In some ways, progress towards emissions reductions is already underway.
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The bank continues to make progress towards meeting these initiatives.
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Any progress towards that is closely watched by the market.
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Neuralink does indeed seem to have made progress towards these goals.
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Early in Mr Erdogan's rule, Turkey made great progress towards democracy.
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The company is also "making progress towards collective bargaining," he said.
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All of which represents cautious, incremental progress towards Mr Macron's agenda.
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We will be reviewing progress towards this target during the year.
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It plans to report on its progress towards equality by 2022.
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You start working on the problem, and you make progress towards this.
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Balkan countries' slow progress towards joining the EU has made matters worse.
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Their reservations also stymied immediate progress towards a common deposit-insurance scheme.
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Finally, China has made modest progress towards cleaning up its financial system.
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Progress towards an end to political deadlock in Germany helped the mood.
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Japan's slow progress towards its 2 percent inflation target stores up trouble.
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S. talks ended without apparent progress towards resolving a bitter trade dispute.
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If Trump and Moon work effectively together, progress towards peace can resume.
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Many of Clinton's health policies would make important progress towards this goal.
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There has been no progress towards peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
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A lot of people think you're about open sourcing progress towards AGI.
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Of late, however, Noble had appeared to be making some progress towards recovery.
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The government has made little progress towards meeting another promise, outlawing child marriage.
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But many blame Mr Haftar's intransigence for the lack of progress towards peace.
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In some ways, however, Swift is already making significant progress towards that goal.
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The last 150 years of global progress towards universal democracy may be imperiled.
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Many refugees have had little education and progress towards work can take time.
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Progress towards full banking union, including euro-zone-wide deposit insurance, is glacial.
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But since then, Moscow and Ankara have made significant progress towards restoring relations.
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S. trade talks hinted of progress towards a deal in their tariff war.
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Soon, however, struggles between civilian and military factions had halted progress towards democracy.
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As Harry looks on, the turtles make their plodding progress towards the sea.
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"We are making a lot of progress towards a positive direction," he said.
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Before you know it, you will have made major progress towards your goals.
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Done with enough determination, propping up coal could stall progress towards decarbonising the economy.
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Markets have no patience, but they'll be reassured as we progress towards that goal.
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"We see this as a first step and progress towards a resolution," he added.
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These incidents reflect the lack of progress towards peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Their jerky progress towards the negotiating table in recent weeks is an ominous portent.
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Moreover, we need to continue making progress towards lower priced variants of Model 33.
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The country which has made the most progress towards joining the EU is Montenegro.
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We're talking about significant steps that would signal real progress towards creating two states.
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So any sort of progress towards China and you'll get this sort of rally.
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Still, Vlieghe told the newspaper that progress towards faster pay growth had been sluggish.
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The Qatar crisis remains stalemated with no clear sign of progress towards a resolution.
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I think each of us has made progress towards that end, but we're still working.
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Structural bottlenecks constrain Romania's growth rate and convergence progress towards western European standards of living.
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The prospects of near-term progress towards this have been weakened by the recent developments.
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But women have made some progress towards equality in the workplace in the past year.
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North Macedonia, which has made better progress towards meeting the EU's requirements, was also rebuffed.
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Yet progress towards many essential reforms, including the privatisation of state firms, has been slow.
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As a result, there is little progress towards finding an equitable solution to the crisis.
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He said there has been "progress" towards racial equality but the fight is not over.
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That's significant progress towards Brave's goal of flipping the online advertising model on its head.
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The Chevrolet Bolt has helped immensely with progress towards the zero emissions part, Reuss said.
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I spent hours bashing my head against these assholes, making little progress towards defeating them.
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We are talking about significant steps that would signal real progress towards creating two states.
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"We've made very significant progress towards bringing our revenues and expenses into line," he said.
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Unfortunately, there has been little progress towards reducing land-based emissions in Indonesia thus far.
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How do we assure that the progress towards carbon neutral energy does not destabilize world economies?
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Despite the country's progress towards peace, Zumpano says his client isn't safe to return to Colombia.
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For years its progress towards membership was blocked by a dispute over its name with Greece.
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The Northern League, led by Matteo Salvini, seems likely to make progress towards its flat tax.
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But he also saw progress towards the Islamic state happening in stages, each requiring different tactics.
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Macedonia's progress towards EU membership is blocked by a dispute with Greece over the country's name.
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The summit may well end without major progress towards the elimination of nuclear weapons in Korea.
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He trumpeted progress towards a trade deal with Japan, which negotiators hope to seal in September.
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Many strategists remain optimistic for sterling should the UK make more progress towards a Brexit deal.
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Although Mr Johnson insists he is making good progress towards an agreement, few in Brussels agree.
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The talks are a precondition for both countries to make progress towards membership of the European Union.
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Companies are also waiting to see how progress towards leaving the EU unfolds, according to the CBI.
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Syrian regime forces have tried to make progress towards the city, but twice have been beaten back.
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And Republican presidents also appeared to be making (albeit much slower) progress towards a more diverse bench.
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"We now need further studies to confirm these findings, and to progress towards a vaccine," Screaton said.
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With such high-level disagreements remaining, progress towards sealing a deal this year is, in effect, parked.
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"We're aiming to be profitable by next year [and are] making good progress towards that," Hur said.
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If it is, setting milestone goals will ensure you are consistently making progress towards the end goal.
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It will take a more profound transformation, substantial progress towards gender equality, to dismantle the underlying causes.
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Best Buy's sales results are further evidence of "its substantial progress towards multi-channel retail," O'Shea added.
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The new regulation threatens to reverse our progress towards ensuring America's children receive healthy meals at school.
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If health workers also advised parents that even minor rituals are unnecessary, progress towards eradication could continue.
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If you look at any successful service-based game, players can make progress towards multiple objectives simultaneously.
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The oddity is that a week earlier Mr Johnson was speaking of progress towards a Brexit deal.
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It will cost our residents billions of dollars, and delay our progress towards a clean energy economy.
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"Progress towards full compliance is already underway and will be completed by March 1, 2020," the statement said.
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GLOBAL STOCKTAKE - Every five years, countries will review their collective progress towards the Paris Agreement's long-term goals.
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You can tell from the new Eero's design that the company is making great progress towards this idea.
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A wave of withdrawals would reverse the progress towards greater rule of law across the continent and beyond.
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Wesfarmers said on Tuesday that it saw Lynas's announcements on Monday as positive progress towards satisfactory license certainty.
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Kudlow told CNBC in a separate interview Thursday that the countries are making "fantastic" progress towards an agreement.
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Progress towards extending the New Start arms treaty, which expires in 2021, would give substance to that agreement.
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"Hard to see that there's really fundamental change and measured progress towards a trade deal here," Agati said.
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Since 2018, Martin has published work that outlines progress towards the goal of making an AI Dungeon Master.
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"Global progress towards prohibition of all corporal punishment of children has accelerated, particularly in recent years," she wrote.
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I do think that, you know, they will hopefully make some progress towards a more pro-growth environment.
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"It's been a steady stream of progress towards getting to where we want them to be," Pompeo said.
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Their convictions have raised questions about Myanmar's progress towards democracy and sparked an outcry from human rights advocates.
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That choice goes against the grain of modern art's so-called progress towards abstraction in the early 20th century.
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Italy's bond yields rose 1-3 bps , having dipped briefly on signs of progress towards forming a new government.
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Progress towards getting Indians to pay for things electronically is indeed being made, but from an abysmally low base.
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Many refugees have had little education (see chart 1) and progress towards work could take time (see chart 2).
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Slow progress towards common defence procurement, let alone a shared doctrine, renders loose talk about a European army ridiculous.
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Meanwhile, AWS shows no sign of slowing its progress towards full dominance of cloud computing's wide skies (see chart).
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The Fitbit Charge 3 provides a deeper understanding of your body, your health, and your progress towards your goals.
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This is significant progress towards passage of this mammoth piece of legislation that spans agriculture, nutrition, forestry and conservation.
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"We continue to make progress towards a final product that reflects the values of the Democratic Caucus," he said.
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But Republican and Democratic lawmakers so far have made little progress towards a legislative compromise on net neutrality rules.
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What you have here is a new idea that's making progress towards something that people are very familiar with.
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Arab League foreign ministers condemned Netanyahu's plan, saying it would undermine any chance of progress towards Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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Last month, the United States and China signalled that they made substantial progress towards the 'phase one' trade deal.
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The report looked at 144 countries' progress towards gender parity across the economic, education, health and political empowerment fronts.
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In the medium term, we assume broad continuity in fiscal policy and steady progress towards an EU association agreement.
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And not a single VNR includes socioeconomic data on refugees or other measurements of refugee progress towards the SDGs.
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"If the Paris Agreement's goal... is to be reached, significant progress towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions must be made soon."
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In Britain, some progress towards greater equality has been made across industries as a whole over the past five years.
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However, failure to make significant progress towards this target in the next 12 months could result in negative rating action.
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Let the USPTO Continue to Move Forward The USPTO has made enormous progress towards improving patent quality in recent years.
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The search giant said Monday that it's made progress towards implementing the artificial intelligence safeguards it promised advertisers last month.
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Any progress towards clearing the Model X backorder of more than 25,000 SUVs will be seen as a positive sign.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has said he may be flexible on the deadline if he sees progress towards a deal.
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But only the EAC, driven mainly by Kenya, has made significant progress towards a common market in goods and services.
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The country of 2 million has made little progress towards EU and NATO membership due to the dispute with Greece.
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Not only does it lack a meaningful plan, they are moving in ways that sabotage progress towards confronting this crisis.
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Meanwhile, the competition is beneficial because it can speed up progress towards beneficial innovation, like AI for UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Parents receive a colour-coded memo every two months, showing their child's progress towards various goals, as well as their attendance.
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" But more importantly for many investors, Mayer acknowledged that the company has made "substantial progress towards potential strategic alternatives for Yahoo.
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Belgrade, which still refuses to recognise Kosovo, committed to normalise relations with Pristina, key to its progress towards European Union membership.
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Our response to this report will mean tangible progress towards that goal as we build an economy that works for everyone.
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Shell also may adjust its targets, to keep its plans consistent with society's progress towards the goals of the Paris treaty.
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The company issued a statement on Tuesday saying that negotiations on proposed refinancing "continue to progress towards a near term agreement".
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Non-stop meetings were held by investors and lenders to concoct a rescue plan, but little progress towards one was made.
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Last year, all the signees set goals, and in 2018 they'll meet to review their progress towards curbing this emerging threat.
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Belgrade, which still refuses to recognise Kosovo, committed to normalise ties with Pristina, key to its progress towards European Union membership.
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"As it stands now, we think progress towards an FID (final investment decision) in two, three years is reasonable," he said.
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As Mr Trump's progress towards the White House has gathered pace, so has alarm and anger south of the Rio Grande.
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Currency traders caution that investors now want to see concrete progress towards a deal rather than headlines before pushing sterling higher.
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On Tuesday Libya's neighbors warned that security there could deteriorate further in the absence of any progress towards a political solution.
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It has made steady progress towards that, with sales of Geely branded vehicles forecast to reach 1.58 million vehicles this year.
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Progress towards an agreement is being closely monitored by BME's European rivals as its industry struggles with lower fees and revenues.
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But in general, it represents "your ability to make consistent progress towards a specific objective," often your career path, he writes.
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In the meantime Atlantia and the government have made preliminary contact but there has been no apparent progress towards a settlement.
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You focus on the process, not the prize, and you start to see progress towards the life you want to live.
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As we build additional services into the PEPFAR platform, we are making progress towards ensuring broad access to quality health care.
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Belgrade, which still refuses to recognize Kosovo, committed to normalize relations with Pristina, key to its progress towards European Union membership.
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M&G Prudential had made good progress towards the demerger on areas such as debt restructuring and management changes, Wells said.
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But critics note Obama has made scant progress towards nuclear disarmament and is spending heavily to modernize the U.S. atomic arsenal.
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Asked if he had a deadline for China to make progress towards a deal before facing the further penalty, Trump said no.
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"Daniel's signing underscores our determination to accelerate our progress towards the forefront of the sport," said Renault F1 managing director Cyril Abiteboul.
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That followed other signs this week that London is making progress towards a Brexit agreement before Britain quits the EU in March.
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But it was indicative of North Korea's rapid progress towards developing medium-range and, eventually, intercontinental missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
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But even with a state of the art algorithm and a powerful supercomputer, progress towards a whole mouse connectome is still slow.
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He declared that the two sides had made "excellent progress" towards an agreement that would allow America to bring its troops home.
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In the current climate, progress towards a more liberal regime, whether through the medical or the legal route, is likely to continue.
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They have triumphantly briefed their supporters about the progress towards a withdrawal, but have been more coy about the ceasefire and talks.
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Usually, a conflict that goes on for more than five years with such little progress towards a resolution disappears from the media.
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Progress towards greater financial transparency has stalled, according to the latest "open budget index" from the International Budget Partnership, an advocacy group.
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She said progress towards a "nuclear-free Korean peninsula", which had started, would have enormous rewards, including an improvement in human rights.
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Aakar Patel, executive director of Amnesty International India, called on Qatar to show it was making "serious" progress towards ending forced labor.
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The smooth progress towards Implementation Day is largely because the president, Hassan Rohani, and Mr Zarif are desperate to get sanctions lifted.
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"This has been another quarter of strong progress towards the completion of the restructuring of Barclays," CEO Staley said in a statement.
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The Democrats pulled out of the meeting, and now even progress towards an agreement on top-line spending numbers has stalled out.
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However, a court decision in April has significantly delayed progress towards signing procurement contracts, as the government will need to relaunch consultations.
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"Today's update presents clear evidence of progress towards achieving fiscal balance by 2020," finance minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said in a statement.
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The trans memoir also functions chronologically, from point A to point B, charting the body's progress towards a more normative gender presentation.
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We are bringing governments, businesses and civil society together in an unprecedented coalition that has made extraordinary progress towards controlling the epidemic.
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And during the first 28503 years of this century, progress towards LGBTQ equality, including same-sex marriage, proceeded at a remarkable pace.
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Zurich did not give first-quarter profit figures, but said it was continuing to make good progress towards its 2017-2019 targets.
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FITCH- RECENT PROGRESS TOWARDS REACHING A US-CHINA "PHASE ONE" TRADE DEAL SUGGESTS POSSIBLE POSTPONEMENT OR EVENTUAL REMOVAL OF SOME EXISTING TARIFFS
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Not only did the metrics not really track progress, they didn't answer the question of what we were supposed to progress towards.
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Hammond acknowledged that a broad agreement "would be best," but he said that progress towards reaching a consensus has been "painfully slow".
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"We are making good progress towards our vision of becoming the UK's leading wealth management business," Quilter chief executive Paul Feeney said.
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Sometimes he'll force a center to hesitate on help, allowing one of his slash-happy teammates to make unimpeded progress towards the rim.
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The Zambian authorities have signalled their desire to enter a programme, but progress towards an agreement has been slow and negotiations have stalled.
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The secretary of state nominee argued that though progress towards values the United States would support was being made, it was too slow.
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THE week of March 8th, which is International Women's Day, is the peak time of the year for assessing progress towards gender equality.
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"Both sides agreed to continue talks in an effort to make substantive progress towards finding a compromise plan," a Labour party spokesman said.
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The two firms said they have made progress towards obtaining the regulatory approvals necessary to complete the transaction, including winning U.S. antitrust clearance.
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The U.S. has grown particularly concerned about the country's progress towards developing a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching U.S. shores.
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Danone "will progress towards its 63 ambition through further sales growth and an improved recurring operating margin," the group said in a statement.
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Without ECB support, the progress towards a sustained adjustment in the bank's inflation projections will likely be slower or even stall, Praet added.
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"We made significant progress towards reaching an early, good outcome," Motegi said after his two-day meeting with Lighthizer that ended on Friday.
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One company making constant progress towards a more gender inclusive tech workforce is the all-female San Francisco-based coding bootcamp Hackbright Academy.
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Congressional negotiators are making progress towards a bipartisan deal to reauthorize children's health insurance and several other important health-care programs, sources say.
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He accused Russia of trying to undermine governments and institutions in an effort to halt the region's progress towards EU and NATO integration.
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The talks have made little progress towards ending the war that has killed more than 6,200 people and displaced more than 2.5 million.
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Progress towards a more perfect democracy is often messy, but we can't allow the ends to justify the means, especially if perpetuates oppression.
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Sterling has strengthened recently on optimism that Britain and the European Union can make significant progress towards a Brexit deal at the summit.
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But until countries stop subsidising their plants, or imposing tariffs to artificially raise prices, progress towards ending the steel glut will be slow.
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This year&aposs report rated Iceland as the country that has made the most progress towards gender equality, followed Norway, Finland, and Sweden.
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The result has been landmark progress towards the protection of our nation's public lands, despite significant business and political forces working against them.
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Nevertheless, the sovereign willingness to provide support has remained extremely strong throughout the GCC and virtually no progress towards resolution has been made.
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Congressional negotiators are making progress towards a bipartisan deal to reauthorize children's health insurance and several other important health care programs, sources say.
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Sterling held firm on hopes about progress towards a Brexit deal ahead of an informal European Union summit in Salzburg on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Joseph Curtin, senior fellow at the IIEA and the author of the report, said the Trump administration's policies were stalling progress towards those targets.
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However, opposition parties and some civil society groups are against the referendum, arguing that Ivory Coast must make progress towards post-war reconciliation first.
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Xi and Trump are likely to find it "difficult" to make major progress towards ending the trade war, a former top Chinese official said.
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"In that sense, I want to firmly make progress towards resolving (this matter)," Kono said in comments carried live on Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
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Acacia, which is majority owned by Barrick Gold, also said on Tuesday it had decided not to progress towards a combination of the companies.
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Despite years of military offensives, the Philippines has made little concrete progress towards defeating Abu Sayyaf, since the group started operating in the 1990s.
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Discussing progress towards next year's Games at the South Korea Embassy in London, however, Lee said the Olympics provided an opportunity to thaw relations.
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Recent reports have noted progress towards ending official discrimination, but how much unofficial discrimination remains is unclear because the Saudi government strongly discourages research.
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Progress towards meeting that target—essentially halving inflation from 10% to 5% (see chart)—has been made easier by tumbling commodity prices, especially oil.
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This week's language indicated more progress towards the 2 percent inflation goal Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has emphasized is healthy for the economy.
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Progress towards even these limited goals, let alone more ambitious ones such as a total ban on high-seas fishing, will not be easy.
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The company made some partial progress towards righting privacy wrongs, but the biggest winner in the company's privacy rebrand was meant to be Google.
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On Monday, Thomas Cook said it had made significant progress towards finalizing the key terms of the recapitalization with Fosun, lending banks and noteholders.
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It will also temporarily stall EU-sponsored talks between Kosovo and Serbia, key for both countries to progress towards membership in the European Union.
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The firm said in a statement it is making "solid progress" towards the deal and would extend the deadline for subscriptions to April 11.
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However, some features of the Japanese economy and the legacies of past policies are interacting to prevent faster progress towards the BOJ's inflation objective.
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Frans Timmermans, a Dutch social democrat, will be in charge of Europe's "green new deal", accelerating the EU's progress towards carbon neutrality by 2050.
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Frans Timmermans, a Dutch social democrat, will be in charge of Europe's "green new deal", accelerating the EU's progress towards carbon neutrality by 2050.
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"It's important to remember that President Trump inherited an economy that was already making steady progress towards full employment," she said in a statement.
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But the dissenters are keeping a low profile for now, watching his progress towards the executive presidency and a possible referendum on constitutional change.
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Saudi Arabian stocks rose on Thursday amid investor bets that the kingdom was making solid progress towards an inclusion into MSCI's emerging markets index.
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"Moving forward, we will do everything we can to shake off outside distractions, improve management and make progress towards our strategic goals," Guo said.
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And it is an unfortunate moment for the United States to stall progress towards greater openness, because the transparency initiatives were beginning to demonstrate results.
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Behind the scenes, however, there has so far been limited progress towards a transformation the companies say is more and more vital to their survival.
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Restructuring Proceeds Reduce Debt: Progress towards deleveraging has been slow since the HMA acquisition; total debt/EBITDA is about 6.4x, versus 5.2x prior to it.
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Crude inventories in the United States have continued to rise since the start of the year, which has contributed to doubts about progress towards rebalancing.
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The good news is that US and Chinese officials are scheduled to meet this week in Washington to try to make progress towards trade peace.
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"This quarter we delivered strong results and solid progress towards our long term strategy," Dion Weisler, HP's president and CEO, said in a news release.
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"I think the fact that we ... were able to talk in this difficult situation could lead to big progress towards resolving this problem," Kono said.
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If these forecasts prove correct, OPEC will only have made limited progress towards its goal of rebalancing the market even by the end of 2018.
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Macedonia, which won independence from former Yugoslavia in 1991, has made little progress towards EU and NATO membership due to a name dispute with Greece.
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In Ukraine, which made its European choice in 2014 by staging a revolution, there has been little progress towards ending the oligarch-dominated political system.
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Improving traffic trends in the month of September along with strong quarterly results are making progress towards reversing a yearlong plunge that has concerned investors.
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Lingering High Leverage: Progress towards deleveraging has been slow since the HMA acquisition; total debt/EBITDA is about 7.4x, versus 5.2x prior to the acquisition.
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Kim and Trump met for a historic summit in Singapore in June, but have since struggled to make progress towards denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
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Lingering High Leverage: Progress towards deleveraging has been slow since the HMA acquisition; total debt/EBITDA is about 7.2x, versus 5.2x prior to the acquisition.
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"Progress towards resuming Libya's democratic transition is also a critical factor in the fight against the forces of terrorism," Ban wrote in his February report.
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"Thanks to the hard work and constructive approach from both sides, we are making progress towards a mutually acceptable solution," Medvedev said in a statement.
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Sterling hit a 3 1/2-month high versus the euro after reports that Britain and the EU were making progress towards a Brexit deal.
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While hopes are dim for an outright deal, many investors are optimistic the two sides will show some progress towards potentially ending the tariff war.
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Normalizing relations between Kosovo and Serbia is key condition for both countries to progress towards membership in the European Union both governments are aiming for.
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Yet there has been little to suggest any significant progress towards ending the decades-old conflict, which Trump has said would be "the ultimate deal".
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BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's neighbors, U.S. President Donald Trump and the United Nations welcomed Friday's historic inter-Korean summit, while urging progress towards denuclearization.
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I'd like to say that there's been more progress towards women's rights, and I think sexual harassment is definitely a more prevalent and public conversation.
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We're finally catching up with our retirement savings, and we're making steady progress towards saving up to buy a house (the right way this time).
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Trump's diplomacy has made no progress towards denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, despite concessions he offered in meeting Kim and halting US-South Korea military exercises.
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Finance Chief Cecile Cabanis told reporters that in 20.9, the group will continue to make progress towards meeting its 21 financial goals, which she confirmed.
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Fitch believes Tyson is making progress towards its goal of transitioning from a commodity meat and poultry processor to a protein-centric packaged foods company.
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Fitch's forecast for 2016 assumes steady progress towards implementation of the government's revenue and cost-cutting initiatives, with non-oil revenue rising and expenditure falling.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's highest court has outlined conditions under which "zombie enterprises" will be allowed progress towards claiming bankruptcy, the official Xinhua said on Monday.
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However, Trump's condemnation of Chinese trade policy in his address at the United Nations on Tuesday cooled recent hopes of progress towards resolving the dispute.
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As we continue to progress towards a more equal and inclusive society, we must consider and revise the ideal environment that allows equality to thrive.
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Yet progress towards a sustainable energy system is too slow, and the current system doesn't encourage the kind of innovation that will get us there faster.
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US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said China reneged on previous commitments over the weekend, undermining progress towards a detailed trade agreement.
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Aston also said on Thursday that it was making progress towards opening its second British factory next year which will build its first sport utility vehicle.
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But 8K, the biggest TV trend at CES yet again, still feels like a fantasy that's not making much progress towards becoming a living room reality.
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The Dow breakout is bullish, but the value of the trend line limits the upward momentum and slows the progress towards the long-term 21,000 target.
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The Dow breakout is bullish, but the value of the trend line limits the up momentum and slows the progress towards the long-term, 21,000 target.
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Shipping in Changing Climates, a research consortium, called the deal "major progress" towards bringing shipping in line with the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
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Energy researchers and policymakers previously told CNBC that trying to achieve the climate goals in 10 years could create unintended consequences that undermine progress towards decarbonization.
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"The situation illustrates that the NLD-led government has made little progress towards improving transparency and accountability since it took office in March 2016," Aherin warned.
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Russia has elections next year and President Vladimir Putin wants to show progress towards a political deal after two years of fighting far from Russian soil.
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British lawmakers on Wednesday are debating May's progress towards securing a Brexit deal and will have the opportunity to challenge her approach and vote on alternatives.
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In about one year, there will be a reassessment of Bulgaria's progress towards aligning its economy, banks and rules to the banking union, the official said.
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If the ruling party had the courage to open up the economic and political system, the pace of Ethiopia's progress towards prosperity and stability would quicken.
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In a statement late on Tuesday, Japan Display said it was making progress towards an agreement and that it was in the final stage of negotiations.
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And I consider further risks ahead with the prospect of direct import restrictions or tariff measures, if the administration considers progress towards boosting domestic production inadequate.
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Nissan "experienced some challenges" in July, but made progress towards "sustainable retail growth," said Billy Hayes, the automaker's vice president for regional operations in North America.
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"Clariant did not show any underlying progress towards its too ambitious 2021 targets and today's results do not provide more confidence," said Vontobel analyst Daniel Buchta.
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"Thanks to new technologies and rapid advancements in the study of exoplanets in the past few decades, we are making progress towards answering this question scientifically."
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The U.S. central bank said in December further rate hikes would be contingent in part on inflation making tangible progress towards its 2-percent target rate.
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Gabriel said there should be a review in 2025 of the progress towards 2030 auto emission reduction targets, rather than have binding goals already in 2025.
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Europe's STOXX 600 index fared better, adding 0.5% as London's bourse outperformed on a weaker pound and hopes grew of progress towards resolving the trade war.
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WELL, LET'S START WITH THE HEADLINE CPI, IT WAS A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR THE FED TO – THEY WERE FRUSTERATED THAT THEY WEREN'T MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS 2%.
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At the meeting between the two leaders, Trump is expected to seek quick progress towards a two-way trade deal with Japan and discuss the automotive sector.
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US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told reporters Monday that China had reneged on previous agreements, undermining progress towards a detailed trade agreement.
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RHP Huston Street suffered some soreness after back-to-back throwing sessions last weekend and his progress towards returning to the team has been put on hold.
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In establishing diversity as a business objective, companies have the ability to hold leaders and individuals accountable for making progress towards a truly inclusive and diverse workplace.
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She said no decision had been made yet on whether to extend those sanctions but added that progress towards implementing the Minsk peace agreement was not sufficient.
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North Macedonia expects to get a date for accession talks with the European Union, but in order to progress towards membership it needs to reform its judiciary.
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Monetary policy operates with a lag and the Fed needs to balance progress towards the two percent inflation target and the timing of policy adjustment, he said.
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The Joint Declaration and the city's mini-constitution, The Basic Law, guarantee Hong Kong a "high degree of autonomy" and "gradual and orderly progress" towards universal suffrage.
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Weeks later Eritrea agreed to restore diplomatic ties with Somalia, after 15 years of animosity, and made progress towards resolving a long-standing border dispute with Djibouti.
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Commentators have seized on the slow progress towards reaching a detailed plan allocating output cuts between OPEC and non-OPEC members to explain the fall in prices.
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"Port disruptions like this will hamper the country's progress towards achieving the target of 100 GW in installed solar capacity by 2022," said Narasimhan, a former lawmaker.
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The oil industry conference in Houston started with a celebration of higher prices, progress towards drawing down global stockpiles, and optimism about the outlook for shale producers.
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"Lower interest rates would provide more Australians with jobs and assist with achieving more assured progress towards the inflation target," according to the minutes released on Tuesday.
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Progress towards that goal has largely stalled in the last few years and analysts do not expect a single currency to be created for the foreseeable future.
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On the possibility of whether Israel and the Palestinians might be able to make any progress towards a possible peace agreement, he said he was not optimistic.
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Colombia's progress towards peace is reflected in the figures; its second city, Medellín, had a murder rate of 70 in 2011 but no longer features at all.
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"Our investment businesses continue to perform well and activity is high across the group as we continue to progress towards our strategic goals," Chairman Mark Nicholls said.
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I really regret not keeping it in the $400 range, because since cutting my payments in half, I've diminished my progress towards paying off my school debt.
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In the late nineties, Africa was tough territory, while apartheid ended in South Africa, progress towards peace and democracy across the rest of the continent was anemic.
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The British currency has strengthened recently on optimism that Britain and the European Union can make significant progress towards a Brexit deal at an EU leaders summit.
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The Kurdish-led autonomy plans in Syria have advanced as diplomacy has failed to make any progress towards a political solution to the six-year-long war.
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The International Monetary Fund cited the planned laws in May when it praised Saudi Arabia for making progress towards identifying and reducing obstacles to private sector growth.
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So I think what we'll see as we start to make progress towards treatments, towards vaccines, you'll see journalism going much more slowly than social media inevitably.
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"This often results in no budgeting, because it&aposs too frustrating, and no real progress towards goals, since the topic is too sensitive to discuss," he says.
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" —Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook on the progress towards parity in 2016 "The history of mankind tells us that problems are not to be feared.
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With U.S. President Donald Trump seen likely to sign the bill, Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid said this "could risk progress towards a phase one trade deal".
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The second of these—sustained productivity growth—is the difference between a short-lived bout of catch-up that peters out and sustained progress towards high incomes.
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However the Chartered Management Insitute took a much more positive view, saying publication of gender pay gap data was proven to speed up progress towards closing it.
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This is huge news for Waymo in terms of its progress towards bringing a fully self-driving vehicle to customers via a production vehicle or ride-sharing service.
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In other words, it does not seem as though the thing is making much progress towards its goal of exterminating all humans, or like, even climbing over rocks.
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The Carter visit made progress towards 'foundational' agreements to strengthen the partnership with India and allow for technology transfer while protecting the intellectual property of U.S. defense contractors.
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"Turkey has continued to move further away from the European Union," the Commission said in its report on Ankara's progress towards membership, a path formally undertaken in 2005.
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Core euro zone countries see a reduction of banks' exposure to their own country's debt as a condition to progress towards a single banking union in the bloc.
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First Chinese space station planned Both space lab and astronauts are part of China's slow progress towards its eventual goal -- the launch of the first Chinese space station.
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As more rooms in the creepy old mansion are revealed, players collect useful items, encounter melodramatic scares and progress towards an endgame that always involves a sinister twist.
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Because if you hate the new sandwich you ordered, you don't have to get it again — but you'll still have made progress towards making all decisions faster. 3.
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Pinterest has fallen short of its own goal to hire more women in tech roles, despite modest overall progress towards a more diverse workforce in the past year.
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He urged countries to establish baselines and databases so they can measure progress towards reducing the loss of life and economic costs of disaster, and assess future costs.
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The two leaders are expected to discuss trade, with investors looking for clues on whether China and the U.S. can make progress towards ending their ongoing trade war.
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The protest's organizers also released a statement saying that while Google made progress towards addressing their demands, they would "not let up" until all of them were met.
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Although progress towards inclusion would be a net positive for the Saudi stock market, some analysts are cautious about speculative fever trumping fundamentals, which are not particularly supportive.
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In October, with little progress towards any agreement, ICANN said it would take a decision at this week's meeting in Japan, which was widely expected to favor Amazon.com.
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As well as Facebook's ongoing efforts with Oculus Rift, Google recently bought the eye-tracking start-up Eyefluence, to boost its progress towards creating more immersive virtual worlds.
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Progress towards resolving the continuing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state and other security issues were also essential to a free and open Indo-Pacific, he said.
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"Moving forward, we will do everything we can to shake off outside distractions, improve management, and make progress towards our strategic goals," Guo said in his press release.
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However, seeing the outrage over the outing of Smith indicates that we are making progress towards respecting the right of trans folks to live as their authentic selves.
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"We came out feeling like we are making good progress towards addressing the president's concerns and coming to an agreement," the diplomat told a small group of reporters.
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But Zia said Duterte's plan for a federal system has only delayed progress towards peace with Moro insurgents, encouraging the emergence of "a generation of disgruntled young Muslims".
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Miller urged the government to do more to ensure faster progress towards equality, including having women represent at least 45 percent of parliament and local government by 2030.
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China should also resume progress towards a flexible exchange rate, the IMF said, while adding that it assesses the yuan currency to be "broadly in line with fundamentals".
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"Future generations will, no doubt, look back at the missed opportunities for progress towards a healthy, sustainable economy and question why decisive action wasn't taken sooner," Haines said.
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Rise it's called, yeah, but we're trying to establish ... It's a big idea, it's our big bet ... Virginia's world-renowned winery, and we're making good progress towards it.
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Uncertainty over whether any signs of progress towards a resolution of Washington and Beijing's trade war would emerge kept activity among most major sectors muted in early dealings.
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The index was created to pilot Carrefour's progress towards food transition and CSR targets that include 13 goals ranging from reducing waste to healthier eating and gender equality.
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Slow down on saving, but don't go backwardsIt's OK to let your foot off the gas on making progress towards your goals in the early years of parenthood.
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Standard Chartered posted a 46% rise in annual profit on Thursday but warned that the coronavirus will slow progress towards its 10% ROTE (return on tangible equity) target.
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Discovery said the surveys will also be used to generate personalised targets for things like mindfulness and sleep, with users able to earn rewards for progress towards them.
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Chief Executive Oliver Samwer said several of Rocket's companies had made major progress towards breaking even and repeated that three should be profitable by the end of 2017.
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And [in 1995], we were making clear progress towards the two state solution such that the suggestion of moving the embassy to Jerusalem would not be as inflammatory.
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The ability to share all of the information, but still make progress towards being ready for this next opportunity, personally, I think it&aposs helped all of us.
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Furthermore, should it become apparent that FULT is not making the required progress towards compliance with the requirements of the outstanding BSA/AML orders, negative rating pressure may develop.
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"ChemChina and Syngenta have made significant progress towards achieving the necessary regulatory approvals and closing the transaction," Syngenta announced Wednesday, noting it had won approvals from 13 regulatory authorities.
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However, as frustration builds over the slow progress towards accession, there are more and more voices who say Georgia should cut its losses and seek rapprochement with Moscow instead.
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On Tuesday it reported progress towards that goal as the quarterly absolute loss at its main start-ups fell 23 percent on the previous year to 140 million euros.
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"Turkey has continued to move further away from the European Union," the Commission said in its annual report on Ankara's progress towards membership, a path formally undertaken in 2005.
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But the survey sheds new light on the struggles of Arab men in the four countries studied (Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine) and how they hinder progress towards equality.
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The MILF has denounced extremists and said disillusionment over slow progress towards devolution was a factor behind a 2017 occupation of Marawi City by rebels loyal to Islamic State.
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ArcelorMittal said its net debt decreased to $10.5 billion from $11.1 billion in March and added it expected to accelerate progress towards its net debt target of $6 billion.
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"Although dementia research is still desperately underfunded, increased commitments from government and charities are boosting UK research efforts and contributing to faster global progress towards a much needed cure."
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Reflecting progress towards its targets, by the middle of last year the group was already the second biggest grain exporter from Argentina, one of the world's top food producers.
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"Across the world, we see a worrying resurgence of authoritarian politics that is undermining progress towards a more open and inclusive society," stated Omidyar Network Managing Partner Matt Bannick.
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Years of progress towards European Union standards in human rights, freedom of expression and the rule of law are being reversed in Turkey, an EU official warned in April.
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She acknowledged that it might not be possible to get every single relative detail on a label, something that has slowed down Denmark's progress towards making a universal system.
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But if there's enough progress towards a deal on Qatar, Trump would surely be tempted to brand it that way and claim the leading hand in defusing the tensions.
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Israel has a right to defend itself against acts of terror that set back any progress towards peace and will only serve to inflame the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
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Progress towards resolving the continuing humanitarian in crisis in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state and other security issues were also essential to a free and open Indo-Pacific, he said.
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After meeting German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Le Maire said they had also made progress towards achieving a compromise position on plans for a digital services tax.
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" Haywood, in his statement Sunday said: "I was never misled by Greensill, GFG or the Scottish Government on the prospect of or progress towards a potential Scottish government guarantee.
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"This in-game tournament series will have a persistent leaderboard where players can track their progress towards becoming the Seasonal Champion in each of the server regions," Epic says.
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It proposes more geopolitical autonomy, a greener and more thrusting economy, deeper political structures, more cohesion and more "realism" about progress towards liberal values in central and eastern Europe.
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Progress towards the resumption of beef export is a welcome development for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government as it looks to export agricultural products as a new growth driver.
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The U.S.-China trade dispute also continued to cast a shadow on the global economy, despite claims of progress towards a deal, leaving unanswered questions over future oil demand.
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Only the EAC has made significant progress towards a common market and Gerrishon Ikiara, a Kenyan economist specialising in development and policy, says it should be the role model.
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U.S. and Chinese trade representatives extended talks scheduled for Monday and Tuesday into a third day, as the two sides reportedly made progress towards resolving their long-running trade dispute.
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OPEC+ ministers have not decided on further action, but a recommendation by all the members of the JTC, which includes Saudi Arabia and Russia, would signal progress towards a decision.
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Washington has voiced concern about Russia's "malign influence" in Macedonia and elsewhere in the Western Balkans, accusing it of trying to undermine governments and block their progress towards international integration.
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"In that sense, I want to firmly make progress towards resolving (this matter)," Kono said outside the Chinese capital of Beijing, in comments carried live on Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
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"Today," the Miss America website says, "Yolande feels her actions have been pivotal in directing pageant progress towards recognizing intellect, values and leadership abilities, rather than focusing on beauty alone."
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Foxconn said in a statement on the weekend that there was no firm date to sign a deal with Sharp as both sides continued to make progress towards an agreement.
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Macedonia, which won independence from former Yugoslavia in 1991, has made little progress towards membership of the European Union and the NATO alliance due to a name dispute with Greece.
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"Giving people enough money to live on with no strings attached" is necessary to achieve true "equality of opportunity" and could "eventually make real progress towards eliminating poverty," Altman wrote.
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It projects revenues of €1.3 billion in 2019 to "make additional progress towards EBITDA break-even" (which sounds like it will continue to operate at a loss in the year).
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A group of European researchers, Climate Action Tracker, tracks countries' progress towards the globally agreed aim of limiting warming to well below 2C and a more ambitious target of 1.5C.
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As it relates to GE's leverage targets, as the Company has previously stated during 2Q earnings, it expects to make significant progress towards these goals by the end of 2020.
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Globally, those living without electricity dropped to about 234 million in 22017 from 240 billion in 440, said a report tracking progress towards a global goal on energy for 261.
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Ant and MoneyGram said in a joint statement they have made progress towards obtaining regulatory approvals, including winning U.S. antitrust clearance and are confident the deal will close this year.
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Until fairly recently, gathering information about maternal mortality has been difficult and inconsistent, so making progress towards standardization of data collection is a welcome step toward improving outcomes for women.
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Abe said he wanted to make progress towards talks over a peace treaty and joint economic activities in the four disputed Russian-held islands off Japan's northern region of Hokkaido.
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"We've been making steady progress towards a goal of launching Uber Air by 2023," Eric Allison, head of Uber Elevate, said at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
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Credit Suisse has made good progress towards its strategic targets, as it expects to have achieved CHF1.6bn net cost savings in 2016 compared to the 2015 cost base (constant currency).
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The State Department's 2015 Fiscal Transparency Report concludes that Haiti has not made significant progress towards meeting minimum requirements for fiscal transparency, including in the management of natural resource revenues.
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In Madrid, the administration of climate-change skeptic U.S. President Donald Trump was widely viewed as having hampered progress towards implementing the Paris accord - from which it plans to exit.
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"We are seeing that this is really a commercial discussion and that, while there are clearly a lot of moving parts, progress towards a sensible solution is possible," he said.
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The idea of filing "taxes on a postcard" should be a central goal to tax reform and would represent real and meaningful progress towards a more simple and fair system.
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Separately, the UK has introduced its own plans for a "digital services tax" in light of the OECD's "painfully slow" progress towards tax reform, due to be implemented in April 2020.
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"We are pleased that the NSC recognizes the VEP is in dire need of more transparency and oversight, and we believe today's announcement makes significant progress towards these objectives," she said.
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The court has ordered the government to report every few months on its progress towards either preparing a new tender or taking over the payment of social grants within a year.
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"A declaration of national emergency can unite the Congress and make rapid progress towards legislation that is much needed, overdue and essential in correcting the horrifying course of this national crisis."
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But most importantly, the international sanctions regime against North Korea is unlikely to be lifted until the country is deemed to have made sufficient progress towards giving up its nuclear programme.
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" He cited "great progress towards making our posts safer since 22012" and said "our priority continues to be carrying out our national security mission while mitigating the risks to our employees.
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Germany is to push for progress towards a European army by advocating a joint headquarters and shared military assets, according to defence plans that could ricochet into Britain's EU referendum campaign.
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Strong U.S. jobs data in October showed continued progress towards the Fed's goals, two policymakers have said, with both supporting an interest rate hike at the central bank's meeting in December.
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Trading was generally muted as investors were cautious and waiting for any signs of progress towards a resolution of Washington and Beijing's trade dispute ahead of talks at the G20 summit.
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Earlier that day, he had already announced a new program that would help his employees register to vote, progress towards a goal of hiring more veterans and a hunger relief initiative.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Relations between Arab states and Israel need to shift to help progress towards peace with the Palestinians, a senior United Arab Emirates official was quoted on Thursday as saying.
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Over in South Korea, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. wants to see Kim Jong Un making progress towards the denuclearization before the end of Trump&aposs first term.
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"I will spare no effort to help make progress towards a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution for Western Sahara," Ban said, according to the social media account of his spokesperson.
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Given their penchant for self-admiration, they might actually get along just enough to move past their war of words and progress towards mutual security and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
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"It's true the two countries appear to be making some progress towards a solution, and that markets are taking this positively," BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda told a news conference on Thursday.
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While progress towards greener cars may stall in the United States, Beijing has proposed requiring 8 percent of automakers' sales to be battery electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2018.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers on Wednesday were debating Prime Minister Theresa May's progress towards securing a Brexit deal and will have the opportunity to challenge her approach and vote on alternatives.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's progress towards life outside the European Union became more entangled on Friday, with divisions deepening over Northern Ireland's border and even the type of divorce Britain actually wants.
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The recently published report, Progress towards Regional Measles Elimination -- Worldwide, 2000-2017, in the World Health Organization Weekly Epidemiological Record shows that over 109,000 vaccine-preventable deaths still occurred last year.
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LONDON, March 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Growing online abuse of women and girls is threatening global progress towards gender equality, the inventor of the web Tim Berners-Lee said on Thursday.
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In fact, China should be updating its own nationally-determined contribution because it is well ahead of schedule in making progress towards its target and could peak its emissions before 2030.
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" — Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on the progress towards parity in 2016 "See, technology itself will not determine the future we get, our choices will.
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On Sundays, he takes a few hours to have a "financial date " with himself, where he keeps track of his spending and savings and checks in on his progress towards goals.
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The Negative Outlook reflects Fitch's assessment that political risks for effective economic policy making and implementation, higher growth and progress towards EU accession remain, despite the formation of a new government.
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Bosnia has made some progress towards fulfilling conditions for the Membership Action Plan, the forerunner to full NATO membership, but Bosnian Serbs have dragged their feet on meeting the remaining terms.
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LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Squint hard, and it's possible to interpret the latest headlines involving Renault and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles as progress towards reviving the carmakers' 33 billion euro merger.
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"With steady progress towards elimination over the past 2 years, it is of particular concern that measles cases are climbing in Europe," WHO Regional Director for Europe Dr. Zsuzsanna Jakab said.
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The Korean fans' enthusiasm for Saturday's game was not dampened by the scoreline, as many saw it marking progress towards peace on the Korean peninsula and hundreds of spectators waved unification flags.
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"For it to be done in South Africa, a country which has become an international beacon of hope for its progress towards racial reconciliation, is a matter of profound regret," he said.
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"If no progress towards a deal is made in December, investors are likely to price a significantly higher risk of no deal," said Jan Bopp, asset allocation strategist at J Safra Sarasin.
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Battling the biggest crisis of his tenure, Muilenburg said the company was making steady progress towards getting approval for new software as questions linger over the safety of its fastest-selling airplane.
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A provincial forestry official in south-western Yunnan province—the site of many protected areas—privately predicts that infighting will persist and that progress towards a more orderly system will be slow.
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"Most importantly, we need to see progress towards appointing a new executive team with the necessary skill set and experience to manage a company of Sports Direct's size and scale," he said.
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But the profession's progress towards cracking them is in large part because of this year's recipients of the Nobel prize for economic sciences, Paul Romer (pictured, right) and William Nordhaus (pictured, left).
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LONDON (Reuters) - Progress towards oil-market rebalancing and the need for an extension of production cuts by OPEC and non-OPEC countries has become the most contentious issue in the oil market.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China can continue to make progress towards a floating exchange rate over time without a major disruptions to the yuan's value, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday.
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That narrow vote was in favour of a change to a piece of legislation to add a requirement that ministers make fortnightly reports on progress towards re-establishing Northern Ireland's collapsed executive.
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Evernote has been more successful at making progress towards Stepan's dreams than he could have imagined, but Stepan and I both think that there is more to explore and more to invent.
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"We expect another year of solid progress towards the group's trading margin and returns objectives despite the headwinds at Specialised Nutrition resulting from a contraction in China baby food," wrote brokerage Liberum.
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"Progress towards a trade deal supports our overweight on global equities and our preference for offshore Chinese equities in Asia portfolios," strategists at the UBS Chief Investment Office said in a note.
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The renewed push on the TPP has somewhat overshadowed progress towards the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), championed by Beijing, and which members hope to sign by the end of the year.
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"As we make progress towards resolving several previously disclosed regulatory compliance investigations, we expect to recognise additional provisions in the 2H13 result," Chief Executive Andrew Thorburn said in a statement, without elaborating.
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Eight years after my initial diagnosis with a panic disorder, I have made a kind of fitful progress towards peace, managing my condition, more or less, with medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy.
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The pan-European STOXX 0.63 was flat in percentage terms at its close as investors waited to see whether the United States and China could make progress towards resolving their trade conflict.
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"According to every metric we care about on the ground in the early states, we are definitely making progress towards doing very well in February," spokesman Alex Conant said in an interview.
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NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Growing inequality and climate change will not only derail progress towards global sustainability goals but threaten human existence, leading scientists said at the United Nations on Wednesday.
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"Across the world, we see a worrying resurgence of authoritarian politics that is undermining progress towards a more open and inclusive society," Omidyar Network Managing Partner Matt Bannick said in a press release.
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It is reasonable to expect that an extended period of low interest rates will be required in Australia to make progress in reducing unemployment and achieve more assured progress towards the inflation target.
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In their annual reports on western Balkan countries that have yet to join, published on November 9th, the European Commission said none had made much progress towards adhering to the EU's membership standards.
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Apple made progress towards a more independent smartwatch with last year's fitness-focused and newly swim-proof Apple Watch Series 2, which added GPS, so runners, cyclists, and swimmers could track their routes.
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"We're excited to further support and build interdisciplinary collaborations that will accelerate progress towards a first draft of the Human Cell Atlas," said CZI's head of science Cori Bargmann in a press release.
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They also endorsed a requirement for ministers to make fortnightly reports on progress towards re-establishing Northern Ireland's collapsed, devolved executive and to give lawmakers an opportunity to debate and approve those reports.
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Prime Minister Denis Zvizdic said he hoped that political disagreements in Bosnia's Serb-dominated region and in the autonomous Bosniak and Croat federation would not block or slow down progress towards EU accession.
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BHP Billiton, the miner, is making progress towards its demanding goal of achieving gender balance by 2025, helped by the fact that bonuses for senior staff are tied to advances towards the objective.
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The discussion will come a day before May is expected to head to Brussels for a summit at which she is hoping to make progress towards a Brexit deal with the European Union.
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With the Arab world focused elsewhere, America in the throes of a presidential race and progress towards a two-state solution halted, they may see no other way to capture the world's attention.
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"Now, it's more important than ever that the two sides return to the negotiating table and recommit to achieving progress towards a comprehensive, enforceable agreement," said Neil Bradley, the Chamber's chief policy officer.
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The need is pressing, with a report on progress towards global energy goals this week showing only 30 percent of Somalis had access to electricity in 2016, up from 20 percent in 2010.
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"His condition is guarded and he will remain in the I.C.U. for the coming days, but he is making good progress towards recovery," his wife, Tiffany Ortiz, said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Progress towards "normalizing" relations foundered in 2012 when a long simmering feud over a barren set of islands claimed by both China and Japan boiled over in public protests and threats of retaliation.
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But the latest round of failed talks highlights once more that they brought very little in the way of progress towards disarming North Korea, or even slowing the progress of its nuclear programme.
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The issues were hindering further progress towards securing a financial system architecture appropriate to ensure stability, Stournaras, who is also Governor of the Central Bank of Greece, said in a speech in Athens.
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As with hiring, progress towards artist representation in major cultural institutions, remains slow — and in the meantime, people of color continue to feel unwelcome in art spaces in which they are not represented.
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While conservatives yearn for the buttoned-down, whitewashed '50's, liberals long for the decades following, when we had the illusion we were making mighty progress towards peace, love, and equality for all.
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Bosnian Serb, Bosnian Croat and Muslim Bosniak leaders have heated up nationalist rhetoric recently, launching election campaigns unusually early and halting reforms needed for Bosnia to progress towards membership of the EU and NATO.
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OSAKA (Reuters) - Japan and the United States agreed on Friday to hold working-level meetings intensively from early next month to accelerate progress towards a two-way trade agreement, Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said.
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On the International Day of the Girl, VICE Impact revisits last month's inaugural Global Goals Awards—a ceremony to reward individuals, campaigns and initiatives that have demonstrated progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
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"Our growth came from all facets of the business ... and we made progress towards the stabilization of our North American business despite continued softness in the makeup category," Chief Executive Officer Fabrizio Freda said.
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At a meeting in Poland this month to monitor progress towards slowing climate change, India claimed it would meet the goals it set in the 2015 Paris accord ahead of the deadline of 2030.
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International development minister Penny Mordaunt said progress towards a global goal of eliminating FGM by 2030 was "at a critical juncture" with thousands of African communities already abandoning the practice thanks to grassroots campaigns.
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"Given this backdrop, and the potential for an oil-freeze deal this month, the global supply-demand imbalance is likely to fade as we progress towards the latter part of this year," Razaqzada added.
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If firms seek patient capital, they should broadcast the information that these investors require; a well-articulated, long-term vision, along with metrics that allow markets and stakeholders to evaluate progress towards that vision.
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The indictment alleges that students who enrolled "knew that they would not attend any actual classes, earn credits or make academic progress towards an actual degree," but enrolled only to remain in the country.
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Misogynists feed each other this stuff online because it makes them feel like righteous victims of feminism instead of privileged people who have to make concessions if we are to make progress towards equality.
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Instead, my pledge to you today is that my administration, with your help, will make steady and deliberate progress towards achieving the hopes and aspirations that you cherish in your heart for Mama Liberia.
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RBS gave no update on the progress towards a settlement but said it continues to expect one will be reached this year despite uncertainty on whether formal negotiations on the matter have even started.
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So as soon as there's any progress towards a vaccine, there'll be tweets that go viral and get people extremely excited before there's a story, because the reporters will be going more slowly, right?
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The federal police and elite Interior Ministry units known as Rapid Response have made quick progress towards western Mosul in a sweep from the south through hilly desert terrain since fighting resumed on Sunday.
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Some diplomats and activists say it is a test of progress towards full democracy under the administration of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in a country where the military still wields considerable influence.
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Unfortunately for Mr Kim and Mr Moon, the sanctions are unlikely to be eased until North Korea is deemed by America and the UN to have made sufficient progress towards giving up its nuclear weapons.
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In an eight-day meeting that began on Monday at U.N. headquarters in New York, 47 countries will review their progress towards six of the 17 SDGs, including one that calls for inclusive, sustainable cities.
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"We need to make sure all of our health surveys and electronic health records collect information on sexual orientation and transgender identity in order to track our progress towards eliminating LGBT health disparities," he said.
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Sadly in this debate, emotion has eclipsed reason and seemingly contradictory assertions, namely "woman means adult human female" and "trans women are women" are hurled back and forth without any progress towards a shared position.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Rapid population growth in some of Africa's poorest countries could put at risk future progress towards reducing global poverty and improving health, according to a report by the philanthropic foundation of Bill Gates.
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But putting the brakes on research may impose real costs: not just the annual toll taken by malaria and other killers before an answer is found, but also slower progress towards making gene drives safer.
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GFG said it was making progress towards break-even on its adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), after its loss ticked up to 3.2 million euro ($3.55 million) in the second quarter.
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Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte expects to make progress towards a deal with the EU in talks with Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at a G20 meeting in Osaka, Japan, this week, two government sources said.
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Bosnia has made some progress towards fulfilling the conditions for its Membership Action Plan (MAP), the fore court for the alliance's full membership; but Bosnian Serbs are dragging their feet on meeting the remaining terms.
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NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's Supreme Court heard the appeal on Tuesday of two Reuters journalists imprisoned for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, in a case that has raised questions about Myanmar's progress towards democracy.
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That would be a loss of face for China, because the IMF only recently marked the yuan's progress towards convertibility by including it in the basket of currencies that make up its Special Drawing Rights.
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Bulgaria has made scant progress towards stamping out graft and organized crime, and the European Commission, the EU's executive, has repeatedly rebuked the Black Sea country for failing to prosecute and sentence allegedly corrupt officials.
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"The President asked us to plan a trip that would help unite the world against intolerance and terrorism and we have made great progress towards that goal in Saudi Arabia," Kushner wrote in his statement.
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If passed, the Bill would effectively block Johnson proroguing Parliament, by obliging MPs to sit for a number of days in October for debates on the government's progress towards restoring a government in Northern Ireland.
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"As we begin the second full year of our transformation journey, I'm pleased with our progress towards becoming a more focused, more franchised and more efficient company," CEO Greg Creed said in a statement Wednesday.
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Robredo, who was elected separately to Duterte, has long been a critic of his flagship campaign, arguing that thousands of urban poor have been killed, with no sign of progress towards dismantling major drugs networks.
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Investor sentiment remained buoyed last week as both the United States and China hinted that progress towards the "phase one" trade pact was in good shape and was likely to be signed towards mid-November.
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Southeast Asian states had hoped to make progress towards finalising the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) - comprising 16 countries that account for a third of global gross domestic product and nearly half the worlds population.
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Matthew Stafford is still sidelined with a back injury, but even if he was making progress towards a potential return on Sunday, I wouldn't trust the Lions after how they handled his injury last week.
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OPEC will review progress towards its goal of eliminating excess global inventories at its next regular meeting in June, but ministers have downplayed suggestions the review could lead to an early exit from the accord.
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We've made meaningful progress towards accessibility in this country; technological innovations, curbs cuts, accessible government buildings and websites, as well as services allowing people with disabilities to live in their communities rather than be institutionalized.
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Many have shown a willingness to support serious Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and to take steps on the path to normalization of relations – including public meetings -- providing there is meaningful progress towards a two state solution.
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Lawmakers voted 294 to 293 on Tuesday in favour of a change to legislation passing through parliament which would require the government to make fortnightly reports on progress towards re-establishing Northern Ireland's collapsed executive.
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The best way to make sure you make progress towards your 2020 goals is to be specific about what you want to achieve, said Maura Cassidy, vice president of retirement and small business at Fidelity.
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Here's our conversation, edited for length and clarity: I read the Open AI LP announcement, where you've stated your intent was to raise billions of dollars in order to make progress towards artificial general intelligence.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron made clear that a ceasefire was the basis for progress towards a political solution in the framework of the U.N.-led Geneva peace process, the German spokesman said.
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On March 22nd the UN's Human Rights Council in Geneva, which issued a remarkably tough resolution in 2015 that lambasted the previous government and proposed most of the measures listed above, will assess progress towards reconciliation.
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland could have a government in place by next week, a senior minister from acting prime minister Enda Kenny's party said on Friday after it made some progress towards breaking a prolonged political deadlock.
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Media reports on Sunday suggested that some Conservative lawmakers wanted Leadsom and other candidates to stand aside so that May could be installed quickly in Downing Street to establish stability and start making progress towards Brexit.
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"This measure will be tracked over time, with reviews every five years to ensure Shell is progressing in line with societal progress towards the carbon footprint reduction required to meet the Paris goals," the company said.
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Many have shown a willingness to support serious Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and to take steps on the path to normalization to relations, including public meetings, providing there is a meaningful progress towards a two-state solution.
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"There's no doubt that our country needs to continue this progress towards making sure that everybody gets access to health care that you need, when you need it, at a price you can afford," he said.
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The blue-chip index joined a global stocks rally triggered by signals from Washington and Beijing that they had made progress towards resolving a nearly 13.7-month-long trade war that has roiled the global economy.
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Euro zone finance ministers pencilled in an extraordinary meeting on Thursday to sign off on the deal with Athens and discuss Greek debt relief, but the meeting was cancelled because of insufficient progress towards a deal.
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"(But) even though a majority of countries reformed their gasoline taxes, progress towards higher taxes at a global level was thwarted by a shift in consumption towards countries that had subsidies or lower taxes," they wrote.
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Cornyn's staff said Thursday that there has been progress towards a bipartisan deal to resolve this dispute in the "last 21625 hours," according to Paul Gionfriddo, president of Mental Health America, who was in the meetings.
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"We came out feeling like we are making good progress towards addressing the president's concerns and coming (up) to an agreement," the first European diplomat told a small group of reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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But while both Britain and cash-strapped Toshiba seek to accelerate progress towards a deal, state-owned KEPCO will not be able to move faster, the people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.
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The issue has become one of the biggest sticking points in any progress towards peace, complicated by differing wording of documents between the United States and the Taliban, and the United States and the Afghan government.
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"We expect to see progress towards securing a transitional deal (on leaving the European Union) in the coming months and that should be constructive for sterling," said Lee Hardman, a currency strategist at MUFJ in London.
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Investors were also taking positions ahead of a meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC members in Russia on Monday at which they will discuss compliance with agreed production cuts and progress towards rebalancing an oversupplied market.
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The bank, which is also the largest Irish operator in the British market, increased its cost reduction target by 50 million euros to €1.65 billion by 224, having made far faster progress towards that original goal.
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The bank, which is also the largest Irish operator in the British market, increased its cost reduction target by 50 million euros to 1.65 billion by 224, having made far faster progress towards that original goal.
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RATING SENSITIVITIES VR, IDRs and SENIOR DEBT Credit Suisse: Credit Suisse's VR is based on our expectation that continued progress towards its strategic goals should improve the earnings profile of the bank and optimise capital usage.
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But Wheeler has brought a level of stability to the agency that didn't exist under Pruitt, keeping a relatively low profile while continuing to make progress towards meeting the Trump administration's policy goals for the agency.
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" — Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on the progress towards parity in 2016 "When you encourage folks and you have willing people that are dedicated, look at what you can do.
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The central bank is all but certain to keep policy unchanged but may tweak its communication stance to offer at least a few clues about its progress towards ending its unprecedented bond purchases later this year.
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Some Western diplomats and rights groups say it is a test of progress towards full democracy under the administration of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in a country where the military still wields considerable influence.
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MADRID, April 3 (Reuters) - The euro zone countries must make progress towards agreeing on a common European deposit scheme as part of its plans to strengthen its banking sector, Spain's Economy Minister Roman Escolano, said on Tuesday.
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It's really, really worth staying on top of your eggs and incubating them as soon as you get them; that way as you're wandering around catching Pokémon, you'll also be making progress towards hatching a new critter.
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Speaking to reporters on Monday, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said China reneged on previous agreements over the weekend, undermining progress towards a detailed trade agreement between the world's two largest economies.
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The Balkan, formerly communist country is the poorest as well as one of the most corrupt countries in the EU, which it joined in 2007, and has made scant progress towards stamping out graft and organized crime.
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In a speech that did not mention monetary policy or the economy, Deputy Governor Lynn Patterson said the Bank of Canada is making progress towards the creation of a new risk-free Canadian dollar interest rate benchmark.
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According to CNN, IAEA Deputy Director General Mikhail Chudakov confirmed earlier this year Saudi Arabia has made "significant progress" towards building an infrastructure for nuclear power, while Kelley said the next phase will require intensive international inspections.
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In his testimony to the United States International Trade Commission, Mike Brown, president of the NCC, stated his support for the deal but expressed disappointment at the slow progress towards lifting Canadian quotas on American chicken exports.
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Acting Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny failed for the third time to be re-elected in a parliamentary vote on Thursday but made some progress towards breaking the political deadlock created by an inconclusive Feb.
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Diplomatic efforts have made scant progress towards ending a war now approaching its eighth year, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people and forced half the pre-war Syrian population of 23 million from their homes.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Friday the coalition parties had made great progress towards securing a deal on a reform promoted by the League party that will give greater powers to the regions.
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BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - New York has said it will become the first city to report its progress towards U.N. global development goals, underscoring the growing importance of urban centers in combating poverty, inequality and climate change.
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But after months of failing to make much progress towards slowing North Korea's nuclear ambitions with tough talk, it remains to be seen how the Trump administration will respond as Kim's regime continues to push the envelope.
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"It becomes much easier for countries to progress towards a 'cashless society', and governments can get rid of the hassle of coins, reduce the cost of printing money, reduce the threat of counterfeit notes, etc," said Suchy.
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The Chinese currency rallied to its strongest level in three months earlier this week as Beijing and Washington appeared to progress towards sealing a "phase one" agreement to dial back a damaging 16-month long trade war.
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The president's bareknuckle New York businessman approach to international affairs and his apparent disdain for process norms broke the mold and created diplomatic space that made progress towards a peaceful solution seem possible, even if still improbable.
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The United States held peace negotiations with the Taliban in Qatar that ended with signs of progress towards the withdrawal of thousands of foreign troops from Afghanistan and an end to more than 17 years of war.
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He made a commitment, and we're very hopeful that over the coming weeks and months we can make substantial progress towards that and put the North Korean people on a trajectory towards a brighter future very quickly.
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Iraqi federal police and elite interior ministry units known as Rapid Response have made rapid progress towards western Mosul in a sweep from the south through stony desert terrain since launching the offensive's second phase on Sunday.
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The test flight it flew today marks considerable progress towards that goal, since it also included onboard commercial test freight, including test packages from Astro Digital, the Center for Applied Space Technology and NASA's Ames Research Center.
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Equally critical is SDP research at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) that has led to important breakthroughs in treatment, management, and to real progress towards a cure for Type 2628 diabetes.
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Last week, rating agency Standard & Poor's raised Bulgaria's long-term foreign currency rating to BBB/A-21.7739 from BBB-/A-3 with positive outlook, pointing its strong fiscal and external position and its progress towards euro adoption.
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Further adding to the upbeat sentiment, the U.S. Trade Representative's office released a statement saying U.S. and Chinese negotiators had held "productive" talks in Washington, fuelling hopes that both nations were making progress towards a trade deal.
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HIIG has been tasked with optimising allocation of state-owned capital, speeding up integration of production and research, encouraging innovation, driving progress towards higher-value industries and services, promoting state-owned enterprises reform and restructuring state-owned assets.
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The veteran diplomat has made clear from the talks' outset that lack of trust is the main obstacle to progress towards peace in Syria, where hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced since 2011.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. expert has called for the United States and other powers to put human rights firmly on the agenda of their talks with North Korea, saying it would help make any progress towards denuclearisation "sustainable".
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In Mexico, some of the pessimism palpable in late December has given way to cautious optimism that progress towards a deal is possible in Montreal if the Trump administration is prepared to give ground on its toughest proposals.
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At the time of the last extension, Noble had said it had made good progress towards completing the restructuring but the timeline was delayed "due to the additional time required to fully address all concerns of the regulators".
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Boris Johnson, a former foreign secretary who helped lead the 22016 Brexit referendum campaign, continued his progress towards the top job on Thursday when he trounced his rivals again in the race to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May.
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But it fell 0.3 percent against the euro as signs of progress towards a new German government and rising expectations that the European Central Bank will start unwinding its policy stimulus triggered a broad round of euro buying.
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Mr Kim could hold out the prospect of never deploying such weapons in return for the lifting of some sanctions and progress towards the peace treaty that he hopes might eventually lead to the departure of American troops.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The British pound pulled back from six-week highs on Tuesday as traders booked profits and investors struck a more cautious note about progress towards a Brexit deal ahead of a European Union summit this week.
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Another thing that didn't appear amid the partisan jabs was any real indication that Congress is on its way to making meaningful progress towards curbing Google and other tech giants' power or passing legislation that protects consumer privacy.
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"The Fed is teasing investors by inserting language to suggest they need just a little bit more evidence of progress towards its objectives," said Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.
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"As room for more cuts on the interest rate corridor narrows and we progress towards an end, the central bank is supporting monetary easing with reserve requirements and other tools," said Muammer Komurcuoglu, an economist at Is Investment.
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The former US leader, who counts Merkel as among his closest political friends and allies, warned that "progress" towards universal health care made during his presidency was in peril as Republicans try to repeal his signature domestic achievement.
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But on March 17th, George Osborne rummaged around for a rabbit in his post-budget hat, and revealed progress towards a new VAT arrangement with the EU that would give him the freedom to ditch the hated tax.
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"The progress towards reconciliation, which ultimately is what we want, a political end to the war — which will enable a political end to the war — is perhaps one of the greatest successes of the strategy so far," Gen.
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Robredo is a political rival of the popular Duterte and has long been a critic of his flagship campaign, arguing that thousands of urban poor have been killed, with no sign of progress towards dismantling major drugs networks.
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BEIRUT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Lebanon's outgoing Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri met President Michel Aoun on Thursday without announcing progress towards forming a new government, as banking sources said most financial transfers out of the country remained blocked.
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"This report demonstrates continued progress towards ending homelessness, but also a need to recalibrate policy to make future efforts more effective and aligned with the unique needs of different communities," HUD Secretary Ben Carson said in the report.
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However, his term in office has also seen the agreement of a formal peace settlement with Renamo and progress towards the development of massive offshore gas projects with the potential to transform one of Africa's least developed nations.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A high-level advisory group to the European Commission has recommended that the incoming executive should push for a global carbon pricing system to speed up progress towards net-zero emissions by mid-century.
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"In the past 10 years or so, the lack of progress towards universal suffrage has improved participation over the last three district council elections," said Kenneth Chan, an expert on politics and governance at Hong Kong Baptist University.
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" Booker proposes encouraging local governments to prioritize the development of new affordable housing by denying more than $16 billion in annual federal infrastructure and transportation funding to cities that aren't "demonstrating progress towards reducing barriers to affordable housing.
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Last week, Trump said the U.S. could walk away from a trade deal with China if it were not good enough, even as his economic advisers touted "fantastic" progress towards an agreement to end the dispute with Beijing.
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The truncated schedule comes after US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday that China had reneged on previous commitments in recent days, undermining progress towards a detailed trade deal between the two countries.
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The company also said it squeezed out more than $285 million in savings by the end of last year, making progress towards its goal of reducing net general and administrative costs by $25 million by the end of 24.
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Though there has been some progress towards reform in recent decades, it's been tenuous at best, and bin Salman himself allegedly consolidated his power in a crackdown on other rivals in the ruling clique rife with allegations of torture.
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Trump will seek quick progress towards a bilateral trade agreement with Japan in place of the TPP deal he abandoned this week, when Abe visits the White House next month, an official in the Trump administration said on Thursday.
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Bulgaria has seen steady economic growth on his watch and some improvements in infrastructure, mostly funded by the EU, but has made scant progress towards stamping out graft, jailing corrupt officials and businessmen and overhauling an inefficient, creaking judiciary.
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As 3D printers continue their slow crawl from being an expensive prototyping tool used by large companies to an affordable appliance that every home needs, this new approach is important progress towards making these printers genuinely useful to everyone.
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The new Defense Business Board 22019 report casts doubts on Pentagon claims that it is making progress towards being able to pass an audit, something it has failed to do since 1990, when it was first required by law.
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The European Central Bank is all but certain to keep policy unchanged on Thursday but may tweak its communication stance to offer at least a few clues about its progress towards ending its unprecedented bond purchases later this year.
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A Germany that fully accepted and expressed its European vocation is indispensable to any overall progress towards revitalizing the EU and NATO and the process of European integration from which it has been perhaps the chief beneficiary since 1945.
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"The progress towards reconciliation, which ultimately is what we want, a political end to the war — which will enable a political end to the war — is perhaps one of the greatest successes of the strategy so far," Nicholson said.
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At a time when bipartisanship and progress towards meaningful legislation are scarce commodities in Washington, it is very encouraging that 2018 is shaping up to be the year when America's music laws will be updated for the 21st century.
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The home screen contains a breakdown of your day logging the amount of time you've spent resting, sitting, and doing low-, medium-, and high-intensity activities, and tracks progress towards your daily exercise goal (which you designate during setup).
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"With Obamacare on the verge of collapse, it is critical that the House passes the AHCA (healthcare bill) today and we continue to make progress towards repealing and replacing Obamacare," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told a news briefing.
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MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday there were reasons to be hopeful about the situation in North Korea, especially given progress towards talks between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump.
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The CSW is key to building momentum ahead of two huge forums to advance women's rights and spur progress towards gender equality to be held by U.N. Women in Mexico in May and in Paris in July, she said.
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What they're saying: "[F]or now the latest headlines suggest progress towards a meaningful agreement, which is enough to boost risk appetite," Kathy Lien, managing director of FX strategy at BK Asset Management, says in a note to clients.
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They climbed Hawksbill Summit both to celebrate progress towards cleaner air in our national parks and park communities, and to highlight the remaining challenges and opportunities to achieve truly clean air for our parks, their visitors, and their neighbors.
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The single currency clawed back some of those losses as the day progressed but Italy continued to overshadow Germany's progress towards a new government — its Social Democrats on Sunday having decisively backed a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.
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An MSCI top executive told Reuters Tuesday that China's progress towards full inclusion of its stocks in global benchmarks could stop in its tracks, if it continues to tighten capital controls and prevent people from moving money out of the country.
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"Over the last 27 months, with steadfast dedication, commitment and creativity, Mr. Eide helped the two leaders make unprecedented progress towards reaching a viable and sustainable solution to the decades old dispute," U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said in a statement.
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A Myanmar judge on Monday found the two journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the Southeast Asian country.
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Investec analyst Owen Callan said the results were a "mixed bag", while analysts at Davy Stockbrokers said the challenging NIM environment would be the main area of focus despite progress towards the bank's medium term targets, including a dividend increase.
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"Progress towards an eventual resolution that ends with both sides removing the tariffs enacted since Trump became US president and perhaps going further with a broad US-China trade deal remains far off," wrote Berenberg's Holger Schmieding and Kallum Pickering.
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BERLIN, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The German government welcomes any progress towards an orderly Brexit, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday, as British Prime Minister Theresa May tries to convince senior ministers on Wednesday to accept a draft European Union divorce deal.
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Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were found guilty in September of violating the country's Official Secrets Act, in a case that has raised questions about Myanmar's progress towards democracy and sparked an outcry from human rights advocates.
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Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were found guilty in September after a trial at a Yangon district court in a case that has raised questions about Myanmar's progress towards democracy and triggered an outcry from diplomats and human rights advocates.
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Creating opportunities for others and making improvements to the way of life for people in Mumbai may be a much larger task, but every step counts, and when we move together we make much more progress towards that finish line.
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The rest of the money being raised through an offer to existing shareholders will be used to support work on Scarborough, the SNE oil project off Senegal, and progress towards a final investment decision on the Browse field off Western Australia.
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Opel's rebound was driven by a 28 percent reduction in fixed costs such as marketing expenses, as well as strong progress towards a manufacturing cost savings target per vehicle of 700 euros - estimated by Evercore's Ellinghorst at 200-250 euros.
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"These top-line results, coupled with our positive cash flow from operations, reflect our progress towards achieving positive free cash flow in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017," said Dylan Smith, Box co-founder and CFO, in a statement.
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In a speech in London on Friday after returning from a trip to China, Jacques said that progress towards a more sustainable economy and a rise in the use of electric cars could create a surge in demand for copper.
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The coalition included the amnesty among measures to fund costly electoral promises which are set to sharply lift the budget deficit to 2.4 percent of domestic output next year, flouting European Union rules that require steady progress towards a balanced budget.
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Brent crude rose above $62 a barrel on Thursday after China hinted at progress towards a trade deal with the United States, raising hopes for an end to a long dispute that has weighed on economic growth and fuel demand.
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"In the last three years, the department — under Commissioner Nigro — has implemented extensive and unprecedented progress towards increasing and improving diversity, inclusiveness and fairness throughout the agency — amongst all employees, civilian and uniformed," Francis X. Gribbon, a department spokesman, said.
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The commission, comprising 21 international experts, said lack of access to affordable, quality medicines was threatening progress towards universal health coverage, one of the targets under the new global development goals adopted by world leaders at a U.N. summit last year.
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The progress towards equality and justice under Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaDick Cheney to attend fundraiser supporting Trump reelection: report Forget conventional wisdom — Bernie Sanders is electable 2020 Democrats fight to claim Obama's mantle on health care MORE is at risk.
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If the outlook becomes less favorable, or if financial conditions become inconsistent with further progress towards a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation, we stand ready to increase our asset purchase programme in terms of size and/or duration.
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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday described his trip to the Gulf to deal with the Qatar crisis as "productive and successful", following two days of talks that appeared to yield no immediate progress towards healing the rift.
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"Our board is fully committed to maximizing shareholder value, and we are making great progress towards the separation of our China business by year-end and at the same time returning significant capital to our shareholders," a Yum spokeswoman said.
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In an estimated 20133 percent of rare diseases the cause is genetic, but despite enormous progress towards understanding the human genome in recent decades, searching for mutations that cause rare diseases in individual patients isn't as simple as it might sound.
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Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 5113, had been convicted in September and sentenced to seven years in jail in a case that raised questions about Myanmar's progress towards democracy and sparked an outcry from diplomats and human rights advocates.
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Similarly, the NBA, which earned an A+ for racial hiring and a B for gender hiring, says that it's continuing to make progress towards a more equal workforce, despite being a few steps ahead of its NFL and MLB peers.
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For example, if a firm has $10 billion in options based on index funds, and a new cure or progress towards a cure causes the stock market to rise by 15 percent, the firm would make a profit of $85033 billion.
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"It is reasonable to expect that an extended period of low interest rates will be required in Australia to make progress in reducing unemployment and achieve more assured progress towards the inflation target," Governor Philip Lowe said in a statement.
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"This gives life to how to measure companies' progress towards serving all stakeholders, doing a great job for its customers, clients, teammates, and shareholders, and doing a great job for society, and it's that 'and' that is critical," he said.
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For it to be done in South Africa, a country which has become an international beacon of hope for its progress towards racial reconciliation, is a matter of profound regret and in no way reflects the values of Bell Pottinger.
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More than two decades after Bosnia's 1992-1995 war ended, splitting the country into two ethnically-based regions, the Serb Republic and the Bosniak-Croat Federation, ethnic tensions remain high, halting progress towards membership of NATO and the European Union.
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LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - President of the European Parliament David Sassoli said he made no progress towards a Brexit deal during a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging Britain to come back with serious proposals for an agreement.
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While many owners and breeders of racehorses support the bill, a key industry group that represents trainers opposes the proposed regulatory body on the grounds that it will be counterproductive to valid drug research while ignoring state-level progress towards uniformity.
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The comments came a day after Greece and its international lenders made clear progress towards bridging differences over Athens's fiscal path in coming years, moving closer to a deal that would secure new loan disbursements and save the country from default.
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"Action in the four areas outlined in this report -- Place, People, Products, Power -- must be an urgent priority for every government, driving forward progress towards a world with universal health coverage, where no newborn dies of a preventable cause," they wrote.
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In Fitch's view, regardless of its overall reasonable financial condition, Macro's ratings are currently capped by the LC sovereign rating due to the weak operating environment, although the sovereign has made big progress towards normalizing its situation with foreign creditors.
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Trump's coming second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears as much motivated by his personal desire for a political win -- or a Nobel peace prize -- as any sign that their first meeting made much progress towards denuclearization.
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The hovered near a two-month peak of $1.3295 scaled overnight, when robust UK retail sales data added to confidence towards the currency already bullish on growing optimism that Britain and the European Union are making progress towards a Brexit deal.
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May's trip to Canada is set against a deeply uncertain domestic backdrop as she struggles to keep her cabinet together on Brexit and make progress towards a vital deal with the EU ahead of Britain's departure from the bloc next year.
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While Stein would likely make environmental policy surrounded by experts who view climate change as the most urgent crisis facing humanity, Clinton would likely make environmental policy surrounded by experts who think incremental progress towards clean energy sources is enough.
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And after bouncing 21% from recent 2.5yr lows, this may prevent any progress towards the 73.6p level which needs to be regained before there can be any hope of the chancellor'splanned full privatisation of the government's remaining 9% bailout stake.
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A rally on progress towards a U.S.-China trade deal had run into profit-taking overnight and it was a bumpy session for Europe as the pound's leap past 86 pence and above $1.32 [/FRX] shoved London's FTSE down around 1 percent. [.
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It helps track progress towards certain goals, like what percentage of my waking life is spent on my phone, and I'm hoping to learn how to be the master of my phone, rather than let my phone be the master of me!
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The pound hovered near a two-month peak of $1.3295 scaled overnight, when robust UK retail sales data added to confidence towards the currency already bullish on growing optimism that Britain and the European Union are making progress towards a Brexit deal.
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SEOUL/PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb 10 (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister on Saturday, hoping to translate Olympics detente into meaningful progress towards resolving a tense standoff over the North's nuclear and missile programmes.
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Management expects that additional cost take-outs, combined with the re-deployment of risk-weighted assets and additional leverage exposure within CIB to help improve revenue, will allow Barclays to progress towards its targets of 9% RoTE in 2019 and 10% in 2020.
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The options, which include a military response, will be presented to the president if Pyongyang conducts an underground nuclear or ballistic missile test that indicates the regime has made significant progress towards developing a weapon that could attack the US, they said.
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In a statement after markets closed on Tuesday, Provident revealed the letter sent to the company by Marsden, noting that Janus Henderson stood by the doorstep lender's strategy and added that recent results suggested good progress towards recovery of the home credit unit.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday warned he could walk away from a trade deal with China if it were not good enough, even as his economic advisers touted "fantastic" progress towards an agreement to end a dispute with the Asian country.
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U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Thursday he could walk away from a trade deal with China if it were not good enough, even as his economic advisers touted "fantastic" progress towards an agreement to end a dispute with the Asian country.
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But PIMCO said an analysis of disclosures from 240 firms which account for its biggest holdings of corporate debt showed that just 12 percent had quantitative targets based on the U.N. goals and only 6 percent reported on progress towards reaching them.
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A failure to give the world's poorest women control over their bodies could widen inequality in developing countries and thwart progress towards global goals aimed at ending poverty by 2030, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund staff and Argentine authorities in the past week have made "important progress" towards new financing arrangements and stronger economic policies that could be considered soon by the IMF's board, a Fund spokesman said on Thursday.
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"The president (Mnangagwa) has made a commitment to take action, but some of the important actions required for progress towards the conditions for free and fair and credible elections have not yet happened," Coons told the media, as reported by the Zimbabwe Mail.
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Fitch does not expect rapid progress towards revision of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, under which the Japanese state renounces its sovereign right to resort to war as a means of dispute resolution, despite the coalition's gaining a two-thirds majority.
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It has played a central role among EU members in driving progress towards the Paris Agreement's carbon reductions commitments, in opposing the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem, and backing the WTO and imposing counter-tariffs on the Trump administration's steel and aluminum tariffs.
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LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - European shares traded with little clear direction on Monday as markets focused on a flurry of M&A, with limited impact from the shutdown of the U.S. government and progress towards an end to political deadlock in Germany.
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A Myanmar judge earlier on Monday found the two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the Southeast Asian country.
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We could also demand that the Senate modify its America INNOVATES Act to include a provision that requires recipients of federal research awards to have diverse research teams and to make concrete and measurable progress towards the advancement of women in science.
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S. talks rises By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rallied to its highest in more than seven-months on Friday as sentiment improved on signs China and the United States make progress towards resolving their trade disputes.
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As the foreign ministers from Arab governments meet this week in Cairo to discuss next steps, Jordan is a key country that the United States should watch closely if it wants to revive any hope for progress towards a lasting Middle East peace.
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A brief ceasefire in June raised hopes of a possible breakthrough with the Taliban but progress towards any kind of peace deal has since been slow and fighting has continued with increasing Afghan military casualties, raising questions about the success of the strategy.
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Though Canada has made lofty pledges at the G3 and other forums to improve ownership transparency, so far it has done little to keep step with the likes of Britain and the EU, which are making commendable progress towards publicly accessible registers of beneficial owners.
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VW does "not believe any expedited hearing or bench trial is appropriate or required", according to the joint proposed agenda for the hearing on Thursday at the San Francisco district court about its progress towards reaching a deal with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Meanwhile the Jamaica coalition Mrs Merkel must now build could constructively shake up Germany's sleepy consensus: the Greens pushing drastic and welcome progress towards electric cars and renewable energy and the FDP driving advances on long-neglected subjects like red-tape reduction and digitalisation.
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They also backed a requirement for ministers to make fortnightly reports on progress towards re-establishing Northern Ireland's collapsed executive, to give lawmakers an opportunity to debate and approve those reports and if, parliament has been suspended, to recall it in order to do so.
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The thinking behind the White House gambit, delivered by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and others on the Sunday talk shows, seemed to reflect an administration keen to rack up progress towards a central campaign promise after a somewhat threadbare first 100 days in office.
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"Investors are, I think, severely under-invested: Cash balances are very high, and as central banks make progress towards their inflation targets, if you're sitting in Europe or Japan with zero- or negative-yielding money markets, inflation is like termites eating your house," he argued.
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"We are making further progress towards the implementation of our growth strategies, as is indicated by the preliminary assessment of the international organizations as well as results from our enhanced peer reviews, but we also acknowledge that more needs to be done," the draft said.
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The company does "not believe any expedited hearing or bench trial is appropriate or required", according to the agenda for the hearing on Thursday at the San Francisco district court about VW's progress towards reaching a deal with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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The Trump administration has battled China for months over what it calls unfair trade practices, including theft of technology from U.S. companies, but the two countries appear to be making progress towards a broader agreement that would address a wide range of trade issues.
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"The progress towards reconciliation, which ultimately is what we want — a political end to the war — which will enable a political end to the war, is perhaps one of the greatest successes of the strategy so far," Nicholson said at his briefing last week.
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To be eligible for accession to NATO in 1999, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic had to demonstrate their progress towards implementing market-based economies; all three are now key investment targets for U.S. and NATO allies, creating jobs both at home and abroad.
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"If the CBS board gives Moonves any amount of severance in the event of his termination or resignation, you will compound the damage you've already inflicted on the progress towards stopping sexual violence with your decision to allow Moonves to continue working," the letter reads.
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The funding comes from Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, Development Bank of Japan, Tokyo Broadcasting System, Konika Minolta and others, and will help the company continue its progress towards a very ambitious target: Launching not one, but two lunar missions within the next three years.
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Under President Obama, we coupled the public's desire to reduce carbon emissions and our reliance on fossil fuels, and declining costs of renewable energy and energy efficiency technology to make tremendous progress towards creating sustainable jobs, fighting climate change and achieving real energy security.
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BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Meeting a landmark target to slash by at least half losses of natural forests by 2000 is likely to be "impossible", as deforestation has soared in the five years since it was set, warned a report on progress towards the goal.
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BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Meeting a landmark target to slash by at least half losses of natural forests by 2000 is likely to be "impossible", as deforestation has soared in the five years since it was set, warned a report on progress towards the goal.
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"The dollar's reaction is a part of a narrative that was established earlier this week, one that we saw in the minutes, with respect to the Fed making progress towards neutral," Mazen Issa, senior Foreign Exchange strategist at TD Securities in New York, said.
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The visit, and Erdogan's thanks to Vucic for his support during a failed coup in 2016, will not go unnoticed in the European Union, where some diplomats are concerned about deepening authoritarianism among some Balkan leaders in the absence of tangible progress towards EU accession.
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While women are making progress towards gender parity in many governments around the world, with women holding 61 percent of government positions in Rwanda and 21625 percent in Spain, increasing the number of women in corporate leadership roles continues to be a vexing issue.
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"If the outlook becomes less favorable, or if financial conditions become inconsistent with further progress towards a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation, the Governing Council stands ready to increase the asset purchase program in terms of size and/or duration," Draghi said.
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A week after I completed two terms as governor of Pennsylvania, the Harrisburg Patriot newspaper wrote an editorial which examined my main campaign promises in my 28503 election and concluded that I had made progress towards achieving each and every one of those goals.
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In a sign of frustration at the lack of progress towards secession, members of one pro-independence civil society group submitted a petition on Saturday calling for the Catalan parliament and regional government to publish the declaration of the Catalan republic in the official Catalan bulletin.
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"If the outlook becomes less favorable, or if financial conditions become inconsistent with further progress towards a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation, the Governing Council stands ready to increase the program in terms of size and/or duration," the ECB said in a statement.
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Pyongyang has been growing frustrated with both Pompeo and Trump's national security adviser John Bolton, particularly over recent testimony Pompeo gave to Congress on the lack of progress towards denculearization, said CNN International correspondent Will Ripley, who has visited North Korea and interviewed top officials numerous times.
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Thanks to an enlightened policy of early abdication by the baby's grandfather (who as a 50 year old handed over the throne in 2006 to the current monarch, his son King Jigme, now 36), the way seems clear for continued progress towards greater democracy and prosperity.
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A source briefed on the agreement, who asked not to be identified because of the confidential nature of the matter, said countries had reasoned that it was better in some cases to accept partial progress towards a specific capability than to press for 100-percent achievement.
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China is making significant progress towards opening its domestic A share and the FTSE Global China A Inclusion Indexes, launched in 2015, are being utilized by some major asset owners and managers enabling further choice for investors looking to include A Shares in their global portfolios.
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MYANMAR A Myanmar judge found Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and sentenced them to seven years in prison, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the Southeast Asian country.
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Macron is well-known as a promoter of European integration and progress towards an "ever closer union'" of EU members and peoples – one of the principle objectives of the EU enshrined in the 1957 Treaty Establishing the European Community (commonly known as the Treaty of Rome).
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"If the outlook becomes less favorable, or if financial conditions become inconsistent with further progress towards a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation, the Governing Council stands ready to increase the APP (asset purchase program) in terms of size and/or duration," the ECB said Thursday.
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"We welcome the continued progress towards the holding of free, fair and peaceful elections on 23 December in accordance with the Constitution and the 31 December 2016 agreement," Mr. Haq said, referring to an accord that provided for a peacefully managed transition consistent with democratic principles.
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BARCELONA, Sept 22020 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Meeting a landmark target to slash by at least half losses of natural forests by 21.5 is likely to be "impossible", as deforestation has soared in the five years since it was set, warned a report on progress towards the goal.
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"If the outlook becomes less favorable, or if financial conditions become inconsistent with further progress towards a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation, the Governing Council stands ready to increase the program in terms of size and/or duration," the ECB said in its policy announcement.
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"If, in the meantime, the outlook becomes less favorable or if financial conditions become inconsistent with further progress towards a sustained adjustment of the path of inflation, the Governing Council intends to increase the program in terms of size and/or duration," the bank said in a statement.
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Revenue for Europe's two big network gear suppliers remains under pressure in 2018, even if they are making progress towards seeing growth stabilize in 2019, analysts at UBS said, adding this is "more so for Nokia than Ericsson, where there remains much work to be done to rationalize contracts".
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Hoke thinks Gottlieb's legacy may be some incremental progress towards bringing together both extremes of the polarized conversation around vaping: "Folks who think you should be issued a vape pen on Earth, and folks who think you should burned at the stake if you sell vapes," she says.
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On a panel for the opening of the Fashion Institute of Technology's latest exhibit, "The Body: Fashion and Physique," McCharen-Tran spoke alongside designer Christian Siriano and professor Kim Jenkins about fashion's progress towards a more diverse and inclusive industry, dropping a major gem along the way, Fashionista reports.
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It pledges close co-operation with Emmanuel Macron on defence and migration, an increased German contribution to the EU budget, progress towards increased powers for the European Parliament and the transformation of the European Stability Mechanism (a crisis firewall set up in 2012) into a permanent "European Monetary Fund".
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The growth and popularity of the nationalist parties of the right almost everywhere has imposed a kind of stasis on the continent's politics: the hope is that in Dutch, French and German elections this year the nationalists will be defeated and the progress towards closer union re-started.
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This standard is different from what a lender will use to calculate payments and can mean that borrowers pay less per month than they will have to pay later — which might not help the borrower make progress towards eliminating their debt, especially once fees and interest are tacked on.
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At a Thomson Reuters forum in New York on culture and behavioral science in the banking industry, participants found that while the industry has made progress towards combating misconduct, more work was needed to bridge some of the informational gaps for management in monitoring and assessing employee behavior.
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The global markets division continued to progress towards its targeted USD6 billion revenue and USD4.8 billion adjusted operating expenses, but posted an overall muted 3% adjusted return on regulatory capital in 3Q17 according to the bank, after reporting an 18% yoy fall in pre-tax profit to CHF13 million.
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"As the BSR report notes, we have made progress towards many of the recommendations put forth in the report, but there is more to do … We know we need to do more to ensure we are a force for good in Myanmar, and in other countries facing their own crises."
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KEY ASSUMPTIONS Fitch's key assumptions within our rating case for the issuer include: - The company's leverage ratio sustains below 6.5x prior to the spin-off, at or below 6.0x post spin-off - The company sustains positive internal growth - The company continues to make progress towards completion of the proposed spin-off.
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"Notwithstanding fierce competition for user mindshare and advertiser dollars and a history of being hugely unprofitable, progress towards profitability, improving user growth trajectory, strong traction among advertisers, and sustained cost control have benefited Snap's outlook," wrote Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, in a note following the company's earnings report.
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The ECB said at the time of Rottier's appointment that the salary for the job had been raised due to the "increasing role played by the ECB during and after the financial crisis and the additional responsibilities attributed to the ECB in the context of the progress towards banking union".
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Tesla is making progress towards its goal of making its latest cars fully self-driving, according to Elon Musk sharing some updates about the project, and about Enhanced Autopilot, the improved semi-autonomous driver assist system Tesla is planning to release in the near-term, before full autonomy is available.
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"When it comes to meeting the demands of the Paris Agreement on climate change, we believe it is necessary to strengthen partnerships between investors and their investee companies to accelerate progress towards reaching such an ambitious common goal," said Peter Ferket, chief investment officer of Robeco, in the joint statement.
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Monday's rise in FTSE 100, coming after three sessions of losses, marked a strong start for the week in which British Prime Minister Theresa May is due to update parliament on her progress towards a divorce deal while the country's gross domestic product numbers are set to be released on Tuesday.
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" One senior administration official told CNN: "As you have seen the President say, in the region and here in Washington, he thinks this is a hopeful moment for peace and he has committed his administration to try to facilitate progress towards peace and for that reason, he signed the waiver.
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In a brief statement on the steps of Downing Street on September 2nd he piled more pressure on the rebels, arguing that by trying to take no-deal off the table they are undermining his negotiating position in Brussels, where he insists he is making progress towards a better Brexit deal.
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The findings could help accelerate progress towards meeting the United Nations' goal of ending preventable childhood deaths worldwide by 2030, according to Dr. Jeremy Keenan, director of international programs at the Francis I. Proctor Foundation at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a lead author on the study.
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"When it comes to meeting the demands of the Paris Agreement on climate change, we believe it is necessary to strengthen partnerships between investors and their investee companies to accelerate progress towards reaching such an ambitious common goal," Peter Ferket, Chief Investment Officer of Robeco said in the joint statement.
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Africa already has an alphabet soup of competing and overlapping trade zones - ECOWAS in the west, EAC in the east, SADC in the south and COMESA in the east and south - although only the EAC, driven mainly by Kenya, has made significant progress towards a common market in goods and services.
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"If the outlook becomes less favorable, or if financial conditions become inconsistent with further progress towards a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation, the Governing Council stands ready to increase the program in terms of size and/or duration," the ECB said in its policy announcement alongside its rate decision.
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Though China's criminal justice system has long been criticized for its failure to stamp out forced confessions and illegal detentions, an amendment to China's criminal procedure law in 2012 was seen by legal scholars as having made modest progress towards better protection of suspects rights and improved requirements for evidence.
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"A lot of groups are making very fast progress towards the 50 qubit regime, but it remains to be seen who will get the required qubit geometry, gate fidelities, and qubit coherence times required to reach the goal of quantum supremacy," Lawrence Berkeley Lab computing science fellow Jarrod McClean said.
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The national and state elections on July 2100th, in which 22013m people are registered to vote, should mark a further stage in the country's progress towards democracy, for the transfer of power thereafter will be only the second from one civilian government to another in the country's seven decades of coup-studded history.
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"We are incredibly proud of the significant progress that Foxconn has made in Wisconsin in just one year after ground-breaking, and we look forward to continued progress towards Q20203 2020, when our Gen6 facility will begin production on LCD screens for use in a variety of product applications," the company spokesperson said.
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The problem is so bad that the U.S. Government Accountability Office, tasked to review the use and accountability of U.S. funds spent there, could point to only multiple instances of noncompliance with program requirements and a near-total absence of reliable data to assess progress towards funding goals in education and healthcare.
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Below are key points of the 8-page guidelines: If "sufficient progress" towards agreeing the terms of an "orderly withdrawal" on March 29, 2019, is made in a first phase of talks starting probably in June, the EU27 could launch talks on how a long-term future free trade relationship could work.
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" When Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev visited America in 1973, Reagan told the press, "I just think it's too bad that [Watergate] is taking people's attention from what I think is the most brilliant accomplishment of any president of this century, and that is the steady progress towards peace and the easing of tensions.
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Cruz is making a similar argument here: that our society protects women such as his daughters by keeping them out of combat; and that changing that tradition by including women in the draft is therefore not progress towards women's equality, but a dangerous deviation from America's core values that leaves women worse off.
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"The president asked us to plan a trip that would help unite the world against intolerance and terrorism and we have made great progress towards that goal in Saudi Arabia," Mr. Kushner said in a rare, on-the-record statement just before the president departed from Riyadh for his stop in Jerusalem.
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"The president asked us to plan a trip that would help unite the world against intolerance and terrorism, and we have made great progress towards that goal in Saudi Arabia," Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, said in a statement Sunday, taking an unusual victory lap so early in a trip.
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"As we progress towards a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation and approach the time when net purchases will gradually come to an end, the residual monetary support needed to assist the economy in its transition to a new normal will increasingly come from forward guidance on our policy rates," Praet said.
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"If the outlook becomes less favorable, or if financial conditions become inconsistent with further progress towards a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation, the Governing Council stands ready to increase the program in terms of size and/or duration," the ECB said in its policy announcement alongside its latest rate decision.
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"If the outlook becomes less favourable, or if financial conditions become inconsistent with further progress towards a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation, the Governing Council stands ready to increase the asset purchase programme in terms of size and/or duration," the ECB said in a statement after a regular policy meeting.
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U.S. President Donald Trump made a surprise Thanksgiving visit to U.S. forces at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan last week and met President Ashraf Ghani, raising hopes of progress towards an elusive peace deal with the Taliban, who have been waging an insurgency against the Kabul administration since being toppled from power in 2001.
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"The measures that have been taken have -- with each passing month and quarter I think we can say with a little more confidence -- made a fair amount of progress towards stabilizing the market," Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), said at the UBS Wealth Insights conference in Singapore on Monday.
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" Former Culture Secretary and chair of the Culture Committee John Whittingdale "I think there is a frustration amongst people who voted Leave that nine months on we haven't made much progress towards it but I'm pleased the Government has made clear we will be triggering Article 50 … I think the timetable can be achieved.
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Scores of reporters and diplomats had gathered at the Yangon court to hear the verdict on journalists Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, the culmination of eight months of hearings in a landmark case that has come to be seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the Southeast Asian country.
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The next round of talks is due at the end of the month, with both sides looking for progress towards a solution to three of Brexit's thorniest problems: how much Britain should pay to leave, what rights British and EU citizens will have, and how to manage a land border to the bloc in Ireland.
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"I look carefully at the progress we are making on all legislation and I am pleased that the return of these bills, along with the return to this house with the EU withdrawal bill, demonstrates continued progress towards ensuring we have a fully functioning statute book when we leave the EU." Reporting by Alistair Smout; editing by Stephen Addison
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His strategy for the past eight years has been to do nothing: to go on paying a degree of lip-service to the idea of the "two-state solution" agreed in outline by Israelis and Palestinians at Oslo in 1993 (with the difficult details left for later), but not to make any actual progress towards it.
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To Resolve the Negative Outlook at 'B+': --Demonstrated ability to secure tenders that constructively contribute to the backlog and cash flows signalling the company's ability to manage the industry's re-contracting risk and bridge its financial profile through-the-cycle; --Continued progress towards generating and preserving liquidity; --Mid-cycle debt/EBITDA of 5.0x-5.5x on a sustained basis.
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"In 2018, it is more important than ever for Global Citizens here in the United States and around the world to demand their voices be heard — through activism and at the polls — so that we can continue progress towards a world free from needless suffering and want," Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans said in a statement.
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As Mr Trump has said that he wants the nuclear weapons gone, and that the Singapore agreement will make that happen, he will either have to show progress towards that end, blithely lie about the end having already been achieved despite evidence to the contrary, or change his mind and get tough—which would presumably mean bellicose—again.
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"We believe step-by-step diversification is happening … We see major growth in non-oil sectors of Russia but of course more growth there is needed," he admitted, also acknowledging that while companies have made solid progress towards improving their competitiveness in recent years, still much needs to be done in terms of broader supply-side reforms.
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" In June, after Nixon hosted a successful summit with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, Reagan said during a press conference, "I just think it's too bad that [Watergate] is taking people's attention from what I think is the most brilliant accomplishment of any president of this century, and that is the steady progress towards peace and the easing of tensions.
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In a speech before the European Parliament ahead of a binding approval vote on July 16th she issued a screed of mostly familiar albeit sensible policy proposals designed to secure a centrist majority, including faster progress towards carbon-emissions targets, enabling the EU to take some foreign-policy decisions without reaching unanimity, more capital-markets integration and a 50% female commission.
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By forcing yourself to do 10 at a time of yesterday's emails, it's a lot easier to power through the annoying or harder ones, and as you make progress towards the finish line of zero emails from yesterday, you see the finish line getting closer and closer … and when you're done processing all of yesterday's emails, you're done for the day.
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"With a swipe left, you'll be greeted by these Tiles and can check your progress towards your fitness goals or start a workout, know where you need to be next, plan ahead with the latest forecast, check your heart rate, follow the latest breaking headlines and set a timer," Wear OS product manager Frank Deschenes wrote in a blog post.
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The implementation reports are intended to detail progress towards the goal of putting the squeeze on disinformation — such as by proactively identifying and removing fake accounts — but the European Commission has today called for tech firms to intensify their efforts, warning that more needs to be done in the run up to the 2019 European Parliament elections, which take place in May.
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"It is of critical national importance that we accelerate progress towards prevention, treatment, and a cure — to double the rate of progress in the fight against cancer — and put ourselves on a path to achieve in just 5 years research and treatment gains that otherwise might take a decade or more," the Obama administration wrote in a memo announcing the task force.
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WE HAD TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT WHAT WAS NECESSARY TO GENERATE PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR GOALS OF MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT AND PRICE STABILITY, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IF WE HAD MORE FISCAL SUPPORT DURING THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AND MAKING THOSE STABILIZERS AUTOMATIC I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE THEY WOULD COME IN PLACE MUCH MORE QUICKLY AND PEOPLE COULD COUNT ON THEM.
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While significant uncertainty still remained as to the timing and likelihood of the Company's IPO, the Company increased the IPO scenario weighting in the July 31, 2017, valuation to 50 percent of the hybrid model, which was issued by the third party valuation firm on September 6, 2017, taking into consideration the progress towards an IPO up to that date and the results of the second quarter.
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Essentially the MVP fitness watch of the running world, Garmin GPS watches are equipped with Garmin Connect to automatically uploads stats on your runs to help progress towards nailing your next PR. By monitoring heart rate at your wrist, counting calories burned, and tracking your all-day activity levels, the Forerunner 35 keeps tabs on your overall wellness even if you're just sitting behind your desk at work.
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U.S.-Turkish differences during former President Barack Obama's administration impeded the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State, and closer coordination could mean faster progress towards freeing swathes of northern Syria from IS. Erdogan now hopes that relations with Washington, strained by the presence in the United States of a cleric he blames for an attempted military coup last year and by U.S. support for Kurdish militia in Syria, can be reset under Trump.
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OneWeb's first six global internet satellites are safely in orbit "With the recent successful launch of our first six satellites, near-completion of our innovative satellite manufacturing facility with our partner Airbus, progress towards fully securing our ITU priority spectrum position, and the signing of our first customer contracts, OneWeb is moving from the planning and development stage to deployment of our full constellation," said CEO Adrian Steckel in a press release.
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It was only in the early 2000s that AI started making progress towards perceptual intelligence, which has driven today's significant interest in AI. In other words, we had AI systems defeating humans in chess, a task popularly considered the zenith of cognitive intelligence, long before they had the perceptual/manipulation capabilities needed to recognize the pieces on the board by sight and move them — quite a stark contrast to how children learn to play chess.
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