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Taiwan and China’s claims on the self-governing island didn’t come up the last time Trump and Xi met in South Korea, U.S. officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

The airspace reserved in the current alerts is hundreds of miles away from the self-governing island.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Greenland's natural resources, including potential vast rare earths deposits vital to the AI boom, have attracted attention since US President Donald Trump showed interest in the Danish self-governing territory.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

The 18 islands which make up the self-governing nation under the sovereignty of Denmark are connected by 23 tunnels, four of which run below the sea.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

Indigenous peoples of what came to be called the Americas were citizens of self-governing nations.

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