Sentences with phrase «in controversial move»

In a controversial move, Iceland was allowed to rejoin in 2002 and file a formal reservation to the moratorium, which allows it to hunt whales for commercial purposes.

In a controversial move, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved three large hydro dam projects, despite concerns raised by civil society on the extensive adverse social and environmental effects these projects can have.

Yet in a controversial move, I sold my PS4 a month or so ago and last week, purchased myself a shiny new Nintendo Switch.

In a controversial move scheduled for a vote at Tuesday's Board meeting, LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy has...

In a controversial move, Martinez directed Skandera's Public Education Department to implement the system via regulation, starting in April 2012.

In a controversial move which could lead to yet another Coalition rift, the influential Commons Home Affairs Committee is expected to put pressure on David Cameron to establish a Royal Commission to draw up changes to the law.

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In a controversial move, the Commerce Department said the question of citizenship will again be included in the 2020 Census at the request of the Justice Department.

Bettina Siegel said: In a controversial move, Chicago Public Schools implement universal in - class breakfast.

The Villa manager left a grand total of eight first - team regulars at home in a controversial move that had many supporters screaming for answers.

In a controversial move, President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.

In controversial move, Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe appointed as WHO «goodwill» ambassador.

In a controversial move last year, Facebook retired the option to suppress your name from being visible in searches.

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The most potentially - controversial call is for the reduction of EI itself, to boost workers» willingness to move in search of work:

In what's expected to be one of the most controversial moves of his administration's tenure, President Obama will announce an executive order on immigration this evening from the White House.

During oil's deep decline, Schlumberger offered to drill in oilfields that were on hiatus in exchange for a share of future production, a move that was «very controversial» and has yet to pay off, says Colin Davies, an analyst at Bernstein.

Thiel said his stance on global economics was a contributing factor in his political backing of Trump, a move that was controversial within the left - leaning community of Silicon Valley.

On Feb. 1, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed a controversial right - to - work law prohibiting workers in union shops from being forced to pay union dues — less than 48 hours before Electro - Motive announced the closure of the London plant, its jobs expected to move to the Hoosier state.

The «controversial» move was highly criticized, given the importance of brand association in the car industry, said Bill Visnic, a senior editor for car research company Edmunds.

The move remains deeply controversial, but it did earn Michigan points in our Workforce category.

Even in Silicon Valley, experiments regarding the adoption of a universal basic income have been hotly debated — and incubator Y Combinator has embarked on a controversial study of such a move.

Those APIs were updated in 2015 to remove the ability to see that kind of friend data, a move Stamos said was «controversial» with app developers at the time.

However, as with that controversial market move, the massive uptick in value bears a deeper look from more novice or potential investors.

Kuwait is considering privatizing its oil - field services sector, a senior finance ministry official said Tuesday, in a potentially controversial move in the petroleum - dependent Persian Gulf state.

Exactly 100 years ago a revival broke out in Wales — central to this move of the Holy Spirit was a controversial young preacher, Evan Roberts.

Father Nadheer Dako, parish priest of the Chaldean Catholic mission in London says that this controversial move further increased resentment towards Iraqi Christians.

But when historian Jan Tomasz Gross saw the photo, he was moved to write Golden Harvest, a controversial new book in which he argues that many Poles enriched themselves during the war by exploiting Jews, from plundering mass graves to ferreting out Jews in hiding for reward.

The Daily Mirror recently claimed the Germany international is confident of linking up with the Red Devils as he nears the end of his contract, in what could be the most controversial free transfer since Sol Campbell moved across north London from Tottenham to Arsenal in 2001.

A report from Spanish football outlet Marca has published comments from the controversial right - back that a proposed move to Barca was halted in favour for a move to Tottenham because the Spanish giants were hesitant to complete the deal because of the Ivorians reputation.

The north London giants have been hurt in the past by losing star players to their Premier League rivals, with the likes of Samir Nasri and Emmanuel Adebayor among those to leave them for City in the past, while Robin van Persie also recently made the controversial move to Manchester United.

Having made the controversial move from the Emirates Stadium to Old Trafford in 2012, Robin van Persie took little more than three minutes to make his mark when facing the Gunners for the first time.

Whether the Liverpool faithful will be as delighted remains to be seen, given the Spaniard's controversial move to Premier League rivals Chelsea in 2011.

Even though Smith played at a high level, and the highest level of his career, Harbaugh made a controversial decision to bench Smith in favor of Kaepernick — and the move clearly worked.

It is safe to say that since Robin van Persie made the controversial move to Old Trafford in 2012, Arsenal have lacked the quality of a world - class striker.

The ex-Arsenal prodigy Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain moved to Liverpool under controversial circumstances after playing rubbish for Arsenal in our meeting at the Emirates in the early stages of the season.

Wenger decided to drop record signing Alexandre Lacazette to the bench in favour of Alex Iwobi yesterday, a very controversial move, and a move that could easily have come good in the second half.

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The former Sheffield United forward's proposed move back into football after he was convicted and served two and a half years behind bars for rape has been a particularly divisive and controversial one with an almost national debate questioning whether anyone who has committed such an abhorrent sex crime should be allowed to return to a lucrative and privileged position in football.

West Bromwich Albion striker Saido Berahino appears to have struck a fatal blow to his career at the Midlands club, with reports suggesting that he has been ignored by teammates since a controversial interview in which he claimed he wanted to move to a bigger club.

Jacksonville's change is more drastic, moving from controversial two - toned helmets to one of the simplest designs in the league.

In what would no doubt be a hugely controversial move, Arsenal could bid for Liverpool contract rebel Raheem Sterling this summer as he continues to stall on signing a new contract, according to the Daily Mirror.

They only made one signing, but it was quite possibly the most controversial move of the transfer window in Portugal.

The Chilean is finally looking like the implacable goal threat the Gunners have been crying out for ever since Van Persie's controversial move to Manchester United in 2012, however in order for him and his coalescing cohorts to hurt teams, it must be possible to pull the opposition out of position.

After a failed attempt to revive his career in England's lower leagues, the often controversial figure made a move to Italian outfit Lazio in 2015.

It's not all too surprising to see so much exposure on Fernando Torres after he was such a key player at Liverpool, made a splash with his controversial move to Chelsea, and has continued in the limelight through returning to boyhood team Atletico Madrid.

He was a controversial player because of the circumstances in which he agreed to join Barcelona, moving to the club at such a young age, the deal was investigated but was ratified in the end.

Courtois had made controversial comments last season regarding potentially exiting Stamford Bridge in the future and as a result, the 24 - year - old has been widely touted to make a move to the Santiago Bernabeu.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola took the controversial decision of replacing Joe Hart with Claudio Bravo for the number one spot between the sticks at the Etihad Stadium this summer and it has to be said that the move has not been vindicated as the Chilean has put in a number of terrible performances so far this season.

The half was only a few minutes in when Munster took a somewhat controversial lead with the Dutch referee allowing a debatable free kick in midfield to be taken while the ball was moving and into the path of an offside player who ran through score into the bottom corner.

Tevez made the controversial move across Manchester in the summer of 2009, after winning two league titles and the Champions League with United.