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And citizen investigators should be trained in basic journalism: finding good data, confirming stories with two independent sources, using quotes responsibly, and eschewing anonymity – that is, standing by their own bylines, as conventional reporters do.
Dear Japan: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is one of many foreign leaders to learn that cozying up to Trump works only while he is standing next to you.
Indeed, on Europe’s doorstep, the show trial and imprisonment of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is jeopardizing her country’s international economic standing.
In October, one day after President George W. Bush was booed in Australia's parliament, Chinese President Hu Jintao received a standing ovation from the same parliamentarians.
Europe may never regain its standing as the center of the world, but it can continue to be both an important actor and an attractive model for others.
Nonetheless, Russia has paid a high price for its actions in terms of its international standing.
Hong Kong’s future is the main issue; but so, too, is China’s honor and its standing in the world.
In the US, Republicans like Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who care deeply about America’s standing in the world, will have to put aside party loyalty in favor of love of country and refuse to back Trump (and perhaps the equally incendiary Ted Cruz) in a presidential race.
Countries, particularly in Europe, that are capable of standing up to the US must oppose it here.
It reached crisis levels with the 2003 US-led invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq under President George W. Bush – a watershed moment that caused irreparable damage to America’s international standing.
To reinforce his domestic standing further by signaling that Russia does not bend to America’s will, Putin granted asylum to National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Ultimately, unless Russia and China end their support for Assad’s regime, they will suffer a massive loss of standing in the Arab world.
Hatoyama’s mismanagement of Japan’s relations with the United States, centered on the relocation of a Marine base in Okinawa, had also dented the DPJ’s standing.
Though London already had a major comparative advantage as a global financial center, Britain’s EU membership boosted its standing considerably, by enabling it to gain secure access to the eurozone’s financial infrastructure.
But, for now, the politics of Brexit – on both sides of the English Channel – are standing in the way of a market-friendly solution.
Among the government’s current economic challenges are slower growth, spiraling debt – particularly among state-owned enterprises – and vested interests standing in the way of structural reforms.
At the same time, the agreement would boost domestic support for Egypt’s government and enhance its regional standing.
Standing idly by while two of ASEAN’s core members consume themselves is simply not a viable option.
ISTANBUL – Will the recent rapprochement between the United States and Syria mark a new era in Syria’s international standing?
Uniting for an Asian CenturySEOUL – There is no question that Asia’s standing in the global economy is stronger than ever.
But it was too late to save a discredited approach, further undermining the Fund’s standing.
Innovations in renewable energy, for example, are essential to improving energy security and preserving Europe’s standing as a global leader in combating climate change.
Obama’s main objectives in pursuing an Israeli-Palestinian peace are ensuring American soldiers’ safety on the battlefields of the wider Middle East and improving America’s standing in the Arab world.
Even the US lost its AAA standing.
On the contrary, they are likely to view the cuts as just the start of a new phase of China’s military modernization, characterized by greater reliance on high technology and less on a large standing army.
But such a transfer union will not happen as long as a single northern European citizen is left standing.
The most damaging revelation so far concerns Zhou Bin’s friendship with a billionaire mafia boss, Liu Han, who is now standing trial for organized crime and murder.
For Xi, ensnaring Zhou in his anti-corruption net will likely provide a boost in his popular standing.
With China’s economy slowing down in recent years, the CCP knows that it can no longer rely on growth alone to guarantee its political standing in the eyes of ordinary Chinese.
Huge crowds formed at every immunization site, standing in line in the hot sun, eager to receive protection against the deadly disease.
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