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Media Advisory: Hearing of Commissioner-designate Iliana Ivanova on 5 September 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:45 GMT

This advisory provides practical information on the hearing of Iliana Ivanova (Bulgaria) (pictured) taking place today (5 September) from 9.30 to 12.30.Ms Ivanova, Commissioner-designate for innovation, research, culture, education and youth, will be questioned by the Industry, Research and Energy Committee and the Culture and Education Committee to assess her competences and suitability to become Commissioner, replacing Mariya Gabriel, who resigned on 15 May to become Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Bulgaria.The hearing will take place in meeting room ANTALL 2Q2.You can watch the hearing live on Parliament’s webstreaming and on EbS+.A press point by the committee chairs – still to be confirmed- is set to take place after the hearing, next to the meeting room.For further general information on the hearing and official documents, please see here.Written questions and answersMs Ivanova’s answers to the written questions from the relevant committees can be found here.Stru...

Power outage prompts closure of Santa Monica High School campus on Tuesday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:45 GMT

Officials with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District announced on Monday evening that Santa Monica High School will be closed for classes on Tuesday, Sept. 5 due to a power outage caused by a major blown fuse.  "District personnel and a high voltage electrical contractor have worked since Saturday morning to repair the wiring and replace the fuse,” district officials said in a news release. “The power will not be restored until late morning on Tuesday. We are asking that all Samohi students stay home for the day.”  Students attending other SMMUSD schools will have regularly scheduled classes on Tuesday. However, Samohi, which operates as the district kitchen for all Santa Monica schools, will require clean up and restocking of food supplies as a result of the outage.  Officials said that breakfast at other Santa Monica schools will be served as usual, and that lunch will be pizza, salads and fruit. “No special diet items will be available Tuesday,” the release no...

STAT WATCH: Shedeur Sanders’ passing numbers best for FBS first-timer, and he’s just getting started

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:45 GMT

Shedeur Sanders’ statistical superlatives. Say that three times fast. Those four words might start rolling off the tongue easily if he keeps putting up numbers like he did against TCU.His school-record 510 passing yards were the most by a player in his first Football Bowl Subdivision game since at least 1996, eclipsing the previous high of 450 by California’s Jared Goff against Northwestern in 2013.His 38 completions, on 47 attempts, are tied for the national season high through Week 1.His four touchdown passes were more than Colorado threw for as a team on the road in six games in 2022 (three).Travis Hunter was as impressive as his teammate, maybe moreso, in his FBS debut. The two-way player was on the field for more than 120 plays from scrimmage and was the first player in at least 20 years to intercept a pass and have 100 yards in receptions in the same game.Dylan Edwards, the first CU true freshman running back to start an opener since 1991, became the fourth true freshman...

Fan ejected from US Open match after German player said the man used language from Hitler’s regime

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:45 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A fan was ejected from a U.S. Open tennis match early Tuesday morning after German player Alexander Zverev complained the man used language from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime.Zverev, the No. 12 seed, was in the fourth set of his match against No. 6 Jannik Sinner when he suddenly went to chair umpire James Keothavong and pointed toward the fan, who was sitting in a section behind the umpire.Keothavong at first asked fans to be respectful to both players. However, during a changeover shortly after, the fan was identified by spectators seated near him, and he was removed by security.“A disparaging remark was directed toward Alexander Zverev,” U.S. Tennis Association spokesman Chris Widmaier said, “The fan was identified and escorted from the stadium.” Zverev went on to beat Sinner in five sets and will play defending U.S. Open champion Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals.___AP tennis coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/tennisSource

Pruebas científicas en EE.UU. encuentran que el sistema inmunológico se defiende bien de la nueva variante del virus que causa el covid-19

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:45 GMT

(CNN) — Dos equipos de científicos estadounidenses completaron experimentos de laboratorio que prueban los anticuerpos de estadounidenses vacunados e infectados para ver qué tan bien podrían defenderse de las variantes actualmente circulantes del virus que causa el covid-19, incluido el BA.2.86 altamente mutado.Sus resultados coinciden casi exactamente y las noticias, al menos en lo que respecta al BA.2.86, también denominado Pirola, son muy buenas. Nuestro sistema inmunológico puede reconocer y combatir esta variante tan bien como, y quizás incluso un poco mejor, que las variantes de la variante XBB que circulan actualmente.Es más, las personas que tuvieron las respuestas más sólidas contra BA.2.86 fueron aquellas que estuvieron dentro de los seis meses posteriores a una infección con la subvariante XBB. Esto sugiere que las vacunas covid-19 actualizadas este otoño, que están diseñadas para combatir XBB.1.5, brindarán protección adicional contra una variedad de linajes de cov...

Cuatro muertos en enfrentamiento con marinos en el norte de México

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:45 GMT

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO — Cuatro hombres murieron el lunes en un enfrentamiento con efectivos de la Armada en la ciudad mexicana de Matamoros, donde en los últimos meses ha recrudecido la violencia debido a la presencia de grupos criminales.El choque armado ocurrió en una vía de Matamoros —fronteriza con Brownsville, Texas, y en el estado de Tamaulipas— donde presuntos integrantes de un grupo delictivo se enfrentaron a un convoy de la Secretaría de Marina, dijo a The Associated Press un agente estatal que habló en condición de anonimato porque no estaba autorizado a hacer declaraciones sobre el hecho.En el enfrentamiento también fueron incautados armas y equipos tácticos, indicó el funcionario estatal. Ningún integrante de la Secretaría resultó herido.La oficina de prensa de la Secretaría de Marina confirmó a AP que personal naval participó en el evento, pero no ofreció más detalles.La Vocería de Seguridad del estado de Tamaulipas dijo en su cuenta de la red social X que el enfrentamiento ...

The Joint Procurement Agreement: driving EU health solidarity

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:45 GMT

Russia’s ‘General Armageddon’ pops up in Moscow

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:45 GMT

Russian General Sergei Surovikin, believed to have been an ally of now-dead mutineer Yevgeny Prigozhin, was spotted in public for the first time since the Wagner Group’s armed uprising in June.“General Sergei Surovikin is out. Alive, healthy, at home, with his family, in Moscow,” Russian media personality Ksenia Sobchak — rumored to be President Vladimir Putin’s goddaughter — said Monday on Telegram, under a picture allegedly showing the Russian general and his wife Anna Surovikina.Surovikin, also known as General Armageddon for his scorched-earth military tactics in Chechnya and Syria, has not been seen since Wagner mercenary forces aborted attempt to march on Moscow in June, after reports circulated that he knew of Wagner chief Prigozhin’s planned rebellion.Surovikin — who had already been removed from his commanding role in Russia’s war on Ukraine — was reportedly placed under house arrest last month and sacked as head of the country’s aerospac...

Live blog: Lawmakers grill incoming EU innovation chief Iliana Ivanova

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:45 GMT

A select group of European Parliament lawmakers will on Tuesday quiz Iliana Ivanova, Bulgaria’s designated commissioner for innovation, research, culture, education and youth, to assess whether she’s capable of taking over the portfolio from Mariya Gabriel, who resigned in May to become the country’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister. It’s the first of more such hearings, as more members of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s team jump ship as the end of the mandate looms. Ahead of her hearing, Ivanova made the pitch that the EU should team up with its non-member allies, such as the United Kingdom and Switzerland, on research and innovation in order to win the ongoing race to control new technologies. To do so, the EU could leverage the power of its flagship R&D program Horizon Europe, which lawmakers claim is underfunded — as it’s often raided to meet new requirements.

Nigerian workers walk off the job again to protest rising costs after gas subsidies are removed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:45 GMT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Workers from all sectors in Nigeria walked off their jobs on Tuesday to protest the growing cost of living caused by the government’s removal of gas subsidies, threatening to “shut down” Africa’s largest economy if their demands for improved welfare are not met.The Nigeria Labor Congress workers association began a two-day “warning strike” on Tuesday, their second in over a month. They met last week and complained that the decision of Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu to remove gas subsidies has “unleashed massive suffering on Nigerian workers and masses.” Last-minute efforts to avert the strike failed on Monday evening after the labor unions’ leaders shunned a meeting called by the Labor Ministry. Drawn from all sectors including health and electricity, the workers’ strike is expected to disrupt activities in many offices, further hurting Africa’s largest economy whose growth has been slowed by declining government revenues and oil ...