authorities

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For now, Congolese authorities say they are relying on hard‑learned experience, and public‑health measures, to confront what is now the country's 17th Ebola outbreak.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

As the smoke and flames spread when the fire broke out, authorities began to issue evacuation warnings ahead of its path on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Federal authorities have said for years that neo-Nazi and anti-government militia groups pose the most active and lethal domestic threats, though recently authorities have noted increases in leftist and mixed-motive attacks.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Millions of exhaust-belching motorbikes zip through Hanoi's narrow streets every day fuelling its chronic air pollution, but authorities have backtracked from an ambitious plan to ban them in favour of electric two-wheelers.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

The authorities came and said, “You must send a boy to school. Choose.”

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola