sovereignty

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“Search engines must be able to innovate and keep pace with evolving user needs,” Henna Virkkunen, executive vice president for tech sovereignty, security and democracy at the Commission, said in a statement.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

It is about much more profound questions of Britain's sovereignty, economy and place in the world which have been animating our politics for more than a decade now.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

The Danish government has said U.S. sovereignty over bases, akin to the British model in Cyprus, is unacceptable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

However, she also noted that any clean energy project should respect Tribal sovereignty, protect cultural and natural resources and ensure equitable benefits.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Because of the Treaty of Paris, Washington believed the US had sovereignty over the Ohio Country, a belief that was not shared by the people of the Indigenous nations who lived there.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz