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Commissioner Schmit kicks-off European Vocational Skills Week to raise awareness of the key role of skills in responding to economic and social challenges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:05 GMT

Today (23 October), Jobs and Social Rights Commissioner Nicolas Schmit will be in Seville, Spain, to kick off the European Vocational Skills Week 2023. The Commissioner will open a conference on the automatic mutual recognition of vocational training qualifications, organised by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU. The event will gather representatives of the Commission, the Spanish government for the presidency, social partners, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Labour Organization, as well as other parties interested in vocational education and training (VET).   During the European Vocational Skills Week, partners active in VET organise a series of events across Europe at European, national, regional and local level. The aim is to raise awareness of the key role that VET plays in responding to economic and social challenges, including to accompany the green and digital transitions. This year's Vocational Skills Week...

Miss Manners: The bride’s dress code for wedding guests strikes me as pretentious

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:05 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I have been invited to the wedding of a couple in their mid-20s. I’m irked at the dress code stated on the details card.Related ArticlesAdvice | Miss Manners: I tried to take the edge off her short-notice cancellation, and she blew up at me Advice | Miss Manners: A stranger sent a letter blasting me. Must I respond? Advice | Miss Manners: How do I bring up the problem of the neighbor’s cats? Advice | Miss Manners: The bride hung up on me, and her mother was rude, too. Was I in the wrong? Advice | Miss Manners: This lady at church got stuck, and I accidentally laughed out loud I have no issue with the “semiformal attire” request, but it goes on to say, “neutrals/earth tones encouraged.”The couple has a rather large wedding party, and I’m sure the attendants will all be dressed according to the bride’s preferred color scheme....

Dear Abby: My friend sold my teen a Taylor Swift ticket, and I can’t help resenting her

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:05 GMT

DEAR ABBY: A very good friend and neighbor sold a Taylor Swift ticket to my 15-year-old daughter for $900. I should mention, my daughter would have given her right arm for the chance to go to the show.Related ArticlesAdvice | Dear Abby: My wife isn’t happy about what I put in my obituary Advice | Dear Abby: I’ve been told to shut up about this sweet woman’s risky behavior Advice | Dear Abby: My neighbor doesn’t know what my camera captures every morning Advice | Dear Abby: I’m hurt he didn’t make time for me amid his family crisis Advice | Dear Abby: She stages these embarrassing displays, and I can’t deal with it anymore The original ticket was purchased for $300, including fees. Initially, my friend wanted to sell it for $1,000, but she offered a “discount” because my daughter’s 16th birthday was coming up.I can appreciate the value of the hot...

Phillies try to clinch NLCS in Game 6 against Diamondbacks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:05 GMT

Arizona Diamondbacks (84-78, second in the NL West during the regular season) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (90-72, second in the NL East during the regular season)Philadelphia; Monday, 5:07 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Merrill Kelly (12-8, 3.29 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 187 strikeouts); Phillies: Aaron Nola (12-9, 4.46 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 202 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Phillies -187, Diamondbacks +158; over/under is 8 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Phillies and the Arizona Diamondbacks meet in Game 6 of the NLCS. The Phillies have a 3-2 lead in the series and will advance to the World Series with a victory.Philadelphia is 49-32 at home and 90-72 overall. The Phillies have a 49-16 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.Arizona is 84-78 overall and 41-40 in road games. Diamondbacks pitchers have a collective 4.48 ERA, which ranks 10th in the NL.The teams meet Monday for the 13th time this season. The Phillies lead the season series 7-5.TOP PERFORMERS: Bryce Ha...

‘No place like home’: DC native brings ‘The Wiz’ back to National Theatre with outreach to DC students

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:05 GMT

After traveling to Oz, Dorothy famously clicked her heels together to declare, “There’s no place like home.”A Broadway producer is now saying the same thing as she brings the iconic stage musical “The Wiz” home to the National Theatre in the nation’s capital this Thursday through Sunday.“We are so excited,” co-producer Marjuan Canady told WTOP. “I’m a native Washingtonian. I attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts many years ago. One of the performers in ‘The Wiz’ was my former classmate in the musical theater program, Allyson Kaye Daniel, so this show has really been a reunion for us. We just love seeing each other in rehearsal and all of the shows so far, so it’s been a lot of fun just to reconnect with her.”Tuesday’s opening night falls on the exact 45th anniversary of “The Wiz” opening in movie theaters on Oct. 24, 1978. The stage version premiered in Baltimore on Oct. 21, 19...

Gaza hospitals overwhelmed, doctor trying to get supplies to those in desperate need

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:05 GMT

A Palestinian journalist comfort his niece wounded in an Israeli strike on her family home in Nusseirat refugee camp, in a hospital in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Mahmoud)As the Israel-Hamas war rages on, one Chicago doctor who has a team working on the ground in Gaza gives WTOP an account of what they are seeing.Dr. Zaher Sahloul, president of U.S.-based MedGlobal, says his team in Gaza is trying to get healthcare supplies to those in desperate need.“One hospital in the United States in Chicago has more ICU beds and more ventilators than the whole Gaza Strip,” said Sahloul on Sunday.“They are piling the dead bodies outside the hospital,” he told WTOP. “They’re worried about contaminating water sources with the decomposing bodies. And I’ve seen videos of emergency rooms full of patients on the floor. They were operating on patients without anesthesia at some major hospitals, and others.”A Palestinian medic carries a b...

Oilers star Connor McDavid to miss 1 to 2 weeks with upper-body injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:05 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers are expected to be without star forward Connor McDavid for 1 to 2 weeks due to an upper-body injury.McDavid, who has totaled two goals and six assists in five games this season, was injured during a 3-2 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night. He missed the last few minutes of the third period and didn’t play in the extra period.The Oilers announced his expected absence on Sunday.McDavid won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player after recording a career-high 153 points last season.The Oilers (1-3-1) next play at Minnesota on Tuesday night before hosting the New York Rangers on Thursday night to open a four-game homestand.___AP NHL: https://www.apnews.com/hub/NHLSource

MLB playoffs 2023: Game 7 of ALCS in Houston; Nola and Phillies look to close out Arizona in NLCS

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:05 GMT

Three teams are one win from the World Series heading into Monday’s playoff doubleheader.First, the Philadelphia Phillies look to close out Arizona at home when they send Aaron Nola to the mound with a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven NL Championship Series.Then it’s a decisive Game 7 in the ALCS as three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer and the Texas Rangers face Cristian Javier and the defending champion Astros in Houston. Road teams are unbeaten in this Lone Star State showdown, only the second time in baseball history the home side has dropped the first six games in a best-of-seven postseason series. The other time it happened, Scherzer started Game 7 in Houston as well — pitching for the Washington Nationals as they defeated the Astros to win the 2019 World Series.“Seems a little odd nobody is winning at home,” Rangers designated hitter Mitch Garver said. “And I would like for it to stay that way.” Texas, one of six major league teams without a World Series titl...

‘Be on alert’: Police searching for man in connection with Gardner homicide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:05 GMT

Authorities are warning the public to be on alert as they search for an “armed and dangerous” man in connection with a the death of a woman in Gardner on Sunday morning who was found in a home with four young children inside, officials said.Aaron Pennington, 33, of Gardner, is being sought in connection with the death of a woman on Cherry Street. Her name has not been released.Investigators say four children, ages 2, 5, 7, and 9 were inside the home at the time and left to get help. The children are now in the custody of the Department of Children and Families, according to the Worcester district attorney’s office.Pennington is described as being a white man with blonde hair, blue eyes, who is about 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing about 175 pounds. He is believed to be driving a white 2013 BMW model 320 with a MA Veteran plate 8A30.Anyone with information is asked to call Gardner police at 978-632-5600. If you see Pennington do not approach him, as he is potentia...

Boston police ask for help in search for Roxbury aggravated assault suspect

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:05 GMT

Boston police are turning to the public for help as they attempt to track down a woman wanted for aggravated assault with a knife, officials said.Officers responding to a reported aggravated assault in the area of 218 Blue Hill Avenue on Friday afternoon are looking for a woman who is described as Black, 30-40 years old, who was wearing a gray crewneck shirt, dark gray sweatpants with two white stripes down the leg, and black slides. She is believed to frequent the area of Dewey Street and Blue Hill Avenue.Anyone with information is strongly urged to contact District B-2 Detectives at (617) 343-4275.Community members wishing to assist in this investigation anonymously can do so by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1 (800) 494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.