocation of Kashmir’s semiautonomous status ended a decades-long separatist insurgency and allowed tourism to flourish, a narrative that was shattered by the attack last month.
—Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC news, 6 May 2025
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At May Mobility, Olson said that involves installing systems in autonomous cars that are capable of simulating and assessing various scenarios simultaneously and choosing the best option.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
16 June 2026
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired Cursor, an autonomous coding startup for $60 billion in an all-stock deal, allowing the space exploration and AI company to compete against rivals Anthropic and OpenAI after its Wall Street debut last week.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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Production was structured along radically independent lines.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Aside from best film, Sivaci won best director while Erdener shared best actress prize with Italian actress Greta Scarano for her performance in social romcom Piccolo Miracolo, as a fiercely independent blind woman who finds love in an unaccepted place.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 June 2026
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“Semiautonomous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semiautonomous. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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