Open Newswire

La UPF carga con dureza contra la sentencia que condena al ya ex fiscal general del Estado, Álvaro García Ortiz, y acusa a los magistrados de amenazar la confianza en la justicia e invertir la carga de la prueba.

Solo horas duró el desalojo de un terreno en la Avenida Prat de Concepción, región del Bío bío. Si bien, el municipio retiró los rucos, nuevamente instalaron carpas en el lugar. Cabe recordar que hasta hace unos años, en Prat con Los Carrera se ubicaba una gasolinera. Sin embargo, dejó de funcionar y el sitio … Continua leyendo "Municipio desalojó rucos en terreno de Concepción, pero volvieron a instalar carpas en la misma zona" The post Municipio desalojó rucos en terreno de Concepción, pero volvieron a instalar carpas en la misma zona appeared first on BioBioChile.

Sign up for our free monthly newsletter Beyond High School to get the latest news about college and career paths for Colorado’s high school grads. A plan from Colorado’s governor would shut down Colorado’s higher education department and create a new agency that would merge the functions of the state’s higher education, labor, and other departments in a bid to strengthen workforce development. A report commissioned by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis and released Wednesday recommends that Colorado create a new Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development. The department would take over certain programs and responsibilities from seven different state departments with the goal to boost economic development and education beyond high school. The merger is similar to what several Republican governors have done in their states. It would bring together the higher education department, the state’s workforce development council, the state apprenticeship agency, and adult education. At the federal level, President Donald Trump has moved some functions of the U.S. Department of Education dealing with career and technical education and K-12 to the U.S. Department of Labor. The announcement, marked by a press event at the Colorado State University Spur, comes a week after Colorado Department of Higher Education Executive Director Angie Paccione said she was leaving her post after seven years. Paccione, who attended the event, said family matters contributed to her decision to leave the position in January. Polis, whose term as governor will end next year, said he wants lawmakers to file a bill in the upcoming legislative session to begin a process that he said will likely finish with the state’s next governor in 2027. Lawmakers will need to approve moving programs under the consolidated department’s purview. “This kind of consolidation drives better efficiency, better results, and is more consumer friendly to learners,” Polis said Wednesday. Colorado House Speaker Julie McCluskie, a Dillon Democrat, said lawmakers will focus on how to build this new department. “We want to make sure the folks that are the experts in running these programs and services, and certainly the leaders of these departments, have an opportunity to weigh in and how we move different pieces to a brand new department,” McCluskie said. Polis signed an executive order in May tasking various state agencies, including the higher education, education, labor, and economic development departments, with producing the report that analyzes the current system of talent development and to find ways to improve Coloradans’ access to employment, education, and training opportunities. Polis has pushed for this type of change for years, and state lawmakers have commissioned other reports that say the state can do more to help residents get an education and then into the workforce. Polis said the proposal crosses political boundaries and would help propel Colorado to the top in terms of economic competitiveness. “I think that it’s an idea that good governors from either side of the aisle can get behind working with their legislature,” he said. “It’s fundamentally about streamlining. It’s about more efficiency. It’s about driving better results for learners.” Several other states have taken similar approaches. For example, South Carolina passed a state law in 2023 to develop a statewide plan to get industry and education partners working under one set of standards to improve the educational and workforce connections in the state. And Virginia created an Office of Education Economics in 2021 that seeks to use data to help improve educational programming, policy, and workforce partnerships. However, the Colorado report’s recommendations are very similar to what’s been done in Missouri, which began to merge its higher education and workforce development offices in 2018 into a Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development. The Missouri department’s Commissioner Bennett Boggs said the change helped employers and colleges and universities work together in a more comprehensive way. But it also came with challenges, he said. State leaders have needed to think through how to adjust traditional structures, like semester schedules, to be more flexible to employers’ demands, he said. “It’s a healthier conversation in terms of economic development, workforce development, and helping Missourians,” said Boggs, who previously worked as the higher education department’s deputy executive director in Colorado. “Our mission is putting Missourians on a pathway to learn, work, and prosper.” The report Polis released Wednesday says too few Coloradans are getting the education they need to get higher-paying jobs. Currently, only half of all Colorado high school graduates make it to college, the report says. Even fewer graduate college or get the training they need for higher skilled jobs. Older adults also have needed more help navigating training or retraining options. The report says automation and artificial intelligence has driven the need for employees to gain new skills, and the state’s workforce has started to age. These realities mean Colorado will need even more trained workers to fill key jobs. Over 73% of jobs require education after high school, and the report says Colorado is highly educated due to in-migration, but “can no longer rely on importing talent from other states.” The report says Colorado’s education and workforce system lacks coordination, shared data, and clear accountability. State agencies also have varying grants and inconsistent policies and procedures, the report says, which can create inefficiencies and confusion for administrators. Educational options beyond just a high school diploma are plentiful across the state, the report says. Coloradans can choose between over 300 apprenticeships and 4,500 training programs, as well as over 10,000 degree options. However, residents have difficulty understanding which programs might fit their goals because of the complexity of the system. Business leaders run into similar issues when trying to navigate the system, the report says. Polis said the confusing system was created over numerous years as the result of “inertia” as economic development offices, state agencies, universities, and colleges have reacted to workforce trends. The new department would unify programs to also make the system easier for residents to understand, he said. Jason Gonzales is a reporter covering higher education and the Colorado legislature. Chalkbeat Colorado partners with Open Campus on higher education coverage. Contact Jason at jgonzales@chalkbeat.org.

A legislative committee meant to review the education freedom account program plans to meet next week after not convening for a year. The Education Freedom Savings Account Oversight Committee will hold a public meeting Dec. 16 at 10 a.m, according to the committee’s official webpage.  The scheduling move came after the Bulletin reported about the […]

A House legislative oversight hearing at the North Carolina General Assembly Wednesday devolved into shouting and book-throwing by the committee chairman. Republican lawmakers pressed Chapel Hill-Carrboro school leaders over whether the district had complied with the requirements in the state’s “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” which became law in 2023. It was so heated that Rep. […]

Посол України в Ізраїлі не підтвердив інформацію про нібито замах на бізнесмена Тимура Міндіча, фігуранта корупційної справи в енергетиці, про який заявив Ігор Коломойський. Офіційних підтверджень інциденту немає

UN Human Rights Day is held every year on December 10. The post On Human Rights Day let’s reflect on Canada’s complicity in the Gaza genocide appeared first on rabble.ca.

欧盟对中国电商平台Temu的监管力度进一步升级。多名消息人士向法新社和路透社证实，欧盟委员会上周对 Temu 位于都柏林的欧洲总部实施突击检查，重点调查其是否获得中国政府补贴，从而在欧盟市场构成不公平竞争。

歐盟對中國電商平台Temu的監管力度進一步升級。多名消息人士向法新社和路透社證實，歐盟委員會上周對 Temu 位於都柏林的歐洲總部實施突擊檢查，重點調查其是否獲得中國政府補貼，從而在歐盟市場構成不公平競爭。

Si utilizas las redes sociales para informarte, es probable que te hayas encontrado con publicaciones de la cuenta UHN Plus, que tiene más de 1 mill�...

No hace falta ser un niño para disfrutar de Seiffen, la mágica "cuna de la Navidad", donde se fabrican juguetes tradicionales de madera desde hace cientos de años Siete ciudades españolas con planes perfectos para viajar con niños Cerca de la frontera con la República Checa, Seiffen es conocido en el mundo germanoparlante como la “cuna de la Navidad”, pero hasta ahora ha pasado desapercibido para los turistas angloparlantes que visitan la región en esta época del año. Escondido en los Montes Metálicos, a una hora y media al sur de Dresde, no es un lugar fácil de llegar en transporte público: la estación de tren más cercana está en Olbernhau, a casi 11 km de distancia. Hay autobuses disponibles, pero optamos por alquilar un coche y nos adentramos en las colinas, llegando al día siguiente de la primera nevada del año. Las carreteras se limpian rápidamente, pero la nieve se adhiere a las ramas de los abetos. Casi esperamos ver al hijo del Gruffalo, pero solo vemos un zorro de color óxido que se abre paso por un campo recién nevado. Los bosques circundantes por los que conducimos son fundamentales para la supervivencia de Seiffen. (La única razón por la que estamos aquí es por un consejo de un simpático guardabosques alemán que nos dijo que era una visita obligada). Las montañas del Ore, Erzgebirge en alemán, fueron clasificadas como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco en 2019 debido a su rica historia minera. Durante 800 años, la zona se caracterizó por la intensa explotación minera de plata y estaño (y más tarde de uranio). Todas las calles están llenas de luces navideñas y hay miles de pequeños juguetes de madera expuestos en los escaparates de las tiendas Seiffen se construyó en el siglo XIV justo debajo de la cresta de la montaña y está rodeada de bosques de abetos, pinos y hayas. La minería y la silvicultura van de la mano. La madera era esencial para fabricar puntales que sostuvieran los techos de las minas y para fabricar herramientas. Así que, cuando se agotaron las reservas de estaño y los mineros se vieron obligados a buscar una forma alternativa de ganarse la vida, recurrieron a la madera que tenían a su alcance, modificaron su maquinaria y empezaron a fabricar cuencos y cucharas de madera, antes de dedicarse a lo que les haría famosos: los juguetes. Un artesano llevó sus juguetes a un mercado navideño cercano y regresó con los bolsillos llenos de monedas, y el resto, como se suele decir, es historia. Las familias de todos los rincones del pueblo comenzaron a fabricar pequeños animales y figuritas en sus casas, y todos colaboraban para tallarlos y pintarlos. Es difícil saber por dónde empezar en una ciudad llena de luces centelleantes y tiendas acogedoras, pero una visita al museo del juguete (Erzgebirgisches Spielzeugmuseum, 9€) es buena opción. Abierto desde 1936, cuenta la historia de la tradición juguetera de Seiffen. Se recomienda ver el breve vídeo, ya que es la única información disponible en inglés [el resto está en alemán]. A pesar de la barrera del idioma, las 5.000 piezas expuestas, que van desde cascanueces hasta maquetas de trenes, arcas de Noé y minúsculas tallas en cajas de cerillas (incluida la “cocina más pequeña del mundo”), te mantendrán maravillado durante horas, si te gusta este tipo de cosas. Incluso hay juguetes tradicionales de madera con los que pueden jugar los niños pequeños (o grandes). Hasta el día de hoy, Seiffen continúa con su tradición de fabricación de juguetes e incluso acogió el festival europeo de fabricantes de juguetes a principios de este año. Para ver cómo se fabrican los juguetes, nos dirigimos al taller Seiffener Volkskunst para asistir a la sesión de decoración de juguetes que hemos reservado. Recorremos la tienda, donde nos llaman la atención las diminutas figuritas y las ruedas giratorias con velas, y pasamos por la galería de torneros y pintores de juguetes. La forma en que tornean la madera aquí es algo especial. En el siglo XIX, los artesanos crearon un método llamado “torneado de aros”, en el que un torno diseñado específicamente convierte una pieza de madera en un anillo grueso con muescas y ranuras. Al cortarlo, se revela la forma del animal o del juguete. Esto permitió la producción en masa de figuritas, lo que contribuyó al éxito económico de Seiffen a lo largo del siglo XIX. En la actualidad, solo unas pocas personas en el mundo siguen utilizando esta técnica. Para nuestras decoraciones, elijo pintar una seta con aspecto navideño, mi pareja un pato con mucho carácter, y además nos llevamos a casa una casita del bosque para construirla con los niños. Nuestras pequeñas decoraciones están hechas con madera de abedul, haya, arce y tilo locales. Nos sentamos junto a los pintores de juguetes profesionales, que están pintando cascanueces y muñecos de nieve, y nos invade una lenta sensación de tranquilidad. Una decoración que me atrae especialmente es el arco de velas, o schwibbogen. Estos objetos, de bella factura, representan la historia del pueblo, a veces con la iglesia local en la parte superior y figuras de mineros trabajando en la parte inferior. El patrimonio es importante en Seiffen, y cuando comienza la temporada de Adviento cada año, se celebra un desfile de mineros con los trajes que habrían llevado hace 400 años. A continuación, con nuestros adornos bien guardados, paseamos por las calles del pueblo y nos damos cuenta de que cada tienda tiene su propio estilo y personalidad. Algunos fabricantes de juguetes se centran en cascanueces, otros en ángeles y otros en Räuchermänner, figuras que queman incienso. Las tiendas de los artesanos más modernos, como Wendt & Kühn, son fascinantes de visitar, con interiores elegantemente decorados, aunque los precios de los juguetes lo reflejan. De hecho, se pueden gastar cientos de euros incluso en los lugares más sencillos, ya que algunas pirámides cuestan más de 2.000€. Después de almorzar una deliciosa sopa de puerros llamada Heidi (7,80 €) en el Hotel Seiffener Hof, caminamos hasta la iglesia, de una forma octogonal poco habitual, que aparece representada en muchos de los arcos y adornos que se venden aquí, y escuchamos un rato cómo tocan el órgano. Al llegar la temporada navideña, el sol se pone temprano, así que probamos un chupito de heisse holunderbeere, bayas de saúco calientes servidas con vodka y una cucharada de nata montada por encima, para entrar en calor. Luego tomamos dos tazas de glühwein rojo y subimos la colina hasta el histórico sendero de los mineros. La nieve está intacta aquí arriba y cruje bajo nuestros pies mientras nos dirigimos al Binge, que en su día fue una mina a cielo abierto para la extracción de estaño y ahora es un anfiteatro para la comunidad. Los bancos de madera dispuestos en semicírculo son blancos, y el único sonido que oímos hoy es el goteo de la nieve derretida. Subimos más escalones por la colina formada por los residuos que quedaron de los años de minería. Ahora hay abedules que crecen con fuerza y contemplamos el valle mientras se encienden las luces de las casas. Antes de que la temperatura baje aún más, disfrutamos de una rostbratwurst (salchicha a la parrilla) de un vendedor ambulante y otro vino caliente fuera del céntrico Hotel Erbgericht Buntes Haus. Ahora hace mucho frío. Las tiendas están cerrando y los caminos se están congelando, así que empezamos a subir la colina de vuelta a nuestro hotel, parándonos cada pocos minutos para contemplar las luces que vemos abajo. Nos reciben en el Panorama Berghotel Wettiner Höhe, donde nos instalamos para pasar la noche, bien preparados para la temporada navideña que se avecina.

Steffi Méndez mandó un recado a sus críticos a raíz de un video donde baila y canta una canción junto a su hijo, la cual aparentemente apuntaba a Dante Lindhe, su expareja y padre de su retoño. A través de su cuenta de TikTok, la hija de DJ Méndez se mostró en su faceta de … Continua leyendo "Steffi Méndez mandó recado a haters: "No acepto críticas ni menos que me vengan a decir cómo ser mamá"" The post Steffi Méndez mandó recado a haters: "No acepto críticas ni menos que me vengan a decir cómo ser mamá" appeared first on BioBioChile.

TOPEKA — The Kansas attorney general is dropping his federal lawsuit that targeted health care for immigrants across the U.S. Kris Kobach announced Wednesday he voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit, but health care for certain immigrants was stripped away more than three months ago when President Donald Trump rescinded the Biden-era rule that offered health care […]

Community, religious and elected leaders gathered Wednesday (Dec. 10) to demand an end to federal immigration raids in New Orleans, a little over a week after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s operation “Catahoula Crunch” began.

美联储（Fed）周三(12月10日）宣布将基准利率下调 25 个基点至 3.50%–3.75% 区间，这是美联储连续第三次降息，符合市场普遍预期。然而，此次决策不仅内部反对声显著上升，且Fed最新预测显示：2026 年料仅再降息一次，引发市场对未来政策路径的重新评估。

美聯儲（Fed）周三(12月10日）宣布將基準利率下調 25 個基點至 3.50%–3.75% 區間，這是美聯儲連續第三次降息，符合市場普遍預期。然而，此次決策不僅內部反對聲顯著上升，且Fed最新預測顯示：2026 年料僅再降息一次，引發市場對未來政策路徑的重新評估。

Diplomats, journalists, government officials and civil society leaders gathered at the University of Juba, South The post EU envoy says human rights are ‘indispensable foundation’ for peace appeared first on Radio Tamazuj.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend $700 million to support regenerative agriculture as part of the Make America Healthy Again agenda, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday.  The USDA pilot program for regenerative agriculture — a conservation management approach centered on improving the […]

(The Center Square) — New York’s “scaffold law" is driving up insurance costs and draining billions of dollars from the state's economy, according to a new trade industry report, which is renewing calls for reform. The analysis released Wednesday by the Building Trades Employers’ Association said the law, which dates back to 1885, continues to impose "absolute liability" on New York property owners and contractors for injuries on construction sites, which has caused insurance rates to "skyrocket" in recent years. On average, insurance costs in New York are 200% to 500% higher than other states because of the law, according to HR&A Advisors, a New York City-based consulting firm that produced the report for the trade group. "For decades, New York’s insurance law has pushed construction budgets to the brink, forcing developers – and public authorities like the MTA – to waste billions on premiums that don’t make construction work any safer and are a driving force behind the affordability crisis that is crushing our state’s economy," Elizabeth Crowley, the group's president and CEO, said in a statement. Crowley urged New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to make good on his campaign pledges to target the high cost of insurance in the city as part of broader plans to increase housing and expand the city's economy. She said the reforms would reduce the cost of Mamdani's affordable housing plan by about $8 billion. The report said the rising construction insurance rates are also hurting the state's economy by driving up the cost of housing, schools and infrastructure. It has also resulted in "significant fraud" as staged accident suits have flooded the courts, according to the report. Meanwhile, the report's authors cited government data also showing that New York construction workers "are no safer" than those in neighboring states with a comparative liability standard that restricts construction-related lawsuits. In 2023, New York City’s construction fatality rate of 11.6 per 100,000 workers, and New York State’s rate of 10.4, significantly exceeded the national average of 9.6, according to the report. The report's authors detailed several "real world" examples of major New York construction projects they claim could have saved money without the "scaffold law" driving up insurance costs. That includes the Penn Station redevelopment project, which could have saved up to $560 million, enough to support up to 1,500 new jobs and $300 million in wages. A project to upgrade the 2nd Ave subway could save up to $550 million, generating over $710 million in new economic activity, the report claimed. "This latest report further confirms what we've known for a long time: because of the Scaffold Law, New York is one of the most expensive places on earth to build," said Tom Stebbins, executive director of Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York. "It's time for lawmakers in Albany to stand up to the billboard lawyers' lobby and finally fix the law and bring the Empire State in line with the rest of the nation." "We can't afford to upgrade our infrastructure, invest in clean energy, or build more housing if already scarce resources are wasted under this archaic law," Stebbins added. "Every dollar spent on liability is a dollar not spent on making New York more livable and affordable."

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend $700 million to support regenerative agriculture as part of the Make America Healthy Again agenda, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday.  The USDA pilot program for regenerative agriculture — a conservation management approach centered on improving the […]