Sentences with phrase «at our defence at»

For many years we have been vulnerable against teams that run at our defence at pace.

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Drugs that were effective at warding off infections decades ago are now less potent because the bacteria they were designed to kill have developed defence mechanisms.

Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2018.

Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Wu Qian was asked about the U.S. bombers at a news briefing on Thursday but would only say the Chinese armed forces had the situation under control.

Class - action defence lawyers are skeptical, though, and while Joseph D'Angelo, a senior litigation partner at McMillan LLP, says the Imax case means the door is open to foreign investors, «whether it manifests in reality remains to be seen.»

Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Wu Qian was asked about the US bombers at a news briefing on Thursday, saying only that Chinese armed forces had the situation under control.

When looking at defence stocks, beware of any company with large ties to a single big - ticket project, particularly if that project isn't on solid ground.

In a speech at Chatham House this morning, Corbyn will take on the accusation often levelled at him by critics that he is weak on national security and defence.

The title's not - so subtle biblical reference is a hint at Stursberg's view of the Ceeb as the place that business common sense forgot, and the book serves largely as a catalogued defence of his belief that audience numbers, not an ambiguous cultural mandate, would define the network's success.

Adm. Mark Stanhope, a former head of the Royal Navy, has said that moving the weapons «would add a dangerous period of destabilization in our nuclear defence posture at a time when the international picture is clearly deteriorating.»

While many in Britain would cheer at the idea of Clarkson losing his job, the political blog Guido Fawkes has rallied to his defence.

Foreign and defence ministers are set to approve the scheme — a rare joint military step for a 28 - nation bloc that historically prefers political and financial action to armed cooperation — at a meeting in Brussels.

«We look to apply benefits across our programs - missile defence, satellites, planetary probes, especially as we create more and more common products,» said Brian Kaplun, additive manufacturing manager at Lockheed Martin Space.

If you bought into the Newmarket, Ont., defence contractor at that time, you would have more than doubled your money.

Robert caused international controversy on his first day in office in 2014 by criticising Silicon Valley companies in the Financial Times, but he has also spoken at MIT in defence of strong encryption and US technology leadership.

At press time, none of the parties has filed a statement of defence.

«I think it's a concerted effort that there is too much money to be made here and (they're) not going to be deterred by the structural or cultural defences (anymore),» said Chris Young, who works with companies on the receiving end of activist campaigns at Credit Suisse in New York.

Google Earth, Maps and Translate are just a few of the company's services that have defence dollars at their very cores.

And while we like to think this shadowy military industrial complex was at its height during the Cold War, the reality is that links between defence and industry have never been stronger.

At the coding event on Thursday, Pichai gave a strong defence of the role of women in tech.

The Mach Loop is part of the British Ministry of Defence's Tactical Training Low Flying Area and the pilots know there are troves of photographers watching the loop at all hours of the day... and they know exactly what the cameras want to see.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has chatted with Pentagon counterpart James Mattis, UN ambassador Marc - Andre Blanchard has spoken with U.S. counterpart Nikki Haley and Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr is raising the issue with Energy Secretary Rick Perry at a conference in Texas.

Why it matters: Many of the 230,000 people working in the defence sector in the UK are based in Scotland; Thales subsidiary Thales Optronics employs 500 at a submarine periscope facility in Govan, Glasgow.

At the post-Budget Treasury briefing yesterday there was definitely smell of blood in the water as it became clear that Hammond's spokespeople had no real defence for the broken promise.

At first GardaWorld's customers were primarily aid organizations, but soon it attracted defence departments and diplomatic corps.

At the time of writing, none of the defendants had filed a statement of defence.

Among the many well - known Canadians scheduled as «participants» were Stephen Harper's Conservative cabinet ministers Stockwell Day (who at first denied attending) and the then - defence minister Gordon O'Connor, deputy ministers (Defence) Ward Elcock, Peter Harder (Foreign Affairs), Associate Deputy Minister William Elliott (Public Security), Liberal continentalist Anne McLellan, Canada's former deputy prime minister and a defender of the oil patch, the Alberta minister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Maj.defence minister Gordon O'Connor, deputy ministers (Defence) Ward Elcock, Peter Harder (Foreign Affairs), Associate Deputy Minister William Elliott (Public Security), Liberal continentalist Anne McLellan, Canada's former deputy prime minister and a defender of the oil patch, the Alberta minister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Maj.Defence) Ward Elcock, Peter Harder (Foreign Affairs), Associate Deputy Minister William Elliott (Public Security), Liberal continentalist Anne McLellan, Canada's former deputy prime minister and a defender of the oil patch, the Alberta minister of energy, Greg Melchin, General Rick Hillier, Canada's chief of defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Maj.defence staff, former Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, now president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the infamous continentalist Thomas d'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Rear Admiral Roger Girouard, Maj. - Gen.

But he's still friendly with Mr. Trump, who spoke in the Lord's defence at Mr. Black's last Hollinger board meeting, and offered to testify for him in court.

The commitment in Budget 2011 to undertake a Strategic Operating Review to find $ 4 billion in annual savings followed the Budget 2010 initiatives which restrained growth in national defence spending, capped funding of the International Assistance Envelope, forced departments to absorb the increase in annual federal employees» wages for 2011 - 12, and froze their operating budgets for 2011 - 12 and 2012 - 13 at their 2010 - 11 levels.

Most recently, he was Financial Controller at James Fisher Defence and took control of financial management for the company's Australian operations.

Will Horter, formerly the executive director at DogwoodBC and a staff lawyer at EcoJustice (then Sierra Legal Defence Fund), is an activist and writer whose work focuses on reinvigorating democracy, redefining citizenship and pondering things that matter in the world.

Brian L. Job is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Security and Defence Forum program at the University of British Columbia and Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

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However, Trump's actions now jeopardise steel supplies, or at least could lead to increased costs, for the US defence sector.

Thomas Harvey III, the acting assistant secretary for strategy, plans and capabilities at the Defence Department, told the South China Morning Post that the mainland's flights around the island were «a definite message of intimidation».

Hugh Stephens is executive - in - residence at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and a fellow of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.

He currently serves as Executive - in - Residence at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and is a Fellow at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.

The decline of 6.6 % was due entirely to weaker first quarter sales growth at Defence.

After all, there's now a businessman in charge at the White House rather than a politician, and Trump has promised to cut taxes, boost infrastructure and defence spending and slash regulations.

All information comes through tightly censored briefings at National Defence headquarters.

Hugh Stephens is a Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and a Fellow at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.

Yet at every turn the government runs to the defence of supply management, the most antiquated, anti-competitive sector of the Canadian economy.

Prices climbed further as Saudi Arabia's air defence forces intercepted a missile over the capital Riyadh on Wednesday, Saudi - owned broadcaster Al Arabiya said, after at least three blasts were heard in the city.

Why does the Minister of National Defence not act responsibly, slow down, and yes, meet the needs of the air force, but at best value for the taxpayers?

But with the 86 - year - old Richardson and former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper watching at the Orleans Arena, Gushue trailed 5 - 0 after five ends against a Swedish team that excels at defence.

Alan Williams, former head of the initiative at National Defence, says that the Conservatives» agreement will benefit Canada's industry far less than if there had been a public bidding process.

It's why this other story, of direct political activity by members of the Canadian military on behalf of former Defence Minister Peter McKay, caused such controversy at the time.

Meeting defence spending alone, now estimated at 11 per cent of GDP and rising, will mean making cuts elsewhere.

It is certainly true that the countries at the centre of the Asian crisis — Thailand, Indonesia and Korea — had rates that were de facto soft fixes — a high degree of stability in the good times, but not any serious institutional defences when they came under pressure.

The swift shuffle sees Nicholson take over the foreign affairs portfolio and hand over his previous job at national defence to Jason Kenney.