The ongoing stand-off in the eurozone over Greece's debts poses a risk to Britain's economic stability, Chancellor George Osborne has warned.
So he is spending much less time courting the Republicans in Congress, and much more in the bully pulpit, attempting to bully them into submission.Democrats like to think that Mr Obama has nothing to lose in the ongoing stand-off over the budget.
The Kazakhstan launch comes as McDonald's is under pressure in neighbouring Russia, where more than half of its 440 locations are under investigation over alleged health and safety violations, and nine outlets have been temporarily closed, in the ongoing stand-off between Moscow and the west over the Ukraine crisis.
The interim prime minister of Ukraine has travelled to Washington to discuss the ongoing stand-off with Russia, but Moscow has shown no signs of backing down despite pressure from Western nations.
As key Western allies and important regional players, their support and clout is needed in dealing with many of the region's intractable conflicts: in Lebanon, Iraq, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the ongoing stand-off with Iran.
A move by Mattarella to pardon De Sousa would be politically problematic in Italy given the country's ongoing stand-off with Egypt over the recent torture and murder of an Italian citizen, Giulio Regeni, in Cairo.
Earlier he went to Japan, where he met with Prime Minister and USC alum Shinzo Abe and top defense officials to again affirm the mutual security treaty between US and Japan in the midst of an ongoing stand-off between China and Japan in the East China Sea.
The president seems to see his ongoing stand-off with the Republicans over the budget as a win-win.
There was merely an ongoing stand-off with the United Nations, one that had been running for years and that, admittedly under the threat of military action, was beginning to unblock.
Uber is suspending its service in Taiwan following an ongoing stand-off with the government.
He said the people of Northern Ireland deserved better than "an ongoing stand-off, bad faith and inappropriate behaviour".
