In a groundbreaking effort to enhance access to vaccines, medicines, and health technologies in Africa, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Team Europe Initiative on Manufacturing and Access to Vaccines, Medicines and Health Technologies (“MAV+”) have collaborated on an ambitious initiative. The result? A two-week study tour across Germany and Belgium in September 2024, bringing together health experts from Africa to explore the vaccine and pharmaceutical ecosystem in Europe.Seventeen health experts representing five African Union Member States, a Regional Economic Community, and Africa CDC participated in the tour. Each participant was selected based on their work…
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The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States of America and the European Commission. Begin text: The United States and the European Commission hosted Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) Forum members today in New York City on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week and Climate Week NYC to discuss opportunities, priorities, and challenges in responsible mining, processing, and recycling of critical minerals needed for the energy transition. The meeting was Co-Chaired by Jose W. Fernandez, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, and Maive Rute,…
The second draft timeline suggests holding the hearings between Nov. 4 and 12, with the MEPs’ vote coming in the final week of November, and the Commission taking office on Dec. 1. On Tuesday, the Conference of Committee Chairs — led by German Social Democrat Bernd Lange — will recommend one of the two options to the Conference of Presidents, which is chaired by Parliament President Roberta Metsola and brings together the political group leaders. The Conference of Presidents will make a final decision on Wednesday. However, Lange said he only created the October timeline to show how impossible it…
Today, the European Commission announced the winners of the 2024 edition of the Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT) Innovation Prize. These awards give recognition to outstanding proposals that foster collaboration between researchers and industry. The European Union funds the SOFT Innovation Prize through the Euratom Research and Training Programme in order to support innovative ideas in fusion research with market potential.Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, said: “The innovative breakthroughs achieved by this year’s SOFT Innovation Prize winners demonstrate the immense potential of scientific creativity and collaboration to drive progress. By supporting and celebrating cutting-edge solutions, we are…
Bulletproof Plumbing & Heating Inc. paid straight time for overtime hours worked.Employer: Bulletproof Plumbing & Heating Inc. Investigation site: 6920 Ropers Point Colorado Springs, CO 80908Findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Bulletproof Plumbing & Heating Inc. paid 27 non-exempt plumbers straight time for hours over 40 in a workweek, when time and one-half was required by federal law. Back wages recovered: $69,050 in back wages for 27 employeesDamages…
Today, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Lee Satterfield joined Ukraine’s Prosecutor General, leaders from across Europe, and key stakeholders where she announced two new projects funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Ukraine Cultural Heritage Response Initiative and underscored continued U.S. support for the people of Ukraine and their efforts to protect and preserve Ukrainian culture. First, in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania’s Cultural Heritage Center, the United States will help ensure Ukrainians have the data and skills they need to repair and restore…
Date of action: Sept. 22, 2024Type of action: ComplaintCourt: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New YorkDefendants: Jacob Frydman and iBuilt LLC Group Health PlanBackground: An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration found that from March to June 2021, plan fiduciary Jacob Frydman violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act when he failed to forward money withheld from employee paychecks to the company’s health insurance plan and to collect funding owed by iBuilt LLC. As a result of Frydman’s actions, the company’s health plan was canceled by United HealthCare Services Inc. on June 11, 2021, retroactively to…
The United Nations, European Commission, and World Bank Group will make gender equality and ending violence against women and girls a priority of their cooperation to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This commitment was announced today by the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen, and World Bank Managing Director of Operations Anna Bjerde following their meeting on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly. As part of their ambitious gender policy frameworks, the leaders pledged to address gender-based violence as a top global priority central to achieving gender equality…
The Department of State is announcing reward offers under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program of up to $10 million each for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of Timur Shakhmametov and Sergey Ivanov for participating in, conspiring to participate in, and attempting to participate in transnational organized crime. Separate reward offers of up to $1 million each are also being offered for information leading to the identification of other leaders of the Joker’s Stash criminal marketplace (other than Shakhmametov), as well as the identification of other key leaders of the UAPS, PM2BTC, and PinPays transnational criminal groups (other than…
Today, the European Commission appointed two new members to the governing body of the European Research Council (ERC), the Scientific Council. These appointments are for an initial term of four years. The new members will take office on 1 January 2025, replacing current members whose second term has ended or is about to expire.The two new ERC Scientific Council members are:Professor Tomaž Prosen, University of Ljubljana, whose research focuses on fundamental questions of non-equilibrium statistical and quantum physics, andProfessor Maarit Karppinen, Aalto University, whose research is related to inorganic materials chemistry.In addition, the Commission renewed the term of office of…