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Their peoples had to face half a century of occupation because of a deal struck before the war’s onset by Hitler and Stalin, the so-called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 that divided Eastern Europe between Nazi-Germany and the Soviet Union.
After all, at a recent meeting of EU finance ministers, Germany struck yet another blow against Macron by watering down his proposal for a new digital tax on tech giants such as Google and Facebook.
The Climate-Change Fight Returns to ParisPARIS – Nearly two years have passed since France’s then-foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, struck his gavel and declared: “The Paris agreement for the climate is accepted.”
That afternoon, airplanes struck the World Trade Center, and everything changed.
Frankly, I am always struck by US economists’ reluctance to discuss the structural problems that caused the current crisis, and that hinder America’s recovery.
When Hitler’s Wehrmacht struck West, the USSR duly supported Germany in its war against Poland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
Solidarity with JapanPRAGUE – The shattering earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11 have wrought devastating physical damage – aggravated by the threat of a nuclear disaster – across the country’s northeastern coastal areas, and have rekindled grave fears in the only country to have experienced fully the atom’s potential for horror.
For decades, the Japanese have been generous in supporting people around the world in times of need, providing extensive financial assistance to developing countries and spearheading rescue and relief activities when disasters have struck.
Trump Is in Denial About North KoreaATLANTA – No one yet knows what deals US President Donald Trump may have struck with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their private two-hour meeting in Helsinki.
Yet his driving and his knowledge of Al Qaeda’s purposes struck the military as sufficient to charge him with entering a conspiracy to kill civilians and engage in terrorists acts.
In July 1997, a currency crisis that struck Thailand quickly spread to neighboring economies.
An Earthquake in Education FundingNEW YORK – In mid-April, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, killing at least 500 people and injuring another 4,000.
In conducting interviews with women in the region, I am struck by their overall pessimism.
The initial wave struck in the spring of 2013, following the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it would begin “tapering” its monthly purchases of long-term assets, better known as quantitative easing (QE).
A new balance will be struck between the EU and member states, and a stronger role will be given to the European Parliament and the national parliaments.
Haiti was in dire straits even before the earthquake struck.
Here, the nation-state would retain a major role, though an appropriate balance must be struck, in order to prevent the trilemma from reasserting itself.
What warrant does the state have to interfere with the contracts that are struck within this market of willing buyers and sellers?
In the period after a liberal Delhi High Court struck down Section 377 in 2009, the heavens did not fall;Indian society did not collapse.
Juncker knew who was calling: journalists around the world were seeking answers regarding the revelations, made by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and its media partners, that Luxembourg’s government under Juncker had struck a series of tax-avoidance deals with multinational corporations at the expense of ordinary taxpayers.
Terrorists have struck Europe with a vengeance, and millions of refugees fleeing wars and hunger are taxing European institutions, and straining social cohesion.
As the crisis struck, capital flowed out of developing countries to shore up damaged balance sheets in advanced countries.
Some aspects of the campaign, particularly the amount of money spent and its negative tone, struck many observers as objectionable.
Consensus-oriented negotiations can work when a treaty is being struck between victors and vanquished –ampnbsp;the strong and the weak.
The late US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren’s words in Brown v. Board of Education,which struck down the legal basis for racial segregation in America’s public schools, remain no less relevant today: “It is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.”
This was no earth-shattering event, but financial markets responded as if a meteorite had struck them.
An Opportunity for Egypt and the IMFLAGUNA BEACH – The Egyptian authorities and International Monetary Fund staff have struck a deal.
The Kindness of StrangersNEW HAVEN – I admit that it is an unusual way to see the world, but, when reading the newspaper, I am constantly struck by the extent of human kindness.
It is in the interest of CWC signatories to devote more resources to assisting any country struck by a chemical attack.
For example, in separatist-controlled parts of Eastern Ukraine, where more than 200,000 children are receiving their education in militarized areas, bullets have struck kindergarten windows.
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