powers
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Investigators have not disclosed which foreign powers were involved.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
He also said the EU, as von der Leyen pledged last month, should "work more closely with middle powers like Canada, which share an interest in rules that no power or company can dictate".
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Instead Attal prepared to exercise his regulatory powers again, lining up about 10 billion euros in additional cuts that he had yet to implement as voters went to the polls in June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The petition argues that Kumar exercised powers that belong to the commission collectively and seeks a ruling that any such actions were unauthorised.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
He would be a college student by the time he realized that he’d stumbled into a series of events that were moving the globe’s two great powers to the brink of the third—and final—world war.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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