affairs
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Amirah Siquierah, the director of federal affairs at the Working Families Party, said successful candidates in 2028 will combine economic populism with newer concerns such as data centres.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
MANAMA, Bahrain — Conferences in the Persian Gulf are usually positive affairs, with government officials, executives of state-owned companies and armies of consultants touting petro-fueled visions promising fantastical technology and prosperity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
She flubbed softball questions around foreign affairs on the debate stage, a strong suit of her hawkish brother.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
Meanwhile, the company’s peers have been maxing out spending on AI with limited returns to show for it, a state of affairs investors are no longer uniformly happy about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
It also helps a prince a great deal to show himself to be extraordinary in dealing with internal affairs, as in the reports about Messer Bernabo Visconti of Milan.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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