Sentences with phrase «international headlines»

The crime novelist made international headlines when she disappeared for 11 days after her husband admitted to an affair.

But it made international headlines when it temporarily closed two weeks after opening when visitors spotted a crack in the glass.

A paper that made international headlines earlier this month is causing headaches for its authors.

She made international headlines by selling more than a million copies of her self - published books, primarily in e-book format.

With its unique village atmosphere and relaxed vibe, this free festival showcases the best Australian talent and international headline acts.

The event made international headlines, in no small part because it was captured from multiple angles by several phone cameras.

Connecticut's highest court has ordered a new trial for Michael Skakel, who was convicted of the murder of Greenwich, Conn. neighbor Martha Moxley in a case that dominated international headlines in that era.

As many of us are all too aware, Montreal has once again made international headlines for it's poorly delegated and ill - applied animal protection laws.

The most notorious political affair in recent years dominated international headlines and led to President Clinton's impeachment.

The new technique, developed by Dr. James Shapiro and colleagues at the University of Alberta, garnered international headlines last week after it was announced that all eight patients they treated remain free from the need for daily insulin injections for up to 14 months following treatment.

The organizers of the duck display — a touring art installation that garnered international headlines during its latest stop to Hong Kong — initially seemed to be unsure what caused the collapse, but later said it was an «intentional deflation.»

With China dealing with civil unrest and bad international headlines over air quality issues, the country recently penned a joint greenhouse gas reduction agreement with the United States and also announced in September that it would soon ban the import of coal with high sulfur and ash content.

Quezon City is home to Payatas, the region's biggest dump and the focus of international headlines in 2000 when a rain storm caused the dump's mountain of garbage to collapse, killing at least 300 people and destroying more than 500 homes.

(The death of an Eastern Mennonite University graduate investigating DRC violence for the United Nations drew international headlines weeks later.)

Clearly, the ambitious OEM is looking to make as many international headlines as possible with a breakthrough attempted by Samsung for quite some time now.

With its masterfully prescient knack for melding international headlines with implausible tales of espionage, Homeland kicks off with parallel plots involving the Islamic State and a computer - hacking incident....

Last week, Pope Francis made international headlines after it was reported that he told an «interviewer» that he doesn't believe that unbelievers spend eternity in hell.

In the past two weeks, Barcelona has made international headlines because of the controversy over whether the region of Catalonia will declare independence from Spain.

The ride - sharing business uses the same freelance model as the one used by UberRUSH and generated international headlines for its reliance on on - demand workers, who aren't entitled to the same benefits as full - timers.

This harrowing warning from the Royal Bank of Scotland, advising its clients to off - load all investments in the face of a «cataclysmic year,» recently grabbed international headlines.

Meanwhile, the tragic news of the death of Autumn Radtke, 28, the American CEO of First Meta Exchange, made international headlines today.

Three cases that made international headlines stand out vividly in my mind, circumstances in which ordinary people acted in extraordinary self - sacrificial love.

The tour started in Gainesville, Florida, home of Terry Jones, the pastor who attracted international headlines by burning a Quran, and stopped in Lawrenceville, Georgia, outside Atlanta, on Tuesday night.

Cuomo earned international headlines and significant credit with progressives and environmentalists when he banned fracking — a decision that was supported by public polling by the time he made it, more than six years after the state issued a de facto moratorium as it weighed the pros and cons (and polling), and that made New York the first state with a major shale gas deposit to enact a ban.

You may recall Yassin Aref, the Albany imam convicted of material support for terrorism along with pizzeria owner Mohammed Hossain following a massive FBI sting in 2004 that created international headlines.

It is not often that a local story becomes a true national and international headline issue for a period of several weeks, but the Journal News and publisher Janet Hasson pulled it off, making themselves one of the biggest news story in the world for an entire month.

In one of the few recent atrocities to capture international headlines, the Nigerian Air Force bombed a refugee camp in Rann in Kala - Balge district in January after mistaking it for a Boko Haram enclave.

After the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, worry about the unfolding nuclear accident quickly commandeered international headlines.

NASA researchers triggered international headlines in 1996 when they discovered, among other possible indicators of life, traces of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (multiringed carbon molecules found in living cells) along surface fractures in ALH84001.

Stanford University and the CfA both distributed press releases calling the discovery a «smoking gun» showing that the theory of inflation is true, a phrase that appeared in international headlines about the findings.

At 43, when J. Lo steps out to an event, she looks as amazing as she did back when she made international headlines thanks to a little Versace number that she wore to the Grammys (fun fact: Spice Girl Geri Halliwell actually wore it a month before her to another awards show and it basically went unnoticed).

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese was quoted in the media, causing international headlines.

Bitcoin's rise to new all - time highs continues to make international headlines Monday as a combination of factors appears to be generating a positive feedback loop of interest from previously wary potential adopters.

New Mexico's methane waste problem first made international headlines when a 2014 NASA study revealed a 2,500 - square - mile methane «hot spot» over the Four Corners region — the highest concentration of this pollution found anywhere in the U.S. Researchers later learned that pollution from New Mexico's oil and gas facilities were largely the cause of this massive methane cloud.

The brand made international headlines last year when the agency representing New York's subway system refused to run its ads.

Chinese football has been no stranger to international headlines over the past two years, and over the course of the past week it has once more attracted the eyes of the footballing world following what was a fairly minor incident between the sides of Shanghai SIPG and Guangzhou R&F last weekend.

The scale of the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School quickly drew international headlines.

With books and films like Half the Sky and Girl Rising capturing people's attention, and the tragic shooting of 15 - year - old Malala Yousafzai for advocating for girls» education in Pakistan dominating international headlines, it's heartening to witness a big idea get bigger.

Apart from making international headlines with his speech - theft (plagiarized world leaders» speeches) this government just started on a wrong footing.

The Belgian coder made international headlines earlier with some serious and less serious online stunts — once famously buying an expired url Donald Trump had linked to on Twitter, and redirecting it to a song celebrating his hometown.

Last year a thief made international headlines after stealing $ 25,000 worth of the bourbon from the Buffalo Trace Distillery, where it is made under contract.

The Iranian woman who has made international headlines because she was sentenced to be stoned for adultery has admitted it on Iranian national television.

More, Ms. Nicolette was part of the team offering an insanity defense in a high - profile New York City murder case which generated international headlines.

The tentative findings garnered international headlines.

In October 2010, Climate Depot made international headlines by breaking the story of Gore's car left idling during an hour long speech.

One of the most recent cases to grab international headlines is unfolding at Oakleaf High School in Florida's Clay County School District.

The Sainsbury's brand gained international headlines in early 2016 when Barnes and Noble announced that they were closing their Nook Bookstore in the United Kingdom and all customer accounts and books were transferred over to Sainsburys.

Since the release of the Presidential Advisory on Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease on Thursday afternoon June 15, 2017, there has been a flurry of international headlines, TV segments, and social media comments praising and condemning the scientific article.