Sentences with phrase «affecting our country today»

There's no doubt America's history with race is still affecting our country today.

Wabba said, «One of the things affecting our country today is the issue of accountability.

Not exact matches

While some countries still enact mercantilist policies that directly affect the relative prices of traded goods in ways that David Ricardo would have understood two hundred years ago, in today's global trading environment, persistent trade surpluses are usually caused by distortions in income distribution that force up savings rates.

2017.09.11 RBC commits US$ 300,000 in support of Hurricane Irma relief efforts Today, RBC announced a funding commitment of US$ 300,000 to support organizations providing relief and humanitarian efforts for those affected by the devastating damage caused by Hurricane Irma in many Caribbean countries and the state of Florida in the U.S....

Today, approximately 80 per cent of the world's trade is affected by standards and countries around the world are catching on to the fact that using — and developing — standards can give them a leg up.

Today's leaders... acknowledged the challenges facing the shared currency as debts in smaller countries have affected the whole region and worry markets worldwide.

The foreign debt of poor countries is another factor that affects the way globalization operates today.

Today, President Trump signed a new executive order that affects individuals from six predominantly Muslim countries as well as refugees from around the world.

Even today, Flint has the fourth - highest murder rate in the country, but in recent years, Flint's been infamous for a different kind of headline: the water crisis, and the government's subsequent attempt to cover it up («Everybody has been affected by it,» Crews says.).

«Well, there's no question that the biggest problems we face in the country today are jobs that don't pay well enough and issues that affect middle class families, like college affordability, and it's such a burden to pay for college these days,» Suozzi said.

What is happening in the economy today is not his making; the fall in oil prices is affecting all oil producing countries, not Nigeria alone.

We need action now to scale up the response,» said Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, today at a press conference after returning from a visit to affected countries in West Africa.

Today instead of isolating the affected countries we call for flooding them, flooding them with the resources that are desperately needed to turn the tide in this fight.

That order blocked citizens of seven countries — the six affected by today's ruling, plus Iraq — from entering the United States for 90 days.

Recognizing that communicable diseases and neglected tropical diseases disproportionately affect countries with evolving healthcare systems, Takeda is collaborating with partners to expedite access to its potentially life - saving vaccine candidates, which address some of today's most challenging infectious diseases.

«Today, 110 of the 169 countries that declared in 2013 that they are affected by land degradation or drought have expressed interest in recovering large areas of degraded over the next 12 years, under a special global initiative, the Land Degradation Neutrality Target Setting Programme,» she observed.

Several of the Americans who were held by Iran between 1979 and 1981 reflect on tensions between that country and the United States and how their ordeal affects today's crisis.

In a time where our country is suffering from a concerning health epidemic that is affecting our children, making sure the students are having fun, being challenged, and finding enjoyment in positive competition is the next step towards creating a sustainable physical fitness foundation for today's youth.

Today we are publishing an updated Policy Brief on GPE's work in countries affected by fragility and conflict, which details GPE's increased support to these countries and provides information on the mechanisms available to ensure that no child loses out on their education.

Perhaps this can give us hope for the countless children affected by wars today, including the estimated 300,000 child soldiers fighting in more than 85 countries (according to Amnesty International, 2006).

After studying pedigrees of today's Old English Sheepdogs, it would not be surprising to find affected dogs from diverse backgrounds in America, England, Australia, Japan, or other countries.

The Strategy Summit will bring together senior leaders and key stakeholders from aviation, airports and tourism to participate in discussions affecting aviation and travel today, such as route development, infrastructure, airport growth, security, visa restrictions, regulatory challenges and how new airline service can change a city's or a country's fortunes.

Sea level rise near the end of the century that affects a tiny percentage of the land area of a country, even with a large percentage of population living there today, can be a relatively minor problem if it is managed appropriately.

All across this country, new ideas and solutions are being developed to address the urgent climate crisis affecting us today.

Today many countries continue to build new coal plants and run existing coal plants without modern pollution controls, seriously affecting the health of their citizens.

Thus, most assessments indicate that poor and disenfranchised groups will bear the most risk and, globally, the greatest burden will fall on poor countries, particularly on poor children, who are most affected today by such climate - related diseases as malaria, undernutrition, and diarrhea.

Some of the most pressing issues affecting legal departments in Brazil today, including the country's controversial labour reform, cyber security, diversity and compliance, were tackled in lively debates at LACCA's 9th Regional São Paulo Meeting 2018, which took place last week.

CCLA is deeply concerned for Canadians and Canadian residents who may be affected by today's United States Supreme Court decision to re-instate a modified version of President Trump's travel ban against individuals from six predominantly Muslim countries.

Today gold price in Guntur is affected by other factors such as inflation in the country, import duties, current account deficit, situation of the economy and the strength of the US dollar.

The major factors affecting the gold rates in Chennai today are the ratio of buying and selling of gold by central banks across the country and holding gold as forex reserve; gold business as Gold ETFs; cross currency headwinds that influence the gold price, leaving it up to the investors to be cautious to purchase it when the prices are lowering down.

U.S. Army veteran CPL. Steven E. served his country honorably with multiple deployments and returned home with 50 % hearing loss and other medical conditions that continue to affect his life today.

«The most important fundamental in today's housing market is a lack of houses for sale, which affects virtually all the largest metros in the country.»