trust territory

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Recent Examples of trust territory The separatist movement dates back to the early 1960s, when the British Southern Cameroons, a United Nations trust territory previously governed as part of Nigeria’s eastern region, was joined with Cameroon. ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026 In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories. Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024 Somaliland became independent from Britain in 1960, a few days before Somalia, then a trust territory administered by Italy, gained its own sovereignty. Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022 Small, remote Pacific island nations such as Palau, a former U.S. trust territory, make up most of the list. Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
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Noun
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Moscow’s proposal to take enriched uranium from Iran to help negotiate a settlement remains on the table.
    Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 10 May 2026
  • Ugarte previously agreed to a $25,000 settlement with the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission over failing to disclose outside income earned through his consulting firm while serving as a City Hall aide to Price.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Aleksandar Pavlovic is a penetrative passer and a fine orchestrator, but without replicating his abilities, Bayern risk creating a dependency and becoming reliant on a solitary source of quick, forward possession.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Though the financing has eased some of the pressure, analysts have warned that no quick fixes exist for Egypt’s import dependency, forcing Cairo to turn to Chinese green tech to boost long-term renewable energy production and self-reliance.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Top-down mandates from Sacramento that make sense for a school in a wealthy ZIP code make no sense for one in a rural area.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • There were a lot more network mandates and a lot more production companies coming to us and making sure to have a diverse cast.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Critics of gerrymandering have cast the moment as a major test of democracy in American politics.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
  • New governing party turns toward the EU Magyar has promised to repair his country's ties with the EU, which Orbán had pushed to a breaking point, and to restore Hungary's place among Western democracies, whose standing had been called into question as Orbán drifted ever closer to Russia.
    CBS News, CBS News, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • The Canadian province of Alberta has been the site of recent drama around its electoral list, a database that contains information such as names, addresses, and voting districts for millions of citizens.
    Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 4 May 2026
  • Vegetable farms were damaged by the ashfall, which also killed four water buffaloes and a cow in Camalig, Baldo said, adding that a cleanup was underway in his town of 8,000 people in Albay province.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Investigators ended a search for Kristin Smart’s body at the home of her killer’s mother on Saturday without recovering a body, a day after Sheriff Ian Parkinson said soil testing detected the presence of human remains.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • Native to Texas and adjacent areas of Mexico, plants rarely require supplemental irrigation and thrive in poor soils including sand, clay, and rocky sites.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • On May 6, the sovereign marked the third anniversary of his crowning ceremony, and his sister attended the Royal Gun Salute at Hyde Park in London, where a salute of 41 rounds was fired.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
  • Legitimate authority Historically, the conversation about a war’s justness began by asking whether a responsible sovereign had declared it.
    Valerie Morkevicius, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Sidharth Kaushal, a research fellow in sea power at the Royal United Services Institute think tank, said mine-clearing and creating a warning system for maritime threats were more likely roles for the coalition than warships escorting commercial tankers though the strait.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • But some historians have argued that this glossed a scheme to provide a bastion for British sea power in the eastern seas.
    Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026

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