Sentences with phrase «show of defiance»

Belgium has become the first country in the world to appoint a woman as its ambassador to Saudi Arabia, in an apparent show of defiance to the oil - rich autocracy notorious for its abuses of women's rights.

North Korea carried out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test early Sunday in an extraordinary show of defiance against Trump, who responded by declaring the country «hostile and dangerous to the United States» and criticizing an American ally, South Korea, for «talk of appeasement.»

Commons Speaker John Bercow has hit back at his enemies, from Tory backbenchers and political journalists to prime minister David Cameron, in an extraordinarily outspoken show of defiance.

The show of defiance comes hours after Trump on Sunday morning renewed his demand that NFL owners fire or suspend players who kneel during the national anthem in protest, again urging that fans should boycott the sport to force change.

In a show of defiance owner / drivers finishing their shifts this morning met in front of George Weston Foods depot in Griffith to call on the owner of Tip Top Bread to freeze any changes to contracts and begin negotiating.

That is the opinion of club legend Ian Wright, Sky Sports has reported, with the former Gunners striker declaring his admiration for this show of defiance by the supporters.

England gave France the option of postponing the game, but it now appears as though they will travel to London to take part in a show of defiance.

Wenger did not sanction Perez to Arsenal hence why he was inexplicably left to rot on the bench as a show of defiance, and Gazidis not to be outdone points to Mustafi as an expensive flop and was going to flog him off to Inter in retaliation to Wenger not wanting to eat his vegetables.

On the same day that Mansour purchased the club, as if in a show of defiance, the board announced the signing of Robinho from Real Madrid in a deal worth # 32.5 million, instantly becoming the club's record purchase.

In a show of defiance, Mr. Paul Afoko, in a press statement said that his purported suspension is unconstitutional, and therefore, the decision taken by the NEC is null and void; so, he is still the National Chairman.

King Felipe, head of the Catalan government Carles Puigdemont, and Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy joined thousands of people in a show of defiance at the scene of the incident on Friday.

Electricity supplies, mobile internet and cable television had been cut in parts of Haryana and Punjab states before the verdict as up to 200,000 members of the sect massed in Panchkula in a show of defiance and support.

Councilman Rafael Espinal today toured Lagmitz Paper and Plastic Co., a plastic bag distributor in his Brooklyn district, in a show of defiance to Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander and Manhattan Councilwoman Margaret Chin and their proposal for a 10 - cent surcharge on the disposable bags.

But there is no denying this was also a show of defiance towards the leadership over this untimely and unwanted shake up.

Heavenly Blues (Peter Fonda) presides over a chapter of Hell's Angles, a gang of disaffected drop - outs and scruffy road rats who live to ride in packs and parade their colors (black leather, mostly, adorned with swastikas and Iron Crosses) as a show of defiance to the establishment.

But a show of defiance and buzz around this film may be better in the long run... or maybe not?

They regard the Tate as stuffed full of spineless liberals, and they are threatening to stage a huge show of their own in a brewery in Brick Lane soon, as a show of defiance because the Tate never shows their work.