Sentences with phrase «questions about countries»

Conference attendees will have the chance to ask individual questions about the countries represented at THE MARKETS in personal conversations directly at the Book Fair: Three market players from each of the respective markets will be available for matchmaking appointments, and will provide more detailed information about various publishing segments, including fiction, non-fiction, children's books, distribution, and others.

She also addressed Chinese reporters» repeated questions about the country's relationship with their home country.

He will discuss any topic with you and answer many many question about his country or the tour you are on.

The system succeeded in meeting this demand, but the way it did so, through increased use of conventional energy, and in spite of mediocre to poor performance from renewables, has raised serious questions about the country's ability to withstand similar shocks in the future, when much conventional capacity, mostly coal, will have retired without replacement.

There was lots of legal fodder in the spring report from the federal auditor general as it raised questions about the country's overcrowded prisons and the state of pensions for public servants.

Not exact matches

The incident is a case study in how companies in the pharmaceutical supply chain have come under fire for their alleged role in the country's opioid crisis and of the questions that have been raised about the responsibility of middleman companies that distribute prescription painkillers.

«Comparing Canada with other G7 countries raises more questions about the massive expansion of our temporary foreign worker program.»

However, if Corbyn falls short in London and loses ground elsewhere in the country then questions could begin once again about the Labour leadership.

«When entering a new country, it is normal for retail software systems to require updates to tailor the solution to market needs and processes,» NCR said in a statement in response to questions about Target's experience.

At the time, Business Insider reported that the closing of the fund could «raise a few eyebrows» in the so - called «Startup Nation» and lead to questions about the calibre of the young tech companies that are coming out of the country but it turns out that the move may have been motivated by different reasons.

«For us, the question of immigration is a question about race, and it is also a question about real equality in this country.»

«We are living in an unprecedented time, one in which we are witness to the conscience of our country, and the promise of the American Dream, being called into question,» CEO Howard Schultz wrote in a letter to Starbucks employees about the plan.

Responding to questions about Trump's views on immigration, Thiel said he did not support a religious test for Muslims as Trump has advocated for, and went on to say he did not believe Trump supporters take literally the candidate's repeated calls to build a wall along the Mexican border and make the neighboring country pay for it.

That the bragging happened a decade ago doesn't change the reality that a man who might be president sees half the country's population not just as objects for his own aesthetic gratification — we knew that thanks to the beauty pageants and the string of model wives — but objects for his physical gratification as well, regardless of how the women in question feel about it.

«We definitely are a part of bringing the prices down, there's no question about that, because we are arbitraging factories and countries all the time,» he said.

Finally, Angelina Chapin's report (pp.50 - 52) on lingerie sales in conservative Islamic countries isn't exactly about ethics, but it certainly raises questions about conflicts, and perceived conflicts, between various value sets.

They also need to ask themselves hard questions about their government's fiscal policy, including why their country continues to spend so much money on defence.

If people want to complain about a company violating their data - protection rights, they will be able to do so in their home country, even if the company in question is based in another EU country.

That is casting a shadow over a meeting of trade officials from member countries this week in Tokyo and is raising questions about the economic benefits of a pact that doesn't bring Canada into the fold.

Tillerson's experience in diplomacy stems from making deals with foreign countries for Exxon, although questions have been raised about his relations with Russia.

A move by the Chinese government to devalue the yuan on Tuesday has raised questions about a tangible slowdown in the country's economy that could lead to impacted earnings for companies like Aliababa.

President Donald Trump has had an erratic start to 2018 — he's threatened nuclear war on Twitter, seen growing questions about his mental stability, and stirred controversy in disparaging immigrants from what he reportedly deems «shithole countries.»

The cuts have put financial markets on edge, sparking worries of a «currency war» as other countries feel pressure to devalue and raising questions about the health of the world's second - largest economy, where growth is already slowing.

In 2016, for example, Kyrgyzstan canceled a project with several Russian companies to build five hydropower plants, citing the Russian entities» inability to secure financing.28 In Tajikistan, the Russian military has periodically been unable to pay its local Tajik staff at its base there, even though the base purportedly serves as a key bulwark in Russia's defense against regional instability.29 That same year, Moscow pledged over $ 1 billion in security assistance to Dushanbe and promised to increase its troop presence in the country by 2,000 soldiers.30 Yet neither appears to have materialized, which raises questions about Russia's true capacity and willingness to respond to a security crisis in the region and to project influence there.

(Another good question, which I won't get into, asks about regional variation in wage growth; outside of states hit by the fall in energy prices, moodys.com reports that wages have picked up in most parts of the country.)

At a moment when the Republicans are talking about entitlement reform, and Ben Carson, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is proposing to triple the rents of some of the poorest people in the country, the sight of big banks reporting surges in profits that were fuelled by tax cuts raises alarming moral questions.

A few things in the discussion surprised me, and it also forced me to think a lot more about oil infrastructure in this country and to put some numbers to the question, «What would it take -LSB-...]

First question: «How do you explain calling the NDP losers, aging artsy - fartsy granolas, and your comments about leaving the country?

The sharp and sudden fall has also prompted questions about whether the country's leadership can manage the slowdown.

We'd expect peripheral bonds to sell off quite considerably and anticipate questions about whether Brexit sets a precedent for other countries to consider their future in the EU.

In a March appearance with Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D - MA), documentary filmmaker Michael Moore called the Daniels story — as well as questions about the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with Russia — «shiny keys to distract us» from the real problems in the country.

Let me just ask one question: Can we PLEASE start the debate in the country about how «God», «Hell», «Heaven», «Satan», «Muhammad», «Jesus», «Angels» «Ghosts» «Demons» and «Spirits of the Dead and or / Nature / Mother Earth» do not exist in any rational form as the way they are presented throughout world history?

This issue is about the power the church has had in this country for decades without being questioned or challenged.

do I need any approval before I practice my religion, do I have to prove my religion before I practice, my holy book further describe that you must carry a gun in 21st century because there is too much crime in this world, but it doesn't say much about if I migrate to another country these rules will still apply, Or I should modified them according to my comfort, like talking in English which is not my religious language wearing pants or not, having education or not, standing in line or not, I am so confused what should I do can someone help me, should I go back to country where my religion originated or back in time ask my guru questions about western world confusion, or just decide by myself what suites me, or preach other develop country that you guys are wrong be peaceful.

He doesn't want to be questioned about his church because once he is in the White House he does not want anyone to know that his church elder will be running the country.

«We have to keep this country safe,» the mayor told reporters, addressing questions about an Associated Press report that said the NYPD was closely monitoring Muslim student associations in schools across the Northeastern United States.

It is neither possible nor desirable to question the development of international exchange, but it is necessary, by contrast, to bring about international co-operation to control the international operators and sanction practices which are contrary to national interests, particularly those of developing countries.

Kingsolver's well - crafted novel brings us face to face with vital questions about what it means to proclaim the gospel in a country that is not our home.

He divorced his second wife becuase «There's no question at times in my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate.»

When I remember the heartbreaking footage from Hurricane Katrina, or think about the awful situations in so many inner cities and in rural areas across the country, I question whether or not our nation's wealth is really a «blessing from God,» as so many people claim.

Who gives a flying tush about the guys religion, the question is: can he run the country?

I once got into a lot of trouble when, writing on the judicial usurpation of politics in First Things, I said we should be concerned about the possibility that many Americans might one day conclude that the motto «God and country» has been changed to the question «God or country».

19 Sept Prime Minister to Pope Benedict: You have offered a message not just to the Catholic Church but to each and every one of us of every faith and none..., the searching questions that you, your Holiness, have posed to us about our society... have really challenged the whole country to sit up and think.

In the late 1950s, as Nigeria was preparing for independence, questions arose about what kind of legal system could be instituted that would be acceptable to the new country's Muslims.

In a video of a recent stump speech posted by the Nashville Scene, Ramsey responds to a question about the «threat that's invading our country from the Muslims.»

In the country's first major survey on religious beliefs, conducted in 2006, 31.4 percent of about 4,500 people questioned described themselves as religious.

And spectacles like last night's three - hour test of human willpower only underscore a big problem: Traditional news outlets have made presidential debates — arguably our country's most important televised forum and exchange of ideas — into mind - numbingly boring talk - a-thons, where a bunch of rich, powerful people needle each other for hours about past career decisions while dodging any question of substance.

From civic faith to the practice of transformation: With their churches no longer part of the religious establishment, and with the country increasingly diverse culturally and pluralistic religiously, mainline leaders have had to ask bottom - line questions — questions about purpose, not profit.

He took Jefferson's question about the fate of democracy in urbanized populations and translated it into the language of the country's most avoided neighborhoods and caused it to be writ large in our industrialized cities.

As a Christian, as a stockholder, and as one who believes in the American system, I also think it is a duty to raise serious questions about the ethical practices of some American companies which seem to be exploiting the natural resources of some of the small and powerless countries of the world, again sowing there the seeds of a deep enmity which we will someday have to reap.