Sentences with phrase «serious issues in the country»

«The issues are not exclusive to Myanmar, but Facebook is so dominant and there are serious issues in the country — here is an opportunity to test ways to mitigate hate speech and fake news.»

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While this may be the least interesting element of yesterday's news, the FBI's stunning lack of diversity remains one of the more serious issues facing the agency — and the country it serves — in the long term.

To further contextualize Canada's serious issue with its productivity growth, a report put out by the Council of Canadian Academies states that since 1984, the relative labour productivity in the Canadian business sector dropped from more than 90 % of the US level to 76 % in 2007, putting the country 15th out of 18 comparative Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.

This allows me to appreciate that though there may be no serious food security issues in my own country (Fiji), there are people in some parts of the world that are dying to be fed.

We know that there is a serious debate in this country about those issues, but there is no question in my mind, that the [NFL] and the Dallas Cowboys are going to stand up for the flag

Inappropriate education and marketing in developing countries is a serious issue.

«Childhood obesity is a serious public health issue in developed and in developing countries and we need to set the course as early as possible,» Hannah Ewald told Reuters Health in an email.

«While I expect this fight to continue, it is my hope the administration can put this destructive chapter behind them and focus on solving our country's important issues, including funding infrastructure, creating jobs for working - class Americans, and developing a meaningful urban agenda to tackle the serious challenges facing America's cities,» said Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner in a statement.

For this question, bearer shares issue is just an example and I am interested in an estimation of how much a less compliant country might delay implementing a directive before facing real serious consequences.

The former President used the occasion to advise Ghanaians to take the issue about family planning serious to curb avoidable problems some families go through in the country.

With so much political upheaval across the country and globally, now is the time to have serious, sober, centrist reportage on issues of importance to Jewish communities in New York and beyond.»

The commission was very clear on the issue with regards to the Finance Minister as been a former shareholder, beneficiary of several companies in the securities market and more importantly a former director to some of these companies and his interest to see these institutions attain a certain growth within that sector has the Potential to Conflict with the interest of the State.This revelations by the commission is very serious with its potential risk alerted is enormous to affect the securities sector of the country.

Climate change - the issue David Cameron described a year ago as «one of the most serious threats that this country and this world faces» and on which all three leaders signed an important pledge as recently as February — has been studiously avoided in this campaign.

I expressed my views in this regard on WhatsApp last weekend, «Any country in which its elites consider re-electing a president like Buhari just as thousands of citizens are murdered across the country with not a single person arrested; a president who can not make an intelligent conversation on any policy or global issue with other global leaders; a president whose EFCC and DSS engage in open confrontation; a regime which crippled the economy and relies on cyclical movements in oil prices as its sole economic lever; a regime under which 10 million jobs are lost; and key accusations against top officials are treated with levity; just as the regime appears complicit in the invasion of its senate by thugs and seizure of mace... such a country is in serious trouble, that is if it isn't doomed.

Road safety charity IAM RoadSmart's head of technical policy Tim Shallcross said: «Road deaths are a serious issue; 35 people a week die in crashes throughout the country.

Chief Obasanjo further stated that having a specialised University of Education showed «how serious we are in this country, on the issue of education, especially when the University Education is located in Ogun State, which has the highest number of Universities in Nigeria.

Pete Demola April 22, 2018 The Sun Plattsburgh − Earth Day is serious business in the Adirondacks and across the North Country, and the public took advantage of the sunny weather over the weekend to celebrate the global event designed to boost awareness of environmental issues.

He did not hesitate to lay the blame for the loss on the failure of the leadership in both party and government to listen to the admonishment that there were serious issues affecting the way the country was being managed.

President Muhammadu Buhari made the reiteration at the Chief of Army Staff annual conference 2015 taking place in Dutse, Jigawa saying despite achievements made by the Nigerian Army intellectuals, the threat of terrorism in some parts of the country remains an issue of serious national concern.

«At a time when racism is still a very serious and real problem in this country, it is appalling that an assistant principal would raise false charges of racism in order to distract from the serious issues his own conduct has raised,» Dinowitz said.

Knowingly allowing terror suspects to be transferred through British airspace, in order for them to be tortured in third countries and to allow British Agents to gather information from suspects treated in this way, is a deadly serious issue.

I felt that Dr. Platz was sincere in his desire to see all of us excel in the program, and I respect him for talking with us about this issue — particularly because as I moved through graduate school, I began to realize that retaining minorities in science at majority schools is very difficult and, in fact, a serious problem in this country.

«If there is a production issue — say, drought or a serious pest or disease outbreak in a key wheat growing country — then wheat stocks may not be as accessible as recent, bearish headlines suggest,» Kaur Purewal added.

In this country, so many people are suffering from insomnia that we don't really consider it as a serious issue anymore — we simply see it as a typical by - product of modern life.

Naturopathy can provide people with the tools to take charge of their health and well - being and offers the best hope of preventing some of most serious and life - threatening diseases.Because naturopathy deals with the whole person, encompassing both physical and social - emotional issues, it is the most effective prevention for lifestyle - related diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease, which rate as this country's three biggest killers.Whereas conventional Western medicine tends to deal with physical complaints only, often in isolation, naturopathy takes in complete physical condition plus lifestyle factors such as nutrition and exercise and emotional or stress concerns.

It's important to realize, also, that the health effects of nutritional deficiencies are not only something that affect people in Africa, India and Afghanistan; it's also a serious issue in industrialized countries like the U.S.

While poverty is less common in the United States, Canada, and Mexico than other countries, it remains a serious issue.

Our success rate with serious aggression issues and other major behavior problems is considered one of the best in the country, and many dog trainers will refer their more serious cases to us.

In many developing countries, free - roaming dogs cause serious health and welfare problems with resulting socio - economic, ecological, political, and ethical issues.

On top of that, I'm talking about people from one of the richest countries in the world, let alone people from countries with much more serious financial issues.

Although Tencent has cooperated with Chinese law enforcement to arrest cheat makers in the country in the past, the issue remains a serious problem.

Some degree of this investment will be needed to combat air pollution, a serious issue for countries in all regions of the world.

Industry, with the full support of the administration, continues the fait accompli of radically expanded natural gas fracking across the country, with serious unresolved issues about fugitive atmospheric methane emissions and the potential for contamination of drinking water aquifers — and with no adequate federal regulatory structure in place.

We have issues in the United States, in other countries and regions where at any moment you could see a serious setback to all of the trends I'm talking about.

Some of the issues that proponents of other equity frameworks have argued should be considered in allocating national emissions targets such as historical emissions or the level of economic development in poor countries are already in serious consideration in international climate change negotiation agenda focused on such matters as: (a) financial responsibility for adaptation, (b) responsibility for loses and damages for climate change, and (c) financing of climate friendly technologies for developing countries.

Unfortunately, in with the some 10,000 food additives that are currently allowed and being used in foods in the US are some bad characters, which are either linked to serious health issues, are possibly cause for concern, or are banned or restricted in other countries.

With over 1.9 million tons of e-waste being landfilled during 2007 in the United States alone and many tons more being shipped off to developing countries like India or China, e-waste is a serious issue that has global implications.

While some consider population growth a serious issue only in very poor countries, large population growth is still projected for some of the wealthiest countries today.

The district court's decision runs contrary to decisions in other parts of the country, and raises serious constitutional issues.

A simple search of published court decisions shows that Wikipedia is frequently cited by judges around the country, involving serious issues and the bizarre — such as a 2005 tax case before the Tennessee Court of Appeals concerning the definition of «beverage» that involved hundreds of thousands of dollars, and, just this week, a case in Federal District Court in Florida that involved the term «booty music» as played during a wet T - shirt contest.

This is a serious issue and problem in our hospitals across the country.

The Sri Lankan boat people just want to live in a country where the serious issues of the day relate to questions on a census form, the shenanigans of Bill Vander Zalm and the HST, and back - to - school shopping.

This is the first time that Apple's new iOS 11 - running handset is reported to have a serious battery issue in the country.

Like municipalities across the country, the towns and cities in the Bay of Quinte region have had to deal with serious infrastructure issues, but they are facing the problems head - on.

Our home flooded August 31st after being back for just a few weeks after a 7 month long ccoss country move and back to work with a hospital in Colorado for middle son's serious health issues.