governing

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Brazil’s Congress is still completing legislation governing strategic minerals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

World football's governing body Fifa, and its European counterpart Uefa, allow players with ICDs to participate in their competitions, as does Germany's Bundesliga, where Eriksen spent the past season playing for Wolfsburg.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Analysts expect the central bank's governing council to deliver a quarter percentage point increase to the key deposit rate, taking it from 2.00 to 2.25 percent, when it meets Thursday.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The Fédération Equestre Internationale, the governing body for Olympic horse sports, banned clones from competition in 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Grouped termites keep touching each other incessantly with their antennae, and this appears to be the central governing mechanism.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas