Sentences with phrase «of regions of the world»

• Explorers: A quick rundown of people who discovered some of the regions of the world, like Amerigo Vespucci (1454 - 1512, Italian), who discovered the mouth of the Amazon and the River Plate, which made him important enough to have a continent or two named after him.

We've loved our travels around Southeast Asia and contemplate one day basing ourselves there so we can gain a deeper understanding of that region of the world and the unique cultures nearby.

«We have already received tremendous support from publishers who want to incorporate ads into their PS3 games, across all of the regions of the world,» Jonathan Epstein, president and CEO of Double Fusion said.

«In fact,» said Professor Speight, «no case is recorded of a region of the world in which there are present signs of an advance.

Not exact matches

In the past 20 years, CNBC's «Managing Asia» has spoken with some of the top business leaders in the world to drill down the recipe for success in the region.

Petraeus continued by saying that» [ISIS] is clearly a threat to the United States, to our allies and partners around the world, and of course, very much in the region, where it's fomenting instability, violence and indeed, far beyond Iraq and Syria.

ONE of Perth's newest, and smallest, law firms is working with some of the world's biggest companies, capitalising on a niche area in which few other businesses in the Asia Pacific region have experti

Asia is one of the most challenging regions in the world to lead a company due to the diversity in business practices, corporate cultures and the availability of talent in local markets.

China announced its official Arctic policy to the world late last month, promoting Beijing's ambitions for the region and raising fears about a Chinese takeover of the polar zone.

Much of the cocaine from the region — Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru are the world's biggest producers — travels to the US, plying sea and air routes in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean, as shown by the map below, which was prepared by US Southern Command and displayed at the hearing.

But as the world's top athletes converge on this region for the winter games, Gangwon's Governor Moon - soon Choi says attitudes toward his region are changing, in part because of its physical transformation.

Instead of one huge world, «Super Mario Odyssey» is segmented into regions.

One company Plasticity currently works with has employees around the world, Moss says, and its data has revealed what he calls a «black hole»: a cohort of staff in a region that's suffered a significant economic downturn who are struggling with morale.

By all accounts, the new coastal defense systems represent a significant addition to Beijing's military portfolio in one of the most contested regions in the world.

His O'Leary Fine Wines brand has become a major player in the U.S. wine market (especially its $ 25 Chardonnay) and he's visited almost every vintner in the Napa and Sonoma valleys, along with vineyards in France, Cyprus, Africa and other regions of the world.

The M - KOPA Solar system is literally lighting up a cleaner, greener — and safer — future for one remote region of the world.

In what's described as the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II, Maurer called on European and Gulf countries to step up their efforts to support the region.

Venezuela's plunging output and looming U.S. sanctions against Iran come against a backdrop of strong demand, especially in Asia, the world's biggest oil consuming region.

The once prosperous euro zone which was driving nearly one - fifth of the world's economy is now a wasteland, and it seems only U.S. President Barack Obama can save the region.

But if Eataly World doesn't do it for you, the rest of Italy's glorious Emilia - Romagna region will assuredly make up for that.

Aeron Sullivan, the co-founder of Tradiv, an online wholesale marketplace for legal pot businesses to buy and sell marijuana, says there is no doubt pot production will be outsourced to other regions of the world and the southern states in the U.S.

Desmarais also used his fortune to build one of the world's most exclusive golf courses on his sprawling 75 - square - kilometre Sagard estate in the mountainous Charlevoix region of Quebec.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has touted Starlink's reach, saying it could bring 5G - like service to billions around the world while also handling up to 10 percent of the internet traffic in more congested regions «where people are stuck with Time Warner or Comcast.»

He described a combination of pro-growth, fair trade and low tax policies as beneficial to business in a world economy that was performing strongly across all regions.

Oodles of regions around the world brag of their ability to become the «next Silicon Valley.»

Northern Star Resources Limited is a global - scale ASX 100 gold producer with world - class projects located in highly prospective and low sovereign risk regions of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Another good example is Johnson & Johnson, a global organization with employees all over the world, who realized that they needed culturally relevant and appropriate content for distance learning and training that would make sense to each specific region of the world in which they do business in order for their employees to truly feel connected.

(Some of the world's highest tides are in the region, Byers notes.)

The MENA region supplies about a third of the world's oil, and the question now is how much further prices could rise as the region descends deeper into turmoil.

The pattern the water circulation forms in that region is called the Indian Ocean Gyre, one of five of the major ocean gyres of the world that scientists have identified so far.

That could cut off a major supply of oil while potentially handing the region's balance of power to Iran, which could end up in control of the routes used by 40 % of the world's seaborne oil.

What that studio didn't know was the region had become the cocaine capital of the world.

Sub-Saharan Africa, a region of endemic poverty, has 11 % of the world's population, 24 % of the world's burden of disease, and less than 5 % of its health workforce, said Gottlieb.

Continental Europe boasts the world's largest synchronous electricity grid — energy flows freely across the borders of 25 countries, at a fixed frequency of 50 Hz that is maintained by close coordination between the region's power companies.

It would fly over regions of the developing world, sprinkling Internet access like so much rain.

According to Parikh, 10 % of the world's population live in these rural areas — found in certain regions in Africa and India, among others — and are unable to access the web.

However, it's actually a «go - anywhere, do - anything, self - powered mobile Wi - Fi device» that many hope will someday connect people in the most rural regions with the rest of the world.

That means he's not trying to solve world poverty, bring fresh water to Africa, bring the internet to the farthest reaches of South America, or save species in the polar regions from going extinct.

From the course description: «Students will be introduced to the major wine - producing regions of the world.

Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX: $ 52.10) Headed by Peter Munk, Barrick is one of the largest gold producers in the world with diversified assets in the Americas, Africa and the Australian - Pacific region.

The creation of Leap can also be seen as a reflection of the development and growth of the MENA region's entrepreneurial ecosystem - Fadel notes three particular trends that showcase how the Arab world is today a lot more receptive to the idea of its citizens becoming entrepreneurs.

In addition to paying fair prices for the herbs used in its beverages, REBBL donates 2.5 percent of its net revenue to Not For Sale to support regions of the world that are vulnerable to exploitation and human trafficking.

So you will see us putting a huge amount of focus on that region of the world.

The outside world can help with some of these issues, but until a true internal «awakening» occurs among the region's populations — away from messianic political movements and toward political norms prevailing in most of the rest of the world — no fundamental change is possible.

In their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workers.

Last week, the World Bank and IMF released a report which stated that the large scale migration of people from poorer parts of the world to richer regions will carry on for yWorld Bank and IMF released a report which stated that the large scale migration of people from poorer parts of the world to richer regions will carry on for yworld to richer regions will carry on for years.

The greatly reduced cost to ship products around the world in large quantity made the cost of selling products across regions a fraction of what it used to be.

There are reasons why the illness, spread by a few dozen species of female Anopheles mosquito, persists in tropical regions of the world.

My ideal life is going to regions of the world without power or running water and sleeping under a blanket of stars, and the next week being at the Opera House in Paris.

The MENA region, in particular, has been an early adopter in terms of video content on Facebook - not only is the audience here receptive to it, Mendelsohn notes that MENA businesses, regardless of whether they are multinational corporates or startup enterprises, have been setting benchmarks of sorts for the rest of the world by creating compelling and creative video content to market themselves on Facebook.