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EU education and training shows some encouraging trends but challenges remain, new report reveals

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:48 GMT

More and more young Europeans obtain a tertiary degree and the average number of early leavers from education and training is in decline. Those are some of the encouraging developments revealed by the 2023 edition of the Commission's Education and Training Monitor, launched by Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Commissioner Iliana Ivanova (pictured) at the European Education Summit last week.The Monitor also shows that almost two thirds of recent graduates from vocational education and training (VET) experienced work-based learning. On the other hand, the report highlights remaining challenges, such as the prevalent underachievement in basic skills, widespread inequity in education access and performance, the gender gap in tertiary qualifications, and the lack of women in STEM disciplines.The 2023 edition of the report zooms in on teacher shortages in Europe and the various efforts to make the teaching profession more attractive. Teacher shortages are an increasing c...

Horoscopes Dec. 5, 2023: Margaret Cho, eliminate delays and restrictions

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:48 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Frankie Muniz, 38; Amy Acker, 47; Margaret Cho, 55; John Rzeznik, 58.Happy Birthday: Slow down, consider your options and don’t let anyone sway you in the wrong direction. Eliminate delays and restrictions by handling matters yourself. The fewer people you involve in your plans, the easier it will be to reach your destination on time and successfully this year. Trusting your instincts and getting firsthand information will positively impact what you achieve this year. Your numbers are 4, 12, 15, 28, 36, 42, 49.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Put your money to good use and target what’s important to you. Update documents, contracts and investments to ensure you don’t miss an opportunity. Protect what you do to earn a living and how you handle your cash from people offering misleading information. 3 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Live, learn and move forward. Establish who and what you want to support and initiate your interest and contributi...

Word Game: Dec. 5, 2023

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:48 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — PURPORTS (PURPORTS: per-PORTS: Presents the often false appearance of being or intending.)Average mark 22 wordsTime limit 30 minutesCan you find 28 or more words in PURPORTS? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — MESCAL mace male meal mesa sale same scale scam seal seam slam calm came camel case clam acme alms lace lame laseTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at [email protected].

Ask Amy: Now I realize what stay-at-home spouses are complaining about

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:48 GMT

Dear Amy: I have a common question, but now that it has come up in my own household, it feels unique to our family.Related ArticlesAdvice | Ask Amy: Now we’re feeling weird about our daughter’s favorite toy Advice | Ask Amy: I’ll never forgive my sister-in-law for her question to my little girl Advice | Ask Amy: How can I avoid the vortex of the other grandmother? Advice | Ask Amy: He has resurrected this wedding drama and is using it against me Advice | Ask Amy: Should I tell my neighbor about her child’s bullying behavior? Before having children, my wife and I agreed that I would be the stay-at-home parent, and she would continue with her career.Fortunately, she has a fulfilling career that also pays enough to fully support our household.When we adopted our first child, I left my job and stayed home. It worked out well.Now we have two young children. My wife’s career has also in...

“The Squad,” Part 1: The Rise and (First) Fall of Bernie

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:48 GMT

When Bernie Sanders launched his first presidential campaign in early 2015, the political world could not have been more different than it is today. His run set in motion a movement — or, really, a series of movements that clashed and blended over the ensuing years, reshaping both the Democratic Party and the country. On today’s episode of Deconstructed, we’re trying something new: Host Ryan Grim narrates the audio version of his new book “The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution.” Macmillan Audio has allowed Deconstructed to run edited excerpts. But we’ve spliced Grim’s audiobook with interviews, speeches, and newscasts, making it into an audio documentary for the podcast. Our first episode takes you inside the first Sanders campaign, where we explore the tension between the right wing of the Democratic Party and Sanders’s “political revolution.” Part 2, coming out later this week, will look back at the historical forces that pushed members of the Squad into politics...

Freezing rain causes accidents that leave 3 dead in Germany while Munich airport suspends flights

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:48 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Freezing rain and cold weather buffeting Germany were blamed for traffic accidents that left three dead on Tuesday while Munich Airport temporarily suspended flights.One student was killed in a crash involving a school bus in the Erzgebirge mountains in the eastern German state of Saxony, police said. At least 10 other schoolchildren were taken to a hospital. Two adults, including the bus driver, were seriously injured. The bus skidded into the side of a winter road maintenance vehicle in Sehmatal county near the Czech border, German news agency dpa reported. It then crashed head-on into a tree and and the impact was so strong that it completely destroyed the front of the vehicle. In Munich, all flights were either canceled or postponed between 6 a.m. and noon (0500-1100 GMT), with the airport warning that many flights scheduled for later in the day might also be affected by the severe weather conditions.The airport, Germany’s second-biggest, announced the tempor...

Lyon returns to Marseille amid heightened security following violent attack on team bus

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:48 GMT

Lyon will return to Marseille amid heightened security measures Wednesday to play a game that was postponed after the team’s bus was attacked by fans throwing rocks in October. The rescheduled match comes just four days after the death of a fan ahead of a French league game that marked a new low in a season marred by violence.The match between Marseille and Lyon was initially scheduled on Oct. 29 but was postponed after fans threw rocks and other projectiles at the Lyon bus and then-coach Fabio Grosso needed stitches in his forehead after being hit by broken glass. Lyon fans have not been allowed to travel to the rescheduled game, which takes place in the wake of the incident in the western city of Nantes, where a fan was killed during a fight close to the stadium before a game between Nantes and Nice.The match in Marseille will be under close scrutiny, with local authorities under pressure to deliver an effective security plan.On Monday, French sports minister Amelie Oudea-Ca...

An explosion leveled a home in Arlington, Virginia, as officers tried to serve a search warrant

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:48 GMT

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A massive explosion at a duplex where police were investigating reports of shots fired shook a Washington, D.C, suburb Monday and destroyed the home.All officers escaped serious injury but it was unclear what happened to the suspect who was inside the home when it was leveled by the explosion, Arlington County, Virginia, police spokesperson Ashley Savage said.Officers went to the home at about 4:45 p.m. after receiving reports of shots fired. They later determined the shots came from a flare gun, Savage said. While police investigated, they obtained a search warrant for the home.When police later attempted to execute the warrant the suspect fired several rounds inside the home and the explosion occurred just before 8:30 p.m., shooting flames and debris into the air police said. Savage said it was unclear whether the rounds were fired from a flare gun or a firearm. Police don’t have any evidence that others were in the duplex but can’t rule out the possibility, ...

Heavy rains leave at least 8 people dead as Michaung makes landfall on India’s southeastern coast

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:48 GMT

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Eight people were dead as Tropical Storm Michaung began making landfall along India’s southeastern coastline Tuesday, bringing with it torrential rains and strong winds, officials said. The cyclone started crossing the coastline of Andhra Pradesh state with maximum sustained winds of 90-100 kph (56-62 mph) and gusts up to 110 kph (68 mph), said Sunanda Sharma, an official at the state’s Cyclone Warning Center. “It will take three hours for the entire system to cross the coast and complete the landfall,” she said, adding that there could be a storm surge and more heavy showers in the next 24 hours before the storm weakens. Another state in the south, Tamil Nadu, experienced days of heavy rains in the lead-up to the storm. Downpours triggered accidents that led to at least eight deaths across four vulnerable districts in recent days, said C. Muthukumaran, a disaster management official in the state. In the capital city of Chennai, rain from the stor...

GTA 6 leak: ‘Grand Theft Auto’ trailer reveals game’s release date

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:48 GMT

New York (CNN) — A trailer for “Grand Theft Auto VI,” the next installment of the wildly popular and violent game franchise, has been released early online after it had leaked. The trailer reveals that the sixth chapter is coming in 2025, according to developer Rockstar Games.The highly anticipated trailer surpassed 32 million views within its first few hours on Youtube.The trailer was originally supposed to go up on Tuesday, December 5 at 9 am PST. However, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Rockstar Games said, “Our trailer has leaked so please watch the real thing on YouTube.”GTA 6, the next chapter of the action-adventure franchise, has been a long time coming. GTA 5 was released in 2013.The trailer features a female protagonist, Lucia, who appears to go a crime spree through crowded beaches, city highways and clubs with her partner in a Bonnie-and-Clyde scenario.Rockstar Games, owned by Take-Two Interactive, has struggled with leaks. In 2022, hackers leaked unrelea...