Soon afterwards, Sarksyan quit, opening the way for his opponents to take power.
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It's had to stop that practice, opening the way for competitors to begin gaining ground.
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But then the rejected nominee, Michal Smarda, stepped aside, opening the way for a compromise.
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Turner left in 20173, opening the way for Althoff, among others, to take more responsibility.
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The act became law in 1962, opening the way for Mr. Nicolas and his colleagues to expand.
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That October, Netscape released the first commercially successful web browser, opening the way for the modern internet.
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It has become known as the Game of Change, for opening the way for more integrated squads.
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In 2013, India's highest court struck down Novartis's patent application for Gleevec, opening the way for generics.
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Colonel Ghashmi was assassinated less than a year later, opening the way for Mr. Saleh to take power.
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Digital advances are opening the way for new power providers and traders, while electric cars are taking off.
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If he fails, so may his administration, opening the way for a much less cooperative successor — perhaps even Mrs.
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By staunching one stream of cultural or theological influence, they may be opening the way for much worse ones.
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But in early 2014, Preston-Werner moved to the president position, opening the way for Wanstrath to become CEO.
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Her speech in Florence has, so far, averted a stalemate, EU negotiators say, opening the way for some positive movement.
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Rome submitted a revised plan last week with a lower deficit, opening the way for intensive negotiations over the package.
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Washington's move to pull out of the region, opening the way for Ankara's offensive, left Kurdish forces scrambling for protection.
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Last month, the Italian government, unions and Meridiana reached an agreement opening the way for the deal to go ahead.
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In this vortex a lot of the public got unmoored and disoriented, opening the way for populists with simple answers.
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Already, Israel and Iran are trading fire in Syria, opening the way for a new round of potentially deadlier warfare.
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Her authority crushed, Kramp-Karrenbauer decided to step down - opening the way for Merz and Laschet to duke it out.
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Her authority crushed, Kramp-Karrenbauer decided to step down - opening the way for Merz and Laschet to duke it out.
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The presidential age limit has been removed, opening the way for Museveni - now 74 - to seek re-election in 2021.
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For its part, Beijing has become more flexible on the dam, opening the way for the easing of tensions, analysts said.
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Early polls cannot legally be triggered six months before a presidential election, opening the way for prolonged uncertainty and stalled policymaking.
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"One bomb would have breached a checkpoint, opening the way for a larger bomb," one of the Western security contractors told Reuters.
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The Uzbek government in September lifted restrictions on exchanging foreign currency, eliminating a black market and opening the way for foreign investment.
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If the court rules against Ms. Rousseff, she and Mr. Temer could be forced to step down, opening the way for new elections.
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Most crucially, the law allowed absentee-ballot request forms to be posted online for printing, opening the way for vast absentee-voting drives.
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The Democrats who were demonstrating every week against Issa lost their cause celebre when Issa announced his retirement, opening the way for Chavez.
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Roberto Isolani is a strong candidate for chairman at the bank, opening the way for Alessandro Falciai to be deputy chairman, Il Messaggero said.
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American, Afghan and Taliban officials have all signaled in recent days that a deal opening the way for a U.S. troop withdrawal was near.
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But the Pentagon abolished those restrictions in 2015, opening the way for women to serve in any military role for which they could qualify.
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In towns like Embu it is opening the way for new businesses, or new business hours, and giving families a chance to boost their incomes.
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A deal with world powers on Iran's nuclear programme has lifted some of those sanctions, opening the way for Iranian airlines to update their fleets.
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A deal with world powers on Iran's nuclear program has lifted some of those sanctions, opening the way for Iranian airlines to update their fleets.
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None are prepared to risk being accused of opening the way for the return of the defeatist left with its dangerous ideas of relinquishing territory.
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His comments came the day after the European Commission said that Italy's growing public debt broke EU rules, opening the way for possible disciplinary procedures.
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On Thursday a majority of lawmakers backed a no-confidence vote, opening the way for a transitional government until a parliamentary election in late 2020.
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Lawmakers last week toppled Orban's three-month-old minority government, potentially opening the way for an election that his Liberals (PNL) are confident of winning.
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On Friday the Federal Court of Canada struck down the company's request for a deferred prosecution agreement, opening the way for a lengthy court trial.
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Bending to international diplomatic pressure, Rajoelina gave up power in 2013, opening the way for Hery Rajaonarimampianina to win the presidency in elections later that year.
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His move effectively scuttled efforts at forming a coalition government, opening the way for possible early elections in the autumn following an inconclusive vote in March.
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A deal with world powers on Iran's nuclear program has lifted some of those sanctions, opening the way for Iranian airlines to update their creaking fleets.
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Last week, after months of negotiations, Greece and its lenders concluded a key bailout review, opening the way for debt relief that Greece has long desired.
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Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison twice blocked its the sale to China-led interests, opening the way for rival offers including those lodged by Rinehart and BBHO.
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Sudanese officials expect a gradual recovery after the end of the 20-year-old U.S. trade embargo, opening the way for reforms and badly needed investment.
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Climate change is parching more areas of the U.S., opening the way for more frequent wildfires, starting earlier in the year than usual and continuing later.
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"The report has been unanimously agreed, opening the way for a joint solution and a sustainable solution was presented," Seibert said during a government news conference.
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While the legislation still needs Senate approval, judges warn that it would erode the independence of the judiciary, potentially opening the way for an institutional crisis.
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Trump began pulling U.S. troops back from northeastern Syria in early October, opening the way for Turkish troops to launch an offensive against the Kurdish fighters.
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Trump began pulling U.S. troops back from northeastern Syria in early October, opening the way for Turkish troops to launch an offensive against the Kurdish fighters.
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If successful, it could become the first eurozone country to borrow in the US$9.5trn Chinese bond market, potentially opening the way for other European governments.
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Trump launched the "Section 232" steel investigation in April, opening the way for his administration to impose broad tariffs or import quotas on imports of foreign steel.
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But the prime minister, who leads the right-wing Likud party, said on Monday he was abandoning the effort, opening the way for Gantz, his strongest rival.
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Both sides agreed to take no action for a year after that but talks on a new agreement stalled, opening the way for the group to act.
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European commissioners will discuss sanctions-blocking measures on Wednesday, opening the way for European leaders to discuss the issue at a summit in Sofia later that day.
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Aides to Prime Minister Theresa May have suggested she hopes to trigger Article 50 early next year, opening the way for up to two years of negotiations.
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Major deals have already been reached on land reform, combating the drug trade, honoring victims, and opening the way for the former rebels to enter electoral politics.
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Pruitt has cited religious teachings before when kicking researchers who receive grants off advisory boards, potentially opening the way for industry officials to sit there in their stead.
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Building of new houses had continued at an unprecedented rate in the second half of 2018, opening the way for more Israelis to move in, the report said.
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The 110,000 number was negotiated with Congress a year ago, but the administration did not consult with Congress before reducing it, opening the way for a legal challenge.
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Apple may sue the government to find out how the phone got hacked, opening the way for a new bout of arguments on corporate needs and state capabilities.
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A Pennsylvania appeals court on Monday blocked Bill Cosby's effort to have criminal sexual assault charges against him thrown out, opening the way for the case to proceed.
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For the young Afghans, none of it made sense — not the deal with Europe, not the possible agreement of their own government opening the way for their deportation.
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A heavily subsidized deal was signed with La Liga, opening the way for the country's best players to be lent to Spanish teams ahead of the World Cup.
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If approved, the motion would go to the EU's national leaders, theoretically opening the way for sanctions such as a suspension of Hungary's voting rights in the bloc.
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The deal was approved by Brazilian antitrust body Cade on Thursday, opening the way for other shareholders to exercise their right to also sell their stakes in the company.
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Every day, news trickles of advances by Turkish-backed troops in carving out a safe zone in northeastern Syria and opening the way for the refugees to return home.
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Carmelo Anthony cleared waivers on Wednesday, making him a free agent and opening the way for the 34-year-old forward to pursue a deal with the Houston Rockets.
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It's no coincidence that corruption scandals have erupted across the region, rocking the public's faith in current leaders and opening the way for candidates from outside the political mainstream.
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Their appeal to CAS was rejected on Friday, opening the way for Italy, who finished fourth in the world championships in March, smashing their national record, to replace them.
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The 1952 crisis, above, shifted public opinion in Britain, opening the way for legislation, and some think the recent smog in Delhi may have a similar effect in India.
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The government also lifted a ban on property purchases by non-residents, opening the way for Indians to invest and settle there, just as they can elsewhere in India.
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Neither Merkel's conservatives nor the SPD would be able to govern alone, opening the way for talks with smaller parties in their efforts to forge a stable coalition government.
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Pruitt slashed half of the scientists from the EPA's board of scientific counselors this year, opening the way for fossil fuel lobbyists and paid flacks to muscle their way in.
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But while the contract will be quoted in yuan, "the exchange will accept USD as collateral for initial margin," opening the way for participation by non-Chinese companies, he added.
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Glencore's proposal is $100 million higher and fully funded, but Rio Tinto has to give Yancoal the chance to make a counter offer, opening the way for a bidding war.
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Italy's parliament is likely to be dissolved between Christmas and the New Year, opening the way for national elections in early March that look unlikely to produce a clear winner.
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Some Democratic lawmakers have suggested Pelosi could tamp down any insurrection by promising to serve as speaker for a limited time, opening the way for a new generation of leaders.
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The ex-Yugoslav republic changed its name to North Macedonia from Macedonia this year, resolving a decades-old dispute with Greece and opening the way for EU and NATO membership.
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The European Commission said last week that Italy's growing public debt broke EU rules, opening the way for a possible disciplinary procedure and a clash with Rome's anti-austerity government.
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But since retaking the city in mid-2015, they and local forces have struggled to impose order, opening the way for al Qaeda and Islamic State militants to operate there.
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After all, he blocked President Barack Obama's Supreme Court pick Merrick Garland for 10 months, opening the way for Trump to construct a conservative majority on the nation's top bench.
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Luiz Chignall, Follmann's agent, said that might have been about to change: Padilha, 31, was expected to be transferred at the end of the season, opening the way for Follmann.
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Erdogan's comments come a day after Libya's internationally recognised government said it ratified a security and military accord between Ankara and Tripoli, opening the way for potential Turkish military help.
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Late on Saturday, Italy's tax police ordered the boat to be seized and its captain put under investigation for aiding illegal immigration, opening the way for the migrants to disembark.
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The Single Resolution Board, an independent agency of the European Central Bank, declared that Popular was about to fail, opening the way for a managed sale to Santander for €1 ($1.10).
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Phelps led from Pereira and Lochte at the final turn and powered on as the other two faded, opening the way for Hagino and Wang to grab the two other medals.
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The Congress also voted to accept Kosovo and Gibraltar as the organization's 210th and 211th members, opening the way for them to take part in the 2018 World Cup qualifying competition.
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Paris officials last year renewed LVMH's concession for the 20053-hectare Jardin d'Acclimatation in the west of the city, opening the way for a renovation of the garden and its attractions.
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Investors are buying the debt amid expectations that President Dilma Rousseff will likely be impeached, shortening the unpopular head of state's term in office and opening the way for fiscal reform.
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Our best-read political story today offers a deep look at how the Republican Party's elite lost the loyalty of its white, blue-collar base, opening the way for Donald Trump.
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Only the first two qualified for the Rio Games but Pothain has decided to swim the 400 freestyle instead thereby opening the way for Agnel to compete at the Rio Games.
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Trials proving it was safe in American children were not finished until 2016, and the F.D.A. approved pediatric use last year, opening the way for a trial in children in Africa.
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Mr. Bloomberg has been counting on a split decision or a weak finish by Mr. Biden in February, opening the way for him to vigorously compete for delegates starting in March.
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Furthermore, Germany's Constitutional Court has ruled against the federal government's ban on tuition charges, opening the way for universities to increase their revenues (and prompting protests from tens of thousands of students).
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But there are nearly four months before the convention begins, and by then Kasich's reputation could be as tarnished as the other two contenders, opening the way for a dark-horse choice.
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Conte was expected to present his cabinet list to the head of state later on Friday or on Saturday, opening the way for confidence votes in both houses of parliament next week.
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The break below its March 2015 low of $1.0457 was a significant milestone, opening the way for a test of $1, or parity against the dollar, which last happened in late 2002.
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In what were seen as efforts to plug the deficit, parliament passed a law earlier this month opening the way for the central bank to transfer its legal reserves to the treasury.
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Lenin had his first debilitating stroke, opening the way for his successor, Stalin, to quash the founding father's economic reforms and double-down on the imposition of the century's first totalitarian state.
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But the Qatari government issued last month its first public bonds since the Gulf rift started, raising $12 billion, and opening the way for other Qatari entities to issue public international bonds.
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Western companies had pulled out of oil production activities in the area before South Sudan gained independence in 2011, partly because of human rights violations, opening the way for companies from Asia.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police on Tuesday recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for bribery, opening the way for what could be the biggest challenge yet to the right-wing leader's political survival.
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Since July, the Gulf coalition and local security forces have struggled to impose order in Aden, opening the way for Islamic State, al Qaeda and other armed groups to operate there with impunity.
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The Shiite theocracy&aposs founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a religious decree, or fatwa, 30 years ago calling for respect of transgender people, opening the way for official support for gender transition surgery.
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BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's president nominated Ana Brnabic for the post of prime minister on Thursday, opening the way for her to become the country's first female and first openly gay head of government.
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The designs will be open source, opening the way for future companies (or tinkerers) to manufacture cheap, secure systems that liberate officials like DeBeauvoir from the tyranny of high-priced, hidebound, hackable technology.
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The Greek government, which now plans to sell half its stake, last week approved an amendment to a shareholders' agreement it signed with Deutsche Telekom in 2008, opening the way for the sale.
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South Korea's presidential office also said Tuesday that it would designate Gunsan an employment "crisis zone", opening the way for government subsidies like cheap loans and other financial support for those laid off.
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HANOI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Vietnam's start-up Bamboo Airways has secured a licence from the local authorities, the company said, opening the way for its maiden flight in January after a string of delays.
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The Times Nasdaq Inc has scrapped its 28.7 million pounds ($25 million) bid to buy Norway's stock exchange Oslo Bors , opening the way for a European rival after a five-month takeover tussle. bit.
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Two days earlier Turkey's parliament lifted the immunity of its members, opening the way for 50 of 423 MPs from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party to face prosecution, mostly on spurious terror charges.
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The European Commission said on Wednesday that Italy's rising debt broke EU rules, opening the way for a possible disciplinary procedure that could be stopped if Rome took steps to start reducing its debt.
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But American sway with the group has diminished after Trump turned his back on it by withdrawing U.S. soldiers from northeast Syria, opening the way for Turkey to launch its invasion 10 days ago.
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The PD wants the change to the electoral system to be decided by December, allowing it to be swiftly deployed should its fragile coalition with 5-Star collapse, opening the way for early elections.
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South Korea's presidential office also said Tuesday that it would designate Gunsan an employment "crisis zone", opening the way for government subsidies like cheap loans and and other financial support for those laid off.
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India and the United States signed an accord on secure military communications that both sides hailed as a breakthrough on Thursday, possibly opening the way for sales of sensitive U.S. military equipment to India.
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Italian senators voted on Wednesday to lift immunity for far-right leader Matteo Salvini, opening the way for a potentially career-ending trial over accusations that he illegally detained migrants at sea last year.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italian senators voted on Wednesday to lift immunity for far-right leader Matteo Salvini, opening the way for a potentially career-ending trial over accusations he illegally detained migrants at sea last year.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government approved a second international airport for Sydney on Monday, opening the way for construction to begin in Australia's largest city on a project mired in political squabbling for 70 years.
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Societe Generale is selling businesses that either lack critical size or potential for synergies, opening the way for growth-hungry and well-capitalized OTP to expand in markets it considers core to its growth strategy.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron hopes to win a deal on reforms with the European Union at February summit, opening the way for a referendum on membership which could take place as early as June.
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Societe Generale is selling businesses that either lack critical size or potential for synergies, opening the way for growth-hungry and well-capitalised OTP to expand in markets it considers core to its growth strategy.
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WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's new government led by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki won a vote of confidence in parliament just before midnight on Tuesday, voting records showed, opening the way for the Cabinet to start functioning.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's parliament passed a law on Thursday to legalize casinos, ending 15 years of political argument and opening the way for projects that combine high-stakes gambling with hotels, shopping and conference space.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - A regional parliament has lifted the immunity of the best known politician in the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, opening the way for prosecutors to pursue possible perjury charges against her.
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Members of the anti-establishment 225-Star Movement overwhelmingly backed a proposed coalition with the centre-left Democratic Party on Tuesday, opening the way for a new government to take office in the coming days.
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In Italy, members of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement backed a coalition deal with the centre-left Democratic Party on Tuesday, opening the way for a new government to take office the coming days.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - United Internet's mobile unit 53&25 Drillisch said on Thursday it would apply to take part in Germany's auction of 22G licenses, opening the way for it to become the country's fourth network operator.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's parliament will be dissolved between Christmas and the New Year, a parliamentary source said on Wednesday, opening the way for national elections in early March that look unlikely to produce a clear winner.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May formally notified her Conservative Party on Friday that she had resigned as party leader, opening the way for a succession contest that will determine the country's next prime minister.
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Prime Minister Theresa May and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled an agreement earlier on the Irish border, citizens' rights and the Brexit bill, opening the way for talks on trade and a transition period.
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In 2017 he prevailed in the case known as "Oberg III," in which federal courts stripped a student loan servicer of sovereign immunity, opening the way for borrower lawsuits in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
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The Italian parliament will be dissolved between Christmas and New Year, a parliamentary source told Reuters earlier this week, opening the way for national elections in early March that look unlikely to produce a clear winner.
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Within minutes of the late-night Cabinet meeting ending, the country's third largest lender issued a statement saying it would formally request state aid, opening the way for possibly the biggest Italian bank nationalization in decades.
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Brazil's power regulator Aneel said on Wednesday a Brazilian court revoked an injunction favoring Abengoa, opening the way for the watchdog to cancel licenses held by the Spanish company to build power transmission lines in Brazil.
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Brazilian credits in particular have rallied hard, helped by the recovery in commodity prices and the prospect that left-wing President Dilma Rousseff will be impeached, potentially opening the way for a more business-friendly administration.
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Italy's FTSE MIB index rose 1.17% - touching a more than one-month high, after 5-Star members overwhelmingly backed a proposed coalition with the Democratic Party, opening the way for a new government to take office.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italian senators voted on Wednesday to lift immunity for far-right leader Matteo Salvini, opening the way for a potentially career-ending trial over accusations that he illegally detained migrants at sea last year.
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ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government won a confidence motion in the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, opening the way for the approval of an overhaul of public tender rules aimed at boosting the struggling economy.
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In Italy, members of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement backed a proposed coalition with the centre-left Democratic Party on Tuesday, opening the way for a new government to take office in the coming days.
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In Italy, former prime minister Matteo Renzi resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Party on Sunday, opening the way for a leadership fight in which he will take on rivals threatening to split the center-left.
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Former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Party (PD) on Sunday, opening the way for a leadership fight in which he will take on rivals threatening to split the center-left.
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The reform scrapped the one-vote-per-investor rule that was a traditional governance feature of Italy's so-called "popolari" lenders, opening the way for consolidation in the sector and making popolari banks into potential takeover targets.
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That warning came into sharp focus this month when U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was withdrawing U.S. troops from northeastern Syria, opening the way for Turkey to launch an offensive targetting Kurdish fighters near its border.
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President Andrej Kiska asked Deputy Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini to form the next government, opening the way for the three-party coalition to stay in power even though tens of thousands of Slovaks are demanding early elections.
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On the evening of May 23rd Mariano Rajoy, the conservative prime minister, was celebrating his minority government's success in getting this year's budget through Congress, opening the way for him to see out another couple of years.
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ROME, April 12 (Reuters) - Italy's lower house of parliament passed Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's flagship constitutional reform on Tuesday, opening the way for a popular referendum later this year needed to give final approval to the law.
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Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday called for a leadership contest in his ruling Democratic Party(PD), opening the way for a showdown with his many enemies in the PD ahead of approaching national elections.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and the United States signed an accord on secure military communications that both sides hailed as a breakthrough on Thursday, possibly opening the way for sales of sensitive U.S. military equipment to India.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British ministers backed plans for a new runway at London's Heathrow airport on Tuesday, opening the way for a parliamentary vote after decades of delays, although the project could still face challenges before building starts.
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ROME (Reuters) - Members of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement backed a proposed coalition with the center-left Democratic Party (PD) on Tuesday, opening the way for a new government to take office in the coming days.
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State Grid is buying a controlling stake in CPFL from Brazilian engineering conglomerate Camargo Corea, opening the way for other shareholders to exercise their so-called tag-along rights and also sell their shares in the company.
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Should the SPD insist on these, it would have no choice but to quit the government, opening the way for minority rule by Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU).
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The reform scrapped the one-vote-per-investor rule that was a traditional governance feature of Italys so-called "popolari" lenders, opening the way for consolidation in the sector and making popolari banks into potential takeover targets.
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ROME (Reuters) - Carlo Cottarelli, a former International Monetary Fund official, gave up his mandate to form a cabinet of technocrats on Thursday, opening the way for law professor Giuseppe Conte to head an anti-establishment coalition government.
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Many investors are also becoming more confident that Washington and Beijing will resolve their trade dispute, opening the way for technology companies' earnings to grow this year, instead of declining, as currently projected by sell-side analysts.
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The latest government triumph came this week when rebels agreed to surrender their last pockets of control in Quneitra province in the southwest, opening the way for Assad&aposs forces to re-establish authority along the Israeli frontier.
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Cuba said on Friday it would lift a ban on Cubans and Cuban-Americans entering and leaving the Caribbean island by commercial vessels, opening the way for cruise operator Carnival to set sail for the country next week.
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ROME (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called on Monday for a leadership contest in his ruling Democratic Party, opening the way for a showdown with his many enemies in the PD ahead of approaching national elections.
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The 70-year copyright on the text, banned by the Allies at the end of World War Two, expired at the end of 2015, opening the way for a critical edition with explanatory sections and some 3,500 annotations.
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LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May formally notified her Conservative Party on Friday that she had resigned as party leader, opening the way for a succession contest that will determine the country's next prime minister.
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Nationally the ANC won 53 percent, down from 62 percent five years ago, opening the way for a possible challenge to President Jacob Zuma's leadership before the 2019 parliamentary election, in which the winning party's leader becomes president.
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In September, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea drew an ocean boundary favouring Ghana in a maritime border dispute with neighbouring Ivory Coast, opening the way for development drilling to resume on the TEN project.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Tanzanian President John Magufuli suspended the head of a national electronic identification-card project and four other officials on Monday, opening the way for a corruption investigation into a public procurement process.
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A source at one of the creditor banks said the law suits were suspended in September last year, opening the way for a deal in which creditors deferred repayments and wrote off most of the penalties Mechel owed.
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A suicide bomber in a car packed with explosives blew himself up at a security checkpoint near Saleh's headquarters late on Sunday, opening the way for three gunmen to force their way into a four-storey office building.
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If the Supreme Court's second chamber annuls Lula's conviction, he will once again be eligible to run for office, potentially opening the way for him to stand as the Workers' Party (PT) candidate in the 2022 presidential election.
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BRASILIA, Aug 4 (Reuters) - A Senate impeachment committee voted on Thursday to put suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on trial in the full chamber for breaking budget laws, opening the way for her to be removed from office.
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PARIS (Reuters) - The Vatican has lifted the diplomatic immunity of its envoy in France, the French foreign ministry said on Monday, opening the way for Archbishop Luigi Ventura to be questioned by prosecutors over accusations of sexual molestation.
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He came up with the idea after the E.P.A., then under the leadership of Scott Pruitt, a Trump appointee, announced "new use" rules for asbestos that campaigners denounced as opening the way for more use of the material.
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But in 2015 the government proposed an amendment and had it sanctioned in a referendum (roundly criticized by human rights groups), opening the way for Mr. Kagame to stand for re-election this year — and again until 2034.
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The United States began pulling troops from northeast Syria in a major policy shift, opening the way for a Turkish attack on Kurdish-led forces long allied to Washington and handing Turkey responsibility for thousands of jihadi captives.
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The United States withdrew 50 American special forces from a section of the Turkish border on Monday, opening the way for Turkey to stage a long-threatened incursion against Syrian Kurdish-led forces that it deems as terrorists.
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France's highest court of appeal upheld Kerviel's jail sentence in March 2014, but ruled that he was not liable for 4.9 billion in damages sought by the bank, opening the way for the civil trial to determine a fine.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Portugal is looking to build on its economic and cultural ties with China by becoming the first euro zone country to borrow in the $9.5 trillion Chinese bond market, potentially opening the way for other European governments.
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Investors took Williams' remarks along with separate comments from Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida as another dovish signal from the central bank, which could be opening the way for a big rate cut at the end of this month.
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In September, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea drew an ocean boundary favoring Ghana in a maritime border dispute with its neighbor Ivory Coast, opening the way for development drilling to resume on the TEN project.
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TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's new parliament on Wednesday elected Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, as its speaker after the rival Heart of Tunisia party backed him, opening the way for a possible coalition government between them.
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ROME (Reuters) - Former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Party (PD) on Sunday, opening the way for a leadership fight in which he will take on rivals threatening to split the center-left.
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The meeting will focus on international efforts to bring stability to Libya, where two rival governments have vied for power since 2014, opening the way for Islamic State to establish itself and gain ground in the North African state.
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ROME, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Members of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement backed a proposed coalition with the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) on Tuesday, opening the way for a new government to take office in the coming days.
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has apologised to Russian leader Vladimir Putin over last year's shooting down of a Russian air force jet by Turkey's military, the Kremlin said on Monday, opening the way for Russia to lift economic sanctions.
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Prime Minister K.P. Oli, facing defeat in a no-confidence vote in parliament brought by his allies, the former Maoist rebels, resigned on Sunday, opening the way for a political tussle to lead the country of 28 million people.
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On Friday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet is expected to introduce a one-time bill to allow Emperor Akihito, 83, to give up the throne, opening the way for Prince Naruhito, 57, to take over before his father dies.
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Britain won a show of support from other European states, potentially opening the way for further action against Russia after May used an EU summit to urge the region to show a united front against the challenge Moscow presented.
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In 2016, the United States declared India a major defence partner, opening the way for sales of high-tech military equipment seen as part of a U.S. aim to build up the country as a counterweight to China in the region.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's coalition government said on Thursday it had reached a compromise in a row over new asylum rules that are intended to curb an influx of migrants, opening the way for them to pass to parliament for debate.
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The government also lifted a ban on property purchases by non-residents, opening the way for Indians to invest and settle there, just as they can elsewhere in India, although the measure is likely to provoke a backlash in the region.
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FRANKFURT, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Billionaire Ralph Dommermuth's two telecoms firms convened their boards on Thursday to decide whether to apply to participate in Germany's 5G licence auction, potentially opening the way for a bid to become the country's fourth network operator.
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece on Friday ratified a landmark accord that changes the name of neighbouring Macedonia, ending a decades-old dispute with its neighbour and opening the way for the ex-Yugoslav republic to join the European Union and NATO.
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LONDON, March 66.4.28 (Reuters) - Emerging equities steadied on Thursday, helped by modest gains in Asia as investors waited to see if U.S. President Donald Trump could push through a health bill to replace "Obamacare", opening the way for tax cuts.
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss startup Smart Valor has become one of the few blockchain groups to win approval to operate in the Swiss financial market, opening the way for it to launch its own online investment platform later in the year.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has apologized to Russian leader Vladimir Putin over last year's shooting down of a Russian air force jet by Turkey's military, the Kremlin said on Monday, opening the way for Russia to lift economic sanctions.
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Talks would focus on enforcing a broad ceasefire and opening the way for increased humanitarian aid to affected populations in the country, ravaged by nearly five years of a war that the United Nations says has cost more than 300,000 lives.
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The brothers in line for the throne were dying off before they could sit on it, finally opening the way for one of the last of them, Salman bin Abdulaziz, the father of M.B.S., to take power in January 22018.
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In 2016, the United States declared India a major defense partner, opening the way for sales of high-tech military equipment seen as part of a U.S. aim to build up the country as a counterweight to China in the region.
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It has also suffered from ideological exhaustion, remoteness, division and the failure to agree on an effective shared immigration policy — opening the way for Salvini's salvos to hit home in a country that is the first stop for many African migrants.
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Speaking after a Cabinet meeting in Genoa, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced a 12-month state of emergency for the region, opening the way for government aid, and said that five million euros had been allocated for the most immediate needs.
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But during a series of campaign events on Friday, the top Democrats began to signal their differences on matters of national security, opening the way for what could become the party's most serious conversation of the race about war and peace.
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Libya's internationally recognised government said on Thursday it has ratified a security and military cooperation deal it agreed with Turkey last month, opening the way for potential military help from Ankara as it fights a months-long offensive by rival forces.
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Gay elements within the Party, including Ernst Röhm, the commander of its Sturmabteilung (SA) paramilitary force, were purged in the 1934 Night of Long Knives, opening the way for more homophobic policies championed by, among others, Schutzstaffel (SS) chief Heinrich Himmler.
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MADRID, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Spain's acting prime minister Mariano Rajoy has agreed to the terms of a reform pact with the centrist Ciudadanos party, opening the way for a new government after eight months of uncertainty, Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera said on Thursday.
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But America has made a mockery of the WTO by picking trade fights with friends and enemies alike, and by refusing to appoint judges to its appeals body—opening the way for China to set up a rival body of its own.
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The center-right bloc emerged as overall winners last March, but fell short of an outright parliamentary majority, opening the way for the League to split from its old allies and enter into a coalition with its former foe, the 5-Star.
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The showdown between Brownlee and multiple world champion Gomez, second in 2012, disappeared when the Spaniard broke his arm in a bike crash last month, opening the way for Brownlee to become the first person to win back-to-back triathlon golds.
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Rather than trying to achieve legitimate consumer protections goals by settling on a new, often quite arbitrary recipe of regulations, policymakers should concentrate their attention on the processes through which those goals are reached, processes based on opening the way for competition.
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BRASILIA, March 11 (Reuters) - Brazil's Congress overturned a presidential veto on Wednesday in an on-going battle over appropriations with President Jair Bolsonaro's government, opening the way for lawmakers to spend an extra 20 billion reais ($4.2 billion) in their constituencies this year.
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Moody's did not rate any part of the offer) SYDNEY, March 2240 (Reuters) - Latitude Finance Australia, a non-bank lender, sold Australia's first securitisation of credit card debt with a A$252.35 billion issue, opening the way for banks seeking new funding sources.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government approved plans on Wednesday that mean providers of free Wi-Fi will no longer be liable for crimes committed by users, opening the way for a widening of the public network of free internet across the country.
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HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Friday it would lift a ban on Cuban-born citizens entering and leaving the Caribbean island by commercial vessels, opening the way for U.S. cruise operator Carnival Corp to set sail for the country from Miami next week.
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The move allows supporters of Sirisena and Rajapaksa an opportunity to secure votes ahead of parliament's resumption, potentially opening the way for the new prime minister to secure a majority and shut down any attempt to push through a no confidence vote.
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Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim, he says, can denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and end the tensions there, opening the way for economically integrating the impoverished North, with its cheap labor, and the South, whose slowing economy needs a new source of growth.
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It is the first by a pope to North Macedonia and comes just three months after its name was changed from Macedonia, ending a decades-old dispute with Greece and opening the way for the ex-Yugoslav republic to join the European Union and NATO.
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More than three years since voting 52% to 48% to leave the EU, Britain's two main parties, its parliament and cities and towns across the country are still deeply divided over Brexit, opening the way for smaller parties to grab some share of the vote.
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's economy is headed toward gradual recovery, Finance Minister Mohamed Othman Rukabi said at a forum on Saturday, just one day after the US lifted its 20-year-old economic sanctions opening the way for critical economic reforms and badly needed investment.
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PRAGUE (Reuters) - The newly-elected Czech lower house of parliament on Wednesday picked a speaker from the biggest party ANO, a source in the voting committee said, opening the way for the government to resign and ANO chief Andrej Babis to become prime minister.
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Speaking at the joint news conference after meeting with Sapin, Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said he was "quite confident" that a first review of Athens' reform efforts under its latest bailout could be completed quickly, opening the way for discussions about Greece's debt.
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We can keep slogging on, and we probably will, letting the constitutional committee dynamics play out (with much less de-legitimizing impact on Assad than we expect) and possibly opening the way for elections in 2021, although probably with marginal impact on Assad's rule. 4.
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SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnian lawmakers approved a new central government on Monday after a 14-month deadlock, opening the way for a resumption of reforms needed to become a candidate for EU membership and for talks on a new deal with the International Monetary Fund.
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A year ago, Mr. Xi triumphed at China's national legislature, abolishing a term limit on his presidency, opening the way for another decade or longer as both president and party leader, and shaking up the government to become a more compliant tool of party power.
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DAKAR/ACCRA (Reuters) - The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on Saturday drew an ocean boundary favoring Ghana in a dispute with its neighbor Ivory Coast, opening the way for development drilling to resume on Ghana's multi-billion dollar TEN deepwater oil and gas project.
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UEFA said last month Galatasaray had failed to comply with its rules over the permitted level of losses, opening the way for a potential ban from European competition with UEFA's Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) set to make a final ruling by the end of February.
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LONDON — British and European Union officials reached a long-awaited draft agreement on Tuesday on Britain's troubled withdrawal from the bloc, opening the way for a high-stakes meeting of Prime Minister Theresa May's most senior ministers to consider the plans, the prime minister's office said.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court said on Tuesday it had upheld a ruling by a U.S. judge who held three large Chinese banks in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in a probe into violations of sanctions on North Korea, opening the way for heavy daily fines.
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He said the government also aims to obtain approval from the National Energy Council of the revision to the government's "transfer of rights" contract with state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., opening the way for the sale of Santos Basin presalt areas by the third quarter of this year.
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on all parties in northeast Syria to exercise maximum restraint, his spokesman said on Monday after the United States began pulling troops back from the area, opening the way for a Turkish strike on Kurdish-led forces long allied to Washington.
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Trump has called last year's deal ending a diplomatic standoff between Iran and six world powers over the country's nuclear policy and opening the way for western investment "the worst deal ever negotiated," although he has also conceded it would be hard to tear up a deal enshrined in a U.N. resolution.
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Trump has called last year's deal ending a diplomatic standoff between Iran and six world powers over the country's nuclear policy and opening the way for western investment "the worst deal ever negotiated," although he has also conceded it would be hard to rip up a deal enshrined in a U.N. resolution.
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Under the red-starred dome of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, nearly 21999,227 delegates of the National People's Congress, the party-controlled legislature, voted almost unanimously to approve an amendment to the Constitution to abolish the term limit on the presidency, opening the way for Mr. Xi to rule indefinitely.
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When WaterAid partnered with WHO and the Centers for Disease Control to develop minimum standards for WASH in healthcare facilities, Mali's Ministry of Health adopted these standards, opening the way for WaterAid to help provide 23 healthcare facilities with sustainable access to water, sanitation kits and incinerators to properly manage medical waste.
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In a sense, the Me Too Movement — this beautiful outpouring of female stories, women telling their truth and opening the way for subsequent women to tell theirs — has transcended the realm of the individual, the lone victim, the many solo women speaking alongside each other to become a collective chorus of men and women alike.
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May's meeting with her so-called Brexit war committee at her 16th-century country residence was called to try to reach agreement on a preferred vision for Britain outside the EU, opening the way for May to make the final speech in what the government has called the "Road to Brexit" series of addresses.
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Most importantly, it leaves in place the Biggert-Waters mandate for the NFIP to adjust flood insurance rates to actuarially sound levels, thus opening the way for the benefits of Risk Rating 2.0 to be realized— a move that is critical to ending the deadly and perverse outcomes flowing from the current NFIP rating paradigm.
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On the other hand, beyond the role that financial deregulation played in opening the way for the calamities of 503, Clinton's trade policies — not only the North American Free Trade Agreement but, perhaps more importantly, China's accession to the World Trade Organization, pushed by Clinton and formally realized under George W. Bush — sped along deindustrialization that had begun in the 250s and 22020s.
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Baseball's players' union and the Cubans would have to sign off on the proposal, but it could settle the question of what is legal under United States law, opening the way for more substantive talks between the union and the Cubans on issues such as which players could be signed, how much of their salaries would be earmarked for M.L.B.'s proposed organization and how players might continue to compete in international tournaments for Cuba.
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