WASHINGTON – With NATO reporting Russian weaponry continues to flow into Ukraine after the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the U.S. must take “decisive action with or without Europe” to expand existing sanctions against significant Russian entities in key sectors of the Russian economy.
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British Reporter — Ahead of the 2021 Academy Awards, to be held on Sunday, April 25, Penn film scholars discuss the highlights of this year’s contest and how the notoriously competitive Oscars campaigns have adapted to the pandemic, University of Pennsylvania notes.
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There are now 3.7 million fewer women working than there were in February 2020, in large part because of the pandemic, eroding more than 30 years of progress in women’s labor force participation. Even more women have reduced their hours. Many others
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The FINANCIAL -- On January 26, 2015, USAID imposed a suspension on IRD and issued a press release asserting that USAID had made certain findings regarding IRD’s financial controls, management, and lack of present responsibility.
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The FINANCIAL -- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness President and CEO David Hirschmann today issued the following statement in regards to the final pay ratio rule released by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC):
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The FINANCIAL -- The rise of the U.S. dollar against the euro and other world currencies over the past year has reduced the cost-competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing compared with economies such as Germany, France, Japan, Australia, and Brazil. But the U.S. still
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The FINANCIAL -- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President for Government Affairs Bruce Josten today issued the following statement upon Senate passage of the "Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act":
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The FINANCIAL -- On July 28 President Obama announced that Feed the Future, his signature global hunger and food security initiative, is delivering on his promise to reduce hunger and malnutrition through agricultural development. New data demonstrate that, thanks in part to
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The FINANCIAL -- The Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development announced 17 new award nominees in its fifth global call for groundbreaking solutions to protect mothers and newborns during their most vulnerable hours. Between July 21- 22, 2015, the
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The FINANCIAL -- The U.S. Chamber's Institute for 21st Century Energy today released the first in a series of new reports detailing the negative impacts of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed ozone regulations on key transportation projects around the nation, starting
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The FINANCIAL -- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Associate Administrator Eric Postel and Chief Strategy Officer Carla Koppell will deliver remarks at the "Women and Countering Violent Extremism: Strengthening Policy Responses and Ensuring Inclusivity" forum. The event is co-sponsored by USAID,
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