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Saturday, October 26, 2019

"We took all necessary measures to prevent any harm to civilians and damage to civilian infrastructure," he told the Council.

Expressing his condolences to those who lost their lives and wishing speedy recovery for the wounded, Erdoğan said that solidarity between Turkey, Russia and Iran had prevented "bloodshed" in the the northwestern town of Idlib in Syria.

Friday, October 25, 2019

Nearly 180,000 homes are without power after Pacific Gas & Electric shut off power in 15 southern California counties to prevent the risk of any accidental fires.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

At the same time, Turkish and Russian troops will begin patrols in the 10-kilometer zone in east and west of the operation zone to prevent militants’ infiltration to the safe zone.

Sunday, October 20, 2019

Singer Frank Ocean has come under fire for selling $60 T-shirts emblazoned with the word "PrEP," the name of a drug intended to prevent HIV infection.

A high school coach in Oregon prevented a possible school shooting and suicide attempt five months ago, reports say.

Friday, October 18, 2019

Three ambulance vehicles belonging to the Kurdish Red Crescent were prevented from entering and were shot at.

Both countries agreed to prevent the threat posed by all terror groups, including YPG/PKK-PYD and ISIL, against Syria's territorial integrity and to maintain the existing cooperation between Turkey and Russia on this subject during the meeting.

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Turkey-Syria offensive: Russia vows to prevent clashes with Assad forces

Sunday, October 13, 2019

Whatever it takes, we will prevent a no-deal Brexit," he said.

Friday, October 11, 2019

The planned outage was to prevent power lines felled by strong winds sparking fires.

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

The bank found that while there were some negative impacts, such as encouraging people not to save, unconventional policies in general prevented the financial crisis from becoming a much more deep-seated economic downturn.

Saturday, October 5, 2019

Demonstrators demand an end to Israel's 12-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has shattered the coastal enclave's economy and deprived its two million inhabitants of free movement in and out from Gaza and prevented many basic amenities.

Turkey has long complained about the threat of terrorists coming from east of the Euphrates in northern Syria, which neighbors its southern border, vowing to take a military action to prevent formation of a "terrorist corridor" there.

Thursday, October 3, 2019

That didn’t prevent media sources from reporting that several dozen Russian trainers and special forces troops were sent to Libya in 2018 or that Russian mercenaries had increasingly begun protecting oil interests connected to Haftar.

Sunday, September 29, 2019

“The troubles we have been going through for the past six years are to prevent Turkey from achieving these goals.

Monday, September 23, 2019

Food products, including drinks, cannot be marketed as being able to prevent or treat illnesses, it added.

"Information about a food product cannot ascribe any properties for preventing, treating or healing a human illness or give the impression of such a property," the superior regional court's ruling said.

Saturday, September 21, 2019

"This is a new chapter for us and we would think of measures to prevent money laundering," he added.

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Scientists currently believe that the thick gaseous envelope of K2-18b likely prevents life as we know it from existing on the planet's surface.

Sunday, September 15, 2019

She also confirmed that before an election is called, the Lib Dems would continue to work with other opposition parties to campaign for a further referendum, and to prevent a "dangerous" no-deal Brexit.

Questions being asked centre on whether this attack could not have been prevented by a company with such deep pockets and whether it can happen again.

Friday, September 13, 2019

Sunday, September 8, 2019

And as the state edges closer to passing a bill that could prevent other survivors' testimony from being made public, those activists say the time for survivors' voices to be heard is paramount.

Saturday, September 7, 2019

But after binding Johnson's hands and preventing him from taking the UK out of the EU without a negotiated deal, lawmakers denied his demand for an early election on Wednesday evening.

That allowed opposition MPs and rebel Tories to put forward the bill to prevent a no-deal Brexit, which Mr Johnson said "scuppered" his negotiations with the EU.

Hours later, the White House denied all speculations, claiming that Trump was "greatly misinterpreted," in an attempt to prevent more damage from the president's words.

Sunday, September 1, 2019

This helps increase the water's viscosity and prevents it from mixing with the paint.

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

You will also be able to clear your history and prevent your future off-app behaviour being tapped.

Monday, August 19, 2019

Boris Johnson has written to the EU suggesting the backstop could be replaced by some form of commitment to prevent a hard Irish border in his first major move to explain the UK government’s new position to Brussels.

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

“Unless light pollution is prevented, we will become incapable of observing the dwarf stars and competing with other countries.

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Cyanide will be used during extraction, and necessary precautions are being taken to prevent any leakage, John McCluskey, the chief executive of Alamos Gold, told Reuters on Aug.

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Demonstrators have been forming a human blockade to prevent access to Hawaii's tallest mountain, the Mauna Kea.

Monday, July 15, 2019

White House may seek to prevent McGahn from complying with House subpoena

Sunday, July 14, 2019

It is most interesting reading comments about Gina Miller acting as a legal citizen of the UK and her attempt to prevent Johnson and Trump stalling parliament.

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Turkey has contributed immensely to the security of Europe with its efforts in preventing an intense migration flow to the continent, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said.

Friday, July 5, 2019

Lawyers for Hizir Ferman's family said there was a legal case to answer after a coroner on Friday found his death could possibly have been prevented.

Saturday, June 29, 2019

The ban prevented US tech firms from selling to Huawei, crippling the Chinese firm's ability to get critical American technology to help it make its products.

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Stoltenberg added that they will continue to be present in the country as long as is necessary, in order to prevent Afghanistan from again being a safe haven for international terrorists.

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

It is not clear what caused the shut down, but some people think that this one occurred to prevent students from cheating on national exams.

Friday, June 21, 2019

It is more challenging to prevent the sale of fake books online because they look exactly like the originals, publishing insiders say.

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Of course, that doesn’t prevent us from judging their selections almost immediately.

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Clear rules needed to prevent ramming incidents on South China Sea

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

"There were ways to prevent that water running through the breach by putting a stop at the end of the cut.

Saturday, June 15, 2019

Iranian military fast-boats in the Gulf of Oman were preventing two privately owned tug boats from towing away the Front Altair, a U.S. official said on Friday.

Monday, June 10, 2019

Some tourism players have said that balloon companies that not part of Dorak Tourism’s consortium have been prevented from providing the service.

Friday, June 7, 2019

Trump’s threat was also met with resistance by multiple U.S. business groups, as well as the Chamber of Commerce, which threatened legal action to prevent the White House from imposing the import tax.

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

“Even if we thoroughly implemented the plan (for preventing crimes), it is difficult to totally prevent them,” said a senior education ministry official.

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

The state later on Tuesday plans to seek a temporary restraining order request asking a judge to prevent the U.S.

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Both scenarios have caused anger among Brexit-backing Conservatives, who claim a customs union would prevent the UK from negotiating its own trade deals around the world after leaving the EU, and who believe another public vote is undemocratic.

Friday, May 17, 2019

- Prevent generic drug manufacturers from manipulating rules around periods of exclusivity to prevent competition.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Facebook announced Wednesday it is tightening access to livestreaming to prevent the rampant sharing of graphic video as took place with the Christchurch massacre.

"We plan on extending these restrictions to other areas over the coming weeks, beginning with preventing those same people from creating ads on Facebook," Rosen said.

Saturday, May 11, 2019

It would prevent me from speaking with my colleagues with other members of the committee about what I might see.

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

National flag carrier wants to set pilot wages on its own to prevent an exodus to other better-paying airlines.

Turkey is determined to protect its own rights and that of the Turkish Cypriots in the eastern Mediterranean, said Erdoğan and called for NATO’sNATO’s support to Turkey to prevent tension in the region.

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Putin emerged from the talks saying that like the United States, Russia supports efforts to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula and prevent nuclear conflicts.

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) responded Tuesday to reports that the White House would try to prevent former White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying before Congress even though he was subpoenaed by the panel.

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

How artificial intelligence is helping to prevent blindness

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

In November, the information ministry said it wanted half of social media users on domestic social networks by 2020 and plans to prevent "toxic information" on Facebook and Google.

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

UK politicians have still not agreed a deal that would prevent a disorderly Brexit, which could lead to lengthy delays at the country's borders. The latest deadline to avoid leaving the European Union without a deal is Friday.

Monday, April 8, 2019

They say it’s better to prevent a disease than to cure one.

Thursday, March 28, 2019

The company also fixed a problem with the FaceTime app that prevented video chats from pausing when you left the app.

Thursday, March 14, 2019

“Instead of preventing the oppression of Muslims, Israel’s prime minister is targeting me as sort of an ‘investment’ for the upcoming elections. We will not reply to these social media bouncers,” he stated.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

The Vatican summit, which starts Thursday and runs through Feb. 24, will draw church leaders from around the world to talk about preventing sex abuse.

On Friday, February 15, 2019, President Donald Trump signed legislation, approved by Congress to fund the government through September 30, 2019, preventing a new shutdown set to begin on Saturday, February 16, 2019.

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Under water deficit hydraulic conductance usually drops, and this mainly prevents water outflow from the plant.

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

The suggestion was astounding: blue lamps at train stations prevented suicides at those locations.

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

The others were prevented from napping.

Monday, January 14, 2019

These lonely dolphins have some contact with both of the two main groups, and thus help prevent the groups from becoming completely isolated from one another.

Sunday, January 6, 2019

Many national parks have closed campgrounds to visitors to prevent facilities including trash sites and toilets from overflowing.

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

They include setting up a system of information exchange at intergovernmental level to prevent malicious brokers from getting involved in the business of sending workers to Japan, sources said.

Friday, December 7, 2018

The ban prevented any US company selling its equipment to ZTE – and essentially throttled it, because it relies on US-designed chips.

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Today’s trading system fails to prevent China’s state-backed firms from blurring the line between commercial interests and the national interest.

Monday, October 15, 2018

Over 50 million child marriages could be prevented if girls finished school

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that Washington is seeking to include an agreement to prevent competitive currency devaluations in any trade deal with Japan.

Saturday, September 15, 2018

"The one thing I want to prevent is thousands of people stranded on our interstates or US routes," said state Transportation Secretary Jim Trogdan.

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

A group of museums in Belgium has made a promotional video mocking Facebook’s censorship of nudity, which they argue prevents art lovers from admiring great Flemish painters such as Rubens, Bruegel, and Van Eyck.

Friday, June 22, 2018

“We will take measures to prevent dramatic price increases in some food products, including onions. We will allow onion and potato imports from certain countries and in certain amounts,” Zeybekci said in a televised interview on June 21.

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Its mission is to gear toward prevention and not to prevent bad acts from happening.

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Investigators launched the raid on Tuesday on suspicion that the leading steel maker violated the law aimed at preventing unfair competition.

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