Sentences with phrase «amid national concerns»

The district moved to ban suspensions amid national concern that they imperil academic achievement and disproportionately affect minorities, particularly African Americans.

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It came amid mounting concern among U.S. officials that the software could enable Russian espionage and threaten national security.
The U.S. Congress in 2017 banned U.S. government agencies from using security software from Moscow - based Kaspersky Lab amid mounting concern among U.S. officials that the software could enable Russian espionage and threaten national security.
Apple has been increasing the level of encryption in its mobile software amid heightened privacy concerns following leaks by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden about NSA surveillance programs.
The National Bank of Greece study was published Tuesday as Greece heads to new general elections on June 17, amid Europe - wide concern of broader financial turmoil if Greece's place in the single currency is threatened by a victory for an anti-austerity party.
Blame the Russians: The FBI is investigating the cybertheft of emails from the Democratic National Committee amid concerns hackers working for Russia are attempting to use the breach to influence the presidential election.
Call for imported grape ban amid Red Blotch concerns West Australian Nationals MP Vince Catania is calling for an immediate halt to American grape imports to allow new research on Red Blotch Virus (RBV) to be considered...
Trump blocked microchip maker Broadcom Ltd.'s proposed takeover of Qualcomm Inc. on national security grounds, ending what would have been the technology industry's biggest deal ever amid concerns that it would give China the upper hand in mobile communications.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is deploying «hundreds» of additional state police, National Guard troops and MTA and Port Authority cops to patrol the city's transits hubs and crossings during the holiday season amid heightened concerns about terrorism.
Amid the fallout of the Greek Eurozone crisis, one of our contributors expanded on left - wing concerns around the EU with this look at the secret TTIP deals, which could see investor courts granted powers over national parliaments as part of a broader EU - US agreement.
The bill, backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, also comes amid growing concerns of undue influence in national politics through Russian - bacekd social media troll operations.
Cuomo is deploying «hundreds» of additional state police, National Guard troops and MTA and Port Authority cops to patrol the city's transits hubs and crossings during the holiday season amid heightened concerns about terrorism.
I didn't struggle to notice with deep regret and grave concern how a National Youth Organizer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and his supporters were blatantly flouting the ban on drumming and noise making to submit their nomination forms amid loud noise, pomp and pageantry at the Total filling station near Paloma hotel.
The pardon plan also comes amid a national debate over reducing sentences for nonviolent offenders, in part because of the cost of mass incarceration and concerns about racial inequality in the criminal justice system.
The action comes amid mounting national concern that removing students from school is imperiling their academic achievement and disproportionately harming minority students, particularly African Americans.»
The Conservative Party's proposal to fold the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into the National Crime Agency (NCA) has been questioned by City partners, amid concerns that recent progress made by the organisation could be squandered by an overhaul of the current regime.
Amid allegations that its long - planned partnership with AT&T was scuppered by political pressure, a new report has now suggested that US lawmakers are pushing the US carrier to cut all commercial ties with the Chinese giant over national security concerns.
It became involved in data processes again in 2006 amid concerns the Australian Bureau of Statistics had under - counted the region's Aboriginal people for that year's national census.
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