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While the law permits expropriation without compensation under specific circumstances, the South African government insists that private property rights remain protected.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025 -
The letter reviewed by Reuters shines a light on the people standing to gain from the expropriation.—
Anna Hirtenstein and Alexander Marrow,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Trump hasn’t been tapped along because Putin has never retreated from his annexation ends or his savage means.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
24 May 2025
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The soldiers’ demands also suggest that Mr. Putin’s hasty annexation of four Ukrainian regions early in the war may have limited his current options in negotiations because a significant part of the population would view anything less as a defeat.—
Anatoly Kurmanaev,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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This can lead to unwanted complications, such as muscle cramps or seizures.—
Health,
Health,
28 May 2025
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It’s been a bumper seven days for law enforcement working on cyber and dark web investigations, who have accomplished a slew of takedowns, arrests and seizures across the world.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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As of April, the GAO was looking into 39 other potential instances of impoundment under the Trump administration.—
Deepa Shivaram,
NPR,
23 May 2025
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The outcry comes as Trump is already facing accusations of violating impoundment law from Democrats over an executive order pausing the disbursement of funds approved in two of former President Biden’s signature laws.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
28 Jan. 2025
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The Golden Power legislation enables the Italian government to intercede or set conditions on foreign and domestic corporate takeovers in key sectors, including banking.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
23 May 2025
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The journey picks up again on May 30 and heads to Cannes, with a takeover of the Armani/Caffè terrace, and then heads to Capri, where a Giorgio Armani boutique opened in April on Via Camerelle that was designed to evoke the atmosphere of seaside destinations.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
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The Trump administration has voiced its support for all manner of geologic sequestration.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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President Barack Obama’s pivot to Asia achieved new levels of strategic engagement with the region in general, and with Southeast Asia in particular, after years of neglect, but it was challenged by caps on military spending imposed under sequestration.—
Michael J. Green,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2022
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So many current-season pieces are included in the Memorial Day clothing markdowns, meaning plenty of summer’s biggest fashion trends are up for grabs.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
22 May 2025
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Another coveted timepiece up for grabs is a Ref. 2524, of which fewer than 50 examples were made.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
22 May 2025
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Courts are also increasingly scrutinizing environmental claims—down to the assumptions behind individual offsets.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Mass incarceration, which swept the country in the late twentieth century, rested on the assumption that a person spoiling for a fight with another person was weighing costs: that the difference between ten years and twenty-five would matter.—
Malcolm Gladwell,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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“Confiscation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confiscation. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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