Sentences with phrase «major global events»

RT covers stories overlooked by the mainstream media, provides alternative perspectives on current affairs, and acquaints international audiences with a Russian viewpoint on major global events.

Alongside the images, The Dog in Photography contains reflective essays that explore how dogs» social roles have evolved and changed as a result of major global events like World War One and the Vietnam War.

Already confirmed as the host venue for several major global events including COP22 and the Festival International de Film de Marrakech, Mövenpick Hotel Mansour Eddahbi Marrakech is rapidly establishing itself as a new global icon.

«The Emirate is also home to a number of major global events including the annual F1 Powerboat Racing, Sharjah International Book Fair and International Test Cricket matches, all helping to strengthen Sharjah's growing tourism position in the region.»

The radical scruffiness of Nirvana and Riot Grrrl feminism is hardly evident, as is any sort of sensibility surrounding major global events like the fall of the Berlin Wall or the end of apartheid in South Africa.

With the most recent World Cup and Commonwealth Games having taken place in South Africa and India, respectively, and the next World Cup and Olympics ticketed for Brazil, a legacy component for the developing world is the new normal for major global events.

«In general, we see an increase in inquiries (and general awareness of travel insurance) whenever there are major global events such as hurricanes, terror attacks, pandemics, etc.,» said Bob Chambers, head of operations, Generali Global Assistance.

RT covers stories overlooked by the mainstream media, provides alternative perspectives on current affairs, and acquaints international audiences with a Russian viewpoint on major global events.

This week several major global events are putting climate in the spotlight: The Clinton Global Initiative; the G20 in Pittsburgh and the UN Summit on Climate Change.

A timeline of Pindell's life and of major global events is also included.

And with two major global events on the horizon — the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro — Brazil is poised as a dynamic magnet for entrepreneurial investment.

From there, we have a major global event (the World Cup, at No. 2), troubling international news topics (Ebola, at No. 3, Malaysia Airlines, No. 4, ISIS, No. 7, and Ukraine, rounding out the list at No. 10) as well as domestic protests (Ferguson, 8), and a viral charity campaign that took the Internet by storm, raising millions for Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, 6).

Another major global event is Facebook.

One, «Course of Empire,» inspired by a series of paintings by Ed Ruscha, looks at how artists have responded to major global events, including 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the financial catastrophe of 2008.

Major global events: Global events keep the conversation alive every year.

RT covers stories overlooked by the mainstream media, provides alternative perspectives on current affairs, and acquaints international audiences with a Russian viewpoint on major global events.