Sentences with phrase «major nations of the world»

Already today, 150 major nations of the world show an ecological deficit.

Royal Bank of Canada is the pioneer in quality banking and customer satisfaction not only in Canada but also in a many other major nations of the world.

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In the south of France, a consortium of the world's major nations (with the notable exception of Canada) is building a US$ 23 - billion facility known as ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor).

As the holiday acquired nation - wide popularity, Alibaba became the first major company in 2009 to monetize the holiday by launching a special online sale and effectively transforming the day into the world's biggest 24 - hour online shopping event, one that reflects the growing wealth of China's middle - class.

VIENNA, May 3 - The landmark 2015 nuclear deal Iran made with major world powers slashed the scope of Tehran's atomic activities and created what the United Nations nuclear watchdog calls «the world's most robust verification regime.»

It is comprised of 50 different blue - chip stocks from member nations and usually forms one of the most liquid of the world's major indexes.

«When the nation's leading business group can form an explicit alliance with one of our two major parties and then together solicit unlimited donations from anonymous donors, it is clear that our post-Citizens United world has become the equivalent of the Wild West,» the report concludes.

United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.»

The Gates Foundation has quickly become a major influence upon global health; the approximately US$ 800 million that the foundation gives every year for global health approaches the an - nual budget of the United Nations World Health Organization (193 nations) and is comparable to the funds given to fight infe - ctious di - sease by the United States Agency for International DevelNations World Health Organization (193 nations) and is comparable to the funds given to fight infe - ctious di - sease by the United States Agency for International Develnations) and is comparable to the funds given to fight infe - ctious di - sease by the United States Agency for International Development.

A major cause of world hunger, of course, is unequal distribution, both within nations and among nations.

Among the major nations of the Western world, the United States is singular in still having the death penalty.

Not drunkenness, adultery, or theft, but self - love, self - righteousness, self - seeking, the will to power and prestige, unkindness, anger and vindictiveness, irresponsibility, complacency before the suffering of the world, willful narrowing of vision to the interests of one's own family, community, race, or nation are among the major sins of most people.

For example, a major international bank located in New York can keep watch on crops and shipping, the mining of resources, weather developments, and many other aspects of business in most of the nations of the world — daily, hourly — right from their offices in Manhattan.

Perhaps more dramatic illustrations are found in hospital wards where a visitor's warm «hello» turns on the light, opens the shutters, straightens the linens, and brightens the faces; or in rural America where a major business transaction is sealed by one man giving his word to another; or in the quiet guidance of Anne Sullivan who with the one word «water» brought Helen Keller into the world of human experience; or in the nation - shaping speeches of Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill.

The Secretary General of the United Nations warned of growing inequality around the world during a major speech at Methodist Central Hall.

United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.»

Many of the world's best players start off being plucked out of relative obscurity at a young age in Brazil before going on to achieve big things in Europe, with current Barcelona stars Neymar and Philippe Coutinho among those to have risen to stardom at major European clubs after starting out in their home nation.

Brazilian goal machine was the best player of his generation, two time World Cup winner and owner of major club honours secured from five different nations.

However, the days of South Africa hosting, or even travelling to play major world nations in friendlies are gone it seems, unless they can qualify for a World Cup and then become an attractive warm - up oppoworld nations in friendlies are gone it seems, unless they can qualify for a World Cup and then become an attractive warm - up oppoWorld Cup and then become an attractive warm - up opponent.

World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont said: «Rugby World Cup is one of the world's biggest and most popular global sporting events that attracts sports and major event fans from around the world for a six - week celebration of rugby and the host naWorld Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont said: «Rugby World Cup is one of the world's biggest and most popular global sporting events that attracts sports and major event fans from around the world for a six - week celebration of rugby and the host naWorld Cup is one of the world's biggest and most popular global sporting events that attracts sports and major event fans from around the world for a six - week celebration of rugby and the host naworld's biggest and most popular global sporting events that attracts sports and major event fans from around the world for a six - week celebration of rugby and the host naworld for a six - week celebration of rugby and the host nation.

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With the role of the nation - state in political, economic and social life undergoing a major transformation in most parts of the world, and scholars coming to terms with overlapping and multiple sovereignties, these discussions on citizenship and empirically informed observations on forging and imagining the political community are more relevant than ever.

With the role of the nation - state in political, economic and social life undergoing a major transformation in most parts of the world, and scholars coming to terms with overlapping and multiple sovereignties, discussions on citizenship and empirically informed observations on forging and imagining the political community are more relevant than ever.

The Conference, which is being organized by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation in conjunction with the Government of the People's Republic of China, under the overall theme «Tourism for Peace and Development,» will feature, amongst others, discussions on major issues for sustainable development including the contribution of Tourism to poverty reduction and peace.

The governor noted that the position of America in the world is so strategic to the extent that major decisions of the United States have direct baring on other nations of the world.

«This Coalition Government will be the first British government in history, and the first major country in the world, to honour the United Nations» commitment on international aid... Overseas development will reach 0.7 per cent of national income in 2013.»

With restrictions of some democratic rights; restrictions of freedom of expression, and geo - political maneuvering, he has managed to place Russia again as a major player, and as a counter force to the United States when it comes to the world's most powerful nations.

Its major client is the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, but GTZ also operates on behalf of other German ministries, partner - country governments, and international clients, such as the European Commission, the United Nations, and the World Bank, as well as on behalf of other private enterprises.

And on February 18th, the British paper the Guardian published an article, and let me quote from the article: «The cost of pollution and other damage to the natural environment caused by the world's biggest companies would wipe out more than one - third of their profits if they were held financially accountable a major unpublished study for the United Nations [has] found.»

To compute how additional pollution from ships increases risk of disease for exposed populations, especially those living in coastal communities or along major shipping lanes and far inland in some nations like India, the team incorporated important underlying health information from the World Health Organization and Global Asthma Network.

A major test of the world's willingness to phase out greenhouse gases will arrive in December, when nations gather in Paris to try to agree on what to do about climate change.

Mark Brownstein, a climate expert at the non-profit Environmental Defense Fund, said the countries, two of the world's largest petroleum drillers, showed real leadership in «setting a mark for other major oil and gas producing nations.»

What the major countries can not agree on is how the burden of taking action should be shared among the world's 196 nations.

The figures appear in The World Competitiveness Report 1993, which compares the economic strength of the 22 major OECD nations.

Of the major flag of convenience nations, only Liberia, the Marshall Islands and Antigua and Barbuda — which together hold about 17 per cent of the world's shipping tonnage — have ratifieOf the major flag of convenience nations, only Liberia, the Marshall Islands and Antigua and Barbuda — which together hold about 17 per cent of the world's shipping tonnage — have ratifieof convenience nations, only Liberia, the Marshall Islands and Antigua and Barbuda — which together hold about 17 per cent of the world's shipping tonnage — have ratifieof the world's shipping tonnage — have ratified.

They presented historical examples of scientists helping to bring nations together dating back to the establishment of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, which was established in 1954 after World War II, and, more recently, SESAME, a major research project in the Middle East that involves scientists from nations still engaged in conflict.

Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have contributed to every major IPCC assessment since the organization was established in 1988 by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization, and scientists from PNNL's Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division are currently contributing to all three working groups of the AR5.

It's definitely got elements of social and political subtext, especially as it captures the strange world of the Dominican «baseball academies,» where that nation's raw talent is nurtured for North American harvest in a sort of plantation system controlled by Major League Baseball teams.

Some 20 years later, the United States and much of the world has now been split between Japan and Germany, the major hegemonic nations.

None of the major world problems will be solved by any nation acting alone.

Fifteen Letters on Education in Singapore Fernando Reimers and E.B. O'Donnell In the fall of 2015, a delegation of educators from Massachusetts traveled to Singapore to learn more about the country's journey from developing nation to major manufacturing and financial center, with one of the most high - performing education systems in the world.

(The hyperbole in «A Nation at Risk» is even more obvious today, in light of the fact that the system it maligned played a major role in producing the leaders of the digital revolution and in sustaining a military and an economy that are the envy of the world.)

Not only is the Atlanta International Auto Show the largest annual consumer event held at the GWCC, it is also one of the nation's great auto shows, attracting many of the world's major automotive manufacturers during its five day run.

9:00 a.m. — ASA Tire Systems: ASA Tire Systems Announces Major Endorsement From Industry Leader (Booth # 42089) 9:30 a.m. — GE Money / CarCareONE: (Booth # 42059) 10:00 a.m. — OPTIMA Batteries: OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational Announcement (Booth # 23059) 10:30 a.m. — R / A Profit $: Starting Today You Can Generate Passive Income 24/7 (Booth # 11769) 11:00 a.m. — FashionPaint USA: Revolutionizing Chrome Effect Finishes for the Powdercoating Industry (Continental Tires Media Center) 11:30 a.m. — Uncle Tod Motorsports: Kid KJ — The World's Youngest Monster Truck Driver — Signs With Monster X Tours (Continental Tires Media Center) 12:00 p.m. — AMP Research Lunch: AMP Research: The Real Distribution Story (Continental Tires Media Center) 1:00 p.m. — National Auto Body Council: Recycled Rides Program (Location TBD) 1:25 p.m. — Shin Shield LLC: Introduction of New Shin Shield Product (Continental Tires Media Center) 1:50 p.m. — Linear Logic LLC: Plug - I Device Lets You Monitor Your Vehicles Carbon Footprint (Continental Tires Media Center) 2:15 p.m. — Chicago Brand Industrial Inc.: Introducing the Stainless Steel Open - End Ratchet Wrench (Continental Tires Media Center) 2:40 p.m. — I - CAR: John Edelen Will Provide an Update on the I - CAR Professional Development Program (Continental Tires Media Center) 3:05 p.m. — Marshall Motoart LLC: Marshall Motoart Presents New UTV 5.5 Cage and One Cool Stool (Continental Tires Media Center) 3:30 p.m. — Retro USA: Look of Yesterday for Cars of Today (Continental Tires Media Center) 3:55 p.m. — Right Coast Inc: 2nd Annual Gene Winfield Award and New Truck Show Announced (Continental Tires Media Center) 4:25 p.m. — Harsch Speedway Commerce Center: 48 Acres Open at Nation's Most Synergistic Motorsports Business Complex (Continental Tires Media Center)

We await the moment where the majority of assets no longer trust the US Dollar, which would have been sooner than this, but most major nations have compromised their currencies to satisfy politically important exporters, in this «beggar thy neighbor» world, importing asset bubbles in their wake.

China is the only country among all the major developed nations that doesn't have animal protection laws, so it's about 194 years behind the rest of the industrialized world.

World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, has a comprehensive Sports Tourism programme reviewing the success of the London 2012 Olympics and assessing the benefits and constraints for host nations of major sporting events.

Additionally Mr. Kiyotaka Kaburaki, Vice President Marketing of Japan's leading industry publication Weekly Travel Journal is set to speak about the major potential of one of the largest and most prosperous nations in the world, giving facts and figures that will help executives to understand more about his country.

Overwatch is staged in a futuristic Earth which has gone through a major crisis, this crisis has put humans under the threat of artificial intelligence and the world is fighting back with a team called Overwatch which has been formed by the United nations as a protective measure.

By the time we reach the 90's, the world is aware of a major military buildup in South Africa and its followers calling their new nation Outer Heaven.