Sentences with phrase «global attention on»

With global attention on Cape Town as the World Design Capital this year, plenty of chefs are taking the plunge and opening new spots here, featuring a diverse mix of influences.

Stories of need and ones of hope have galvanised global attention on the vast problem of the loss of schooling because of conflict and natural disaster.

Seeing the different organizations and groups that have formed from the global attention on the issue has been beautiful to watch.

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As fears of a global trade war capture the attention of investors, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is turning a watchful eye to something that has been largely swept under the rug: the Federal Reserve's unprecedented monetary tightening and the impact it could have on markets.

Canada dwarfs Ghana and Tanzania, but it still typically is an afterthought for global investors who concentrate most of their attention on the U.S., China and Europe.

Technology is changing businesses everywhere, but special attention now centers on service - oriented industries, which already account for more than 50 percent of global GDP and are likely to see enormous opportunities for innovation in coming years.

The incident, which took place on a Dec. 5 and ended with the flight arriving in Incheon 11 minutes late, immediately gained global attention as an example of privilege run amok.

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On the whole Bitcoin and related technologies are starting to get a lot of attention from larger players who see these technological advancements as possible solutions to global problems.

Mr. Page, a former Merrill Lynch banker who founded an investment company in New York, Global Energy Capital, drew attention during the summer for a speech in which he criticized the United States and other Western nations for a «hypocritical focus on ideas such as democratization, inequality, corruption and regime change» in Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union.

The uncertainty created by a tumultuous global economy and uncertainty about the future means B2B buyers give extra attention to driving down costs and putting more pressure on reducing price whenever they can.

A focus on current accounts in the analysis of cross-border capital flows diverts attention away from the global financing patterns that are at the core of financial fragility.

There are also some practical points to consider; I would expect global regulators» attention to be focused on the more wild ICOs that pre-date the guidance, and ICOs which are quite transparently frauds (some ICOs are more honest than others).

The attention of global foreign exchange markets in recent months has not really been focused on exchange rates among the major countries (Table 4).

Furthermore, the President's emphasis on health care, education and renewable energy turns attention inward, toward self - sufficiency and away from a global focus.

It first came to truly global attention in 1898, when photographer Secondo Pia produced a negative black and white image of it, and suddenly the shape and features of the crucified man on the cloth leapt out for the whole world to see.

The moderate community has spoken up but most of the articles, interviews, pet — itions have gotten attention only on local or national Indian news or radio networks, it would seem that CBC, CTV, Global news (all the non-Indian, big news broadcaster here in Canada) don't want to touch these stories at all.

Studies of cargo cults, messianic movements, and Third World millenarianism, including widely read classics such as Peter Worsley's The Trumpet Shall Sound and Bryan Wilson's Magic and the Millennium, have paid close attention to the effects of international relations on domestic religious developments.2 In increasing numbers, books have appeared on the religious situation in strategic parts of the globe, such as the Middle East and Latin America, and with growing frequency articles on American religion refer to issues such as global consciousness, nuclear disarmament, and the effects of U.S. involvement in foreign affairs.

I made these tonight while almost paying attention to a global webex for work on my kitchen bench.

For avid readers of this global report, please pay special attention to the South Africa page, where there is another African country profiled, and to the Buyer's Page on Alcohol products from our contributing partner, Andy Bivona.

The outcomes were measured by a global hyperactivity aggregate (GHA), scores based on parent and teacher observations, and for 8 and 9 year olds, a computerized attention test.

This global effort seeks to shift public attention and awareness to the power of giving; to focus on sharing rather than consumer - driven holiday shopping.

It is in Italy's strategic interest to keep political attention high also on the manufacturing, mechanical, and transportation sectors, where the country holds a global competitive advantage.

Mr. Gore, a Democrat who has made drawing attention to global warming his signature cause, called the governor's proposed mandate «a terrific and bold action,» noting that it comes a week before the United Nations will hold a conference on climate change in Paris.

Cuomo also focused on upstate, saying he wants to bring global attention to his tax free zones on college campuses.

Friends of the Earth food campaigner Vicki Hird said: «Gordon Brown is right to draw attention to the need to waste less food, but he must also use his sway at the G8 to urge a rethink on global agriculture and food production.

The global focus on the situation in Libya and in Japan has distracted attention from the ongoing unrest in the wider Middle East, which shows no signs of abating.

As thousands of people from across the UK prepare to march in London this Saturday for jobs, justice and climate as part of a global «Put People First» campaign, PCS and War on Want are drawing attention to the tax gap and the missing billions of pounds which would help to fund public services and stabilise the economy.

Cuomo also focused on upstate, saying he wants to bring global attention to his tax - free zones on college campuses.

As a global campaign focuses attention on elder abuse, a local initiative is gearing up to spread joy to thousands of senior citizens across Western New York.

This is because over the last 20 years a number of countries have focused national attention on their students excelling in the areas of math and science education as a way for their country to create a highly - skilled workforce, allowing the country to compete in the increasingly competitive global economy.

After a few years the warnings of a new ice age (which only a minority of scientists had thought at all plausible) were dropped, and attention concentrated on global warming.

Attention to Scott's work comes as the World Health Organization observes World No Tobacco Day on May 31 to encourage a global 24 - hour abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption.

«The fact that mortality is declining faster than non-fatal disease and injury prevalence is further evidence of the importance of paying attention to the rising health loss from these leading causes of disability, and not simply focusing on reducing mortality,» [3] says Theo Vos, lead author and Professor of Global Health at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, USA.

Pope Francis's 2015 encyclical on climate change, «Laudato si»,» sought to leverage the pontiff's moral authority and draw attention to climate change as a global issue that disproportionately harms the poor.

Indeed, Boxer told reporters at a press conference this week that the new push by foes to challenge on the fundamental facts of global warming will backfire since it will put «new attention on the science — and that's good.»

The scientists conclude that agroforestry should therefore attract more attention in global agendas on climate change mitigation because of its positive social and environmental impacts.

Dr. Hermann Ott, German global warming mobber who not long ago called for a science pogrom aimed at skeptics of dubious global warming science, brings our attention here to a planned conference at the Bundestag in Berlin on June 10, 2011.

Rivers and streams haven't received much attention in accounting for that budget, Stanley says, because they don't take up much surface area on a global scale and, with respect to methane, didn't seem to be all that gassy.

On October 12, 2007, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) won the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of their efforts to bring attention to the issue of anthropogenic (man - made) global warminOn October 12, 2007, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) won the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of their efforts to bring attention to the issue of anthropogenic (man - made) global warminon Climate Change (IPCC) won the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of their efforts to bring attention to the issue of anthropogenic (man - made) global warming.

Those similarities and differences matter because they can affect how an El Niño's typical impacts on global weather — from drought to deluges — shape up, the reason it receives such rapt attention.

To achieve this goal, significant attention on a global scale must be drawn to this critical issue.

«He is among the global leaders who are fostering greater attention on human - Earth system science and its societal benefits.»

«Now that most global luxury markets are flat or not increasing dramatically, they have to focus press attention on the few markets where there might be potential growth like India,» she says.

Two decades later a pair of rookie land - use attorneys cut their teeth on her case, attracting global attention to the troubled intersection of domestic violence and criminal justice.

Despite the fact that these are global issues — and even though the movement was sparked by an open letter from 700,000 farmworker women — the vast majority of that attention has been focused on celebrities.

As the attention of the world is focused on the glamour and star - power of the 70th anniversary Cannes Film Festival, this largest and best - known celebration of cinema is also using its bully pulpit to bring attention to the global question of the immigrant.

Emblematic of the festival's initiative to spotlight films on a global scale is its «Global Visions» section, which boasts an array of narrative and documentary films from Japan (Wonderful World End), Brazil (The Second Mother), Germany (Stations of the Cross), China (Red Amnesia), the United Kingdom (Luna), South Korea (A Hard Day), France (Fidelio: Alice's Odyssey), New Zealand (The Dark Horse), and many more countries with exciting, emerging filmmakers and films worthy of our undivided atteglobal scale is its «Global Visions» section, which boasts an array of narrative and documentary films from Japan (Wonderful World End), Brazil (The Second Mother), Germany (Stations of the Cross), China (Red Amnesia), the United Kingdom (Luna), South Korea (A Hard Day), France (Fidelio: Alice's Odyssey), New Zealand (The Dark Horse), and many more countries with exciting, emerging filmmakers and films worthy of our undivided atteGlobal Visions» section, which boasts an array of narrative and documentary films from Japan (Wonderful World End), Brazil (The Second Mother), Germany (Stations of the Cross), China (Red Amnesia), the United Kingdom (Luna), South Korea (A Hard Day), France (Fidelio: Alice's Odyssey), New Zealand (The Dark Horse), and many more countries with exciting, emerging filmmakers and films worthy of our undivided attention.

The Global Goals for Sustainable Development, adopted by world leaders at a United Nations summit, focus on 17 topics that demand the world's attention.

In addition, in some nations education goals have focused very narrowly on the development of skills that are presumed to contribute to national economic competitiveness, the formation of national identity, and local relevance, without sufficient attention to the development of the skills that contribute to effective citizenship and global citizenship.