Sentences with phrase «of nations in the world»

Would you trust a US national to get a fair trial in half of the nations in this world?

The relative good health of the Japanese, who have the longest life span of any nation in the world, is generally attributed to a lowfat diet.

This is doubly true in an era rife with debates over citizenship, religious tolerance, the size of government, and the role of our nation in the world.

Because they're carefully selected and thoroughly prepared, Finnish teachers are granted significant professional latitude to help students perform, which they do at some of the highest levels of any nation in the world.

There are two groups of nations in the world.

This giant war game gives you control of any nation in the world during the chaotic years...

This giant war game gives you control of any nation in the world during the chaotic years in and around World War II.

Take control of a nation in the World War II era and guide it through a significant Military Campaign, or attempt one of many Set - Piece Historical Scenarios.

In reaction to fears over the ozone hole, most of the nations in the world agreed to the Montreal Protocol in 1987, which banned the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which had been tied to the creation of the ozone hole.

Generally, the United States» legal system places greater emphasis on obtaining evidence than those of other nations which translates to the U.S., granting civil parties the most unrestricted access to potential evidence of any nation in the world.

Not exact matches

Australia's big four banks and one insurance company have been ranked within the top 100 most sustainable companies in the world, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia leading the charge for the nation.

You have become the richest nation in the world, and you have built up the greatest system of production that history has ever known.

Getting elected president of CONCACAF [the 41 - nation arm of the world soccer federation representing North and Central America and the Caribbean, in May] just means it involves more travel and more conversations across time zones.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forworld that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forWorld War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forworld's last substantial rain forests.

The nations of the world now spend nearly $ 8 trillion on healthcare, according to a report in The Lancet.

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).

Many residents of Norway politely declined, according to Reuters, likely because «the Nordic country, one of the richest in the world by GDP per capita, was last year named the happiest nation on the planet.»

The world added more solar power capacity than any other type of energy in 2017, outpacing all fossil fuels, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Shell — a cash machine that racked up $ 9 billion in profit in the first nine months of 2017; a colossus that employs 90,000 people in more than 70 countries; a corporation that, were it a nation, would have the world's seventh - largest carbon footprint, behind Germany; and the No. 7 company on Fortune's Global 500 list last year, with $ 240 billion in sales — is in an existential squeeze.

And the U.S. is one of only 14 nations in the world where that's the case.

But regardless of which side you lean toward, there are entrepreneurs leading the way in social impact, people like Joshua Schukman, founder of Social Change Nation, an organization focused on bringing together entrepreneurs from around the world who are making an impact while still making a profit.

Since then, their Toronto - based startup, Viral Nation, has evolved into one of the largest social - media marketing firms in the world, on track to generate more than $ 15 million (U.S.) in 2018 sales, according to the founders.

World Atlas notes that the island was decided to be Danish territory by the Permanent Court of International Justice of the League of Nations in 1933.

The African nation of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking global map in the October issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other issues.

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.

«Saudi Arabia is a very wealthy nation, and they're going to give the United States some of that wealth, hopefully, in the form of jobs, in the form of the purchase of the finest military equipment anywhere in the world,» Trump said Tuesday.

Fewer than 100 miles of ocean separate the U.S. and Cuba, but the nations have spent the last five decades in different worlds.

«As a nation, we have been under - investing in infrastructure for the last two decades,» Mills said, adding that investment in the public sector has dropped to 3.6 percent of U.S. output, compared to 5 percent after World War II.

Much as been recently written about the startup boom in Tel Aviv, known colloquially as Startup Nation, the city with the highest density of startups in the world.

But the world has changed a great deal since the height of OPEC's power in 1979, when member nations accounted for 50 % of global oil production, compared with less than one - third today.

Trump couldn't resist, in the middle of his very serious speech about our nation and its future, to muse: «I have the best courses in the world.»

A rags - to - riches candidate — and one of Fortune's 50 World's Greatest Leaders — is in a tight race to become the leader of the world's fourth - largest nWorld's Greatest Leaders — is in a tight race to become the leader of the world's fourth - largest nworld's fourth - largest nation

In his tale, the other nations of the world unite and engage in wholesale biological warfare, dropping vials filled with scarlet fever, bubonic plague and cholera on Chinese citieIn his tale, the other nations of the world unite and engage in wholesale biological warfare, dropping vials filled with scarlet fever, bubonic plague and cholera on Chinese citiein wholesale biological warfare, dropping vials filled with scarlet fever, bubonic plague and cholera on Chinese cities.

While Turkish protests have captured the world's attention in recent weeks, talk of business opportunities in the developing nation has been picking up for some time.

The U.S. is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not provide working moms (or dads) with support during the vital first few months of a newborn's life.

The nation's leading food and beverage manufacturers — an industry collectively known as Big Food — have been busy reformulating legacy brands to be more competitive in a world in which consumers are gravitating away from highly processed foods and instead favoring fresher alternatives, like vegetables and fruits, that are found along the perimeter of the grocery store.

«The loss of a discount will neither scare nor distract one single NRA member from our mission to stand and defend the individual freedoms that have always made America the greatest nation in the world.»

According to the World Health Organization, up to 30 percent of drugs sold in emerging nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America are counterfeit.

IT»S easy to get excited about what's happening in the fast - moving world of currency values but it's wrong to describe what's happening as a «war», because it's not; what's going on is simply economics at work, and it's telling a story of changes in the wealth of nations.

African and Middle Eastern nations dominated the lower end of the list, with Yemen, Guinea, and Togo named the least innovative countries in the world.

It's now touted as one of the few nations in the world that has gone from an aid - based economy to great wealth within a relatively short time.

Policy - makers from around the world are currently meeting in Bonn, Germany, under the auspices of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 23).

Canadian companies have been operating in some of the most corrupt countries in the world for decades, but guess how many successful prosecutions there have been under foreign bribery laws in the history of our nation.

According to Jobvite Recruiter Nation, half of all career pages are still not optimized for mobile - a terrible oversight in today's connected, fast - paced world.

But emissions fell just 0.43 percent for every percent decline in GDP per capita, he added, based on a review of World Bank statistics of more than 150 nations from 1960 to 2008.

Half a century ago, Samsung was selling dried seafood and noodles, and South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world, with income levels equal to sub-Saharan African nations.

For the first time in modern history, some of the most isolated, destitute First Nations communities in Canada have something that the rest of the world wants.

As Henry Kissinger emphasizes in his new book World Order, the fundamental building block of all American and international engagement over the past hundred years — namely, the nation state and the Westphalian system in which states are embedded — is particularly weak in the Middle East due to fragile national roots and competing local and universalist identities, including pan-Arabic movements and messianic religious calls from the likes of Iran's ayatollahs and ISIS.

«His harshness towards the kuffar (disbelievers) was manifested through deeds that enraged all the nations, religions, and factions of kufr, the entire world bearing witness to this,» said the English - language article which confirmed that Emwazi was killed in a drone strike.

One example: In partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Uniqlo Recycle has delivered 20.3 million clothing items to refugees, evacuees, victims of disaster, expectant and nursing mothers and others in need around the world since 200In partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Uniqlo Recycle has delivered 20.3 million clothing items to refugees, evacuees, victims of disaster, expectant and nursing mothers and others in need around the world since 200in need around the world since 2007.