Sentences with phrase «as countries make»

What does this mean for the region's wildlife and natural resources as countries make claims for territory?
In addition, religious leaders often have the stature to advocate and negotiate with the most senior national decision - makers as countries make tough decisions on how to allocate scarce resources for health.
One of the stranger accolades he offers is in pointing to China as a country making positive strides in women's rights and equality.
India is especially attractive for students in the medical field as the country makes inroads in technologies that could reduce the cost of health care.

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The number of data professionals in Canada — people employed as statisticians, mathematicians and actuaries — has increased by 48 % over the past five years, making it the fastest - growing job category in the country.
The 30 - year - old is seen as key to making the summit with South Korea happen: She was the first member of the North's ruling family to visit the South since 1953 when she asked for a detente at the winter Olympics and is believed to have been in charge of the country while her brother was ill in late 2014.
As soon as they see a roaring success in the city, they want to put you and your business on the road and have you build copies and clones throughout the state or the country - whether it makes the slightest sense for you to do so or noAs soon as they see a roaring success in the city, they want to put you and your business on the road and have you build copies and clones throughout the state or the country - whether it makes the slightest sense for you to do so or noas they see a roaring success in the city, they want to put you and your business on the road and have you build copies and clones throughout the state or the country - whether it makes the slightest sense for you to do so or not.
Their brands are not labels but flags that should evoke the kind of patriotism we have for the countries we live in... These leaders want to change the way the planet works — or as Apple's Steve Jobs is widely quoted saying, «to make a dent in the universe.»»
The artificial island and interconnectors could act as a spider web, she explained, making it possible to send energy to different countries where it is needed, getting better prices in the process.
As he wraps up, McConnell makes the solution explicit: «Things can change in our country — that's why we have elections,» he tells the crowd.
Trump made the remark as the two sides prepared to hold talks in Beijing on resolving conflicts over trade and economic policies that have propelled the two countries toward a full - blown trade war.
Cloud computing is making location less important for smaller companies, which is especially good news for a country as geographically vast as ours.
Compliments made their way up to corporate, and the job helped establish Flash Global as a logistics powerhouse in 90 countries.
Canadians are also more likely to take vacations within the country, as the exchange rate will make travel to typical winter holiday spots more expensive, says economist Roslyn Kunin of Roslyn Kunin and Associates, an economics, business and human resources consulting firm.
In the 2011 Canadian census, more than 260,000 people described themselves as truck drivers, making it the second-most common job in the country for men.
Given that a few countries such as Malaysia, Panama, Uruguay, and many others allow foreign investors to purchase property, you could very well look abroad and make good returns on your investment.
According to Roosegaarde's website, the air purifier was specifically created to be used in public parks as a local solution to air quality, so it will likely be spotted in public parks as it makes its way around the country.
Further, China's devaluation of its currency, the renminbi, in August and imposition of investment restrictions made people in the country — which has long vied with India as the top physical gold market — less able to buy gold.
The Singapore dollar makes up 0.02 percent of daily global bitcoin trading volume but the country has emerged as a hub for ICOs.
Other countries, such as the U.K., have gender diversity champions who have made excellent use of the bully pulpit, notably Lord Mervyn Davies, who is calling for 33 percent board participation by women by 2020.
As the country grapples with how to turn a mostly informal $ 2.2 trillion economy into a digital one, a number of startups are popping up to make the transition slightly less painful.
WASHINGTON, March 7 - A Venezuelan state governor made an unusual visit to Washington this week seeking meetings with Congress members to discuss the fate of a Utah man imprisoned in the South American nation, U.S. sources said on Wednesday, as the country faces a possible new round of sanctions.
WASHINGTON, March 7 - A Venezuelan state governor made an unusual visit to Washington this week seeking meetings in Congress to discuss the fate of an American imprisoned in the South American nation, U.S. sources said on Wednesday, as the country faces a possible new round of sanctions.
But it's also being touted as a «geopolitical thriller,» as the documentary touches on Poitras» own experiences with government surveillance (Poitras has been monitored by the US government since making her 2006 movie «My Country, My Country»).
The UAE - born Taqado Mexican Kitchen had always declared itself to be the «number 1 burrito and taco spot» in the country, but now, it has started to make its presence on the global stage as well.
Rob Schapiro, chief creative officer of 84 Lumber's ad agency Brunner, told Business Insider the ad intended to make a «patriotic» statement and aimed to make the company a household name throughout the country as it expands and opens more stores in the US.
Also banned: instructions on «on how to make or use weapons if the goal is to injure or kill people,» unless there is «clear context that the content is for an alternative purpose (for example, shared as part of recreational self - defense activities, training by a country's military, commercial video games, or news coverage).»
Obama also planned to speak publicly during his visit «to make clear that the country stands with the people of Orlando, stands with the LGBT community in Orlando, as they grieve for their loss,» Earnest said.
The company, which also exports poultry - and pork - based products to over 120 countries, has gone through deep changes since 2013, when Brazilian billionaire Abilio Diniz took over as chairman, pledging to make the $ 7.4 billion food giant leaner and more profitable.
The suits are part of a group of at least four other cases with similar arguments in various courts around the country, and they make legal experts wary, particularly as the differences in opinion seem to indicate their destiny to go before the Supreme Court.
It allows you to take and make payments in 190 countries and 40 currencies across all major and local payment cards as well as Alipay, PayPal, Visa Checkout, PayEase, Apple Pay and Android Pay.
As I shared with Inc., the biggest mistake we make as entrepreneurs is appealing to urban, upwardly - mobile young people on either coast - and in living all across the country, I understand how diversity not only represents color, but also orientation, income and needAs I shared with Inc., the biggest mistake we make as entrepreneurs is appealing to urban, upwardly - mobile young people on either coast - and in living all across the country, I understand how diversity not only represents color, but also orientation, income and needas entrepreneurs is appealing to urban, upwardly - mobile young people on either coast - and in living all across the country, I understand how diversity not only represents color, but also orientation, income and needs.
Uber Canada's general manager Rob Khazzam said the introduction of the feature follows similar moves made by the company in other countries, as part of an effort to curb driver drowsiness and make the platform safer.
«We wanted to make sure that our own country was part of the conversation about global health issues in two ways — one, making sure that we're not thinking of it as issues that affect other people that don't have anything to do with us, but also acknowledging that we can learn so much from what has gone well or new models that are effective in other countries,» Bush tells Business Insider.
The more progressive line argues, as Wolman does, that reliance on cash transactions «perpetuates [poor] peoples» exclusion from banking and the formal economy» and makes it hard for governments, especially in developing countries, to efficiently serve their citizens.
Facebook is financing hotspots in villages in countries like South Africa, which requires agreement from entrepreneurs who are willing to act as evangelists, writes Wired's Jessi Hempel: These business owners need to let people know that the hotspots are there and make them feel comfortable sticking around to use them.
Tesla — the name pays homage to inventor Nikola Tesla, who made key discoveries in the development of commercial electricity — said in the filings that it had sold 937 Roadsters as of December in 18 countries.
Hammond's commitment to find the funds for Brexit preparations stands in sharp contrast to promises made by the Leave campaign before last year's referendum, which had assured Britons that leaving the EU would leave the country with hundreds of millions of pounds more a week to spend on other priorities such as its rickety National Health Service.
AB InBev has made inroads in China's small but fast - growing craft beer market, which analysts say may account for as little as 0.1 % of the country's $ 80 billion a year in beer sales, but which may also be growing at triple - digits in the major cities of Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.
He insisted he would make moves to renegotiate US trade deals as soon as he took office, aiming to bring offshore jobs back into the country.
With so much of the company's branded merchandise such as beer openers, glasses and T - shirts being made in China, Chiodo says his goal with that market is to reach sales that balance out the cost of the goods he's purchasing from that country.
Finally, SolarCity, a mere 12 months after its founding, is one of the country's largest installers of home solar panels, making the often - cumbersome process of switching to renewable energy as easy as buying a Dell.
India will predictably apply fresh restrictions (e.g. protocols, new net worth norms) after it experienced some pain (after some scam or loss as in the Vodafone case), thus making the country a follower rather than a leader in this space.
But it's been growing over the past decade as more entrepreneurs and executives in this country reach an age and wealth level that makes them open to a new approach to asset management.
This backdrop makes policy progress very unlikely as domestic politics drive the agenda [leading to] limited room for country - level structural reform [and] little progress toward EU or eurozone reform or integration.»
The offering is the latest from Google's Next Billion Users division, an internal effort to make internet services more accessible to people in countries where technology infrastructure is not as fast or affordable as in the United States or Western Europe.
The founder of debt - laden tech conglomerate LeEco has defied orders from Chinese regulators to return to the country before end - 2017, saying he needed to stay in the United States as a fundraising for his electric car startup was making progress.
«That is why, as part of our wider aims to eradicate poverty from our country, we are exploring how to make products freely available to low - income groups.
Pointing to examples such as seeing «moral equivalence in Charlottesville» and treating women «like they're pieces of meat,» Comey explained that Trump's inability to «respect and adhere to the values that are at the core of this country,» most notably the truth, make him unfit to be president «on moral grounds.»
The bureaucracy in Brussels is largely made up of officials from the smaller countries, who saw the EU as a method of enabling themselves to exercise far greater influence than they could as leaders in their own governments.
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