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Belgium bar belle to defend cocktail championship honour

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:04 GMT

Julie Nullens (pictured), who is expecting her second child in a few weeks, now has something else to celebrate this summer.She will defend Belgium for the second time in a row during the IBA (International Bartenders Association) World Cocktail Championship in Rome from 28 November to 2 December.During the contest, 64 bartenders representing the 64 countries member of the IBA will be competing for the title of IBA World Champion.Julie was selected at the 60th Union of Belgium’s Bartenders national cocktails competition which took place on 12 June at the The Dominican in Brussels. The best bartenders in the country competed for the title of Champion of Belgium 2023.Julie, of Le bar à Ju at Sprimont, was adjudged to be Belgium’s Best Bartender for the year.The first runner-up was Edwin Fernando Bravo Vega, of The Dominican, Brussels, while the second runner-up was Daniel Papageorgiou, of La Fourmilière in Brussels.The 2023 national competition was completely redesigned and upgra...

Leading airline flies for the flag for sustainability

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:04 GMT

Emirates’ plans to upgrade the entire interior cabins of 120 Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 aircraft is really taking off.The ambitious project, representing a multi-billion dollar investment to ensure Emirates’ customers “fly better” for the coming years, aims to be “environmental friendly” and also includes plans for a 4th cabin class, called Premium Economy.The target is to completely retrofit four Emirates aircraft from start to finish every month, continuously for over 2 years. Once the 67 earmarked A380s are refreshed and back in service, some 53 777s will undergo their facelift.This will see nearly 4,000 brand new Premium Economy seats installed, 728 First Class suites refurbished and over 5,000 Business Class seats upgraded to a new style and design when the project is complete in April 2025.The new Premium Economy cabin class, which offers luxurious seats and more legroom, is currently available to Emirates customers travelling on popular A380 routes to London, Paris, Sydney. I...

Single family residence in Danville sells for $1.6 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:04 GMT

10 Weatherly Court – Google Street ViewA house located in the first block of Weatherly Court in Danville has new owners. The 1,860-square-foot property, built in 1992, was sold on June 1, 2023, for $1,600,000, or $860 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, two bathrooms, an attached garage, and two parking spaces. The unit sits on a 7,700-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:On Center Court, Danville, in July 2022, a 2,173-square-foot home was sold for $1,625,000, a price per square foot of $748. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In May 2023, a 3,687-square-foot home on Crestridge Drive in Danville sold for $2,550,000, a price per square foot of $692. The home has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.A 2,854-square-foot home on the first block of Northview Court in Danville sold in April 2023, for $2,650,000, a price per square foot of $929. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

El papa Francisco regresa al Vaticano 9 días después de cirugía abdominal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:04 GMT

ROMA.- El papa Francisco fue dado de alta este viernes y regresó al Vaticano para continuar su recuperación, después de haber sido operado en el hospital Gemelli de Roma de una hernia abdominal el pasado 7 de junio.El pontífice salió de la puerta principal del hospital a las 8 a.m. en silla de ruedas y le esperaban, además de los medios, algunas decenas de personas.El papa, que sonrió a todos ellos, estuvo acompañado hasta el coche por el cirujano que le operó de la hernia abdominal y también en julio de 2021 en el colon, Sergio Alfieri.Durante estos 9 días de hospitalización, el equipo médico que le ha atendido ha afirmado que el posoperatorio del pontífice procedía con regularidad. Es la tercera vez que el papa es ingresado en el hospital romano, ya que también estuvo hospitalizado tres noches a finales de marzo por “una pulmonía aguda” y fue operado en ese mismo hospital romano el 4 de julio de 2021 en el colon y dado de alta después de 10 días a los que siguieron una lenta ...

Última hora y noticias en vivo de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, hoy: minuto a minuto

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:04 GMT

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Escaladores sordos hacen historia en el Everest

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:04 GMT

(CNN) — ¿Cómo puedes hacer señas si llevas un piolet en la mano? ¿Se niegan los guías a trabajar contigo si no oyes? ¿Qué ocurre si no puedes ver al otro cuando se comunican por señas por la noche?Estas son solo algunas de las cuestiones que los aventureros estadounidenses Scott Lehmann y Shayna Unger han abordado en su canal de YouTube, que documenta sus experiencias como pareja sorda que se abre camino hacia las cumbres de las montañas más altas del mundo.El 22 de mayo, Unger y Lehmann se convirtieron en la tercera y cuarta personas sordas en hacer cumbre en el Everest.Casualmente, en el camino Unger y Lehmann se encontraron con la segunda persona sorda en llegar a la cima: el ciudadano malasio Muhammad Hawari Hashim, que escaló el pico el 18 de mayo y fue visto sonriendo orgulloso mientras sostenía la bandera de Malasia en una imagen compartida en las redes sociales.El hecho de que tres personas sordas escalaran la montaña más alta del mundo con tan solo unos días de difere...

Russia accuses Australia of ‘Russophobic hysteria’ for blocking second embassy on security grounds

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:04 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Russia accused Australia of “Russophobic hysteria” for canceling the lease on the land where Moscow wanted to build its new embassy, which the Australian government judged to be a security risk because it was too close to Parliament House.Parliament passed emergency legislation blocking the lease Thursday after Russia won a Federal Court appeal last month against local Canberra authorities’ decision to do the same.The Russian Embassy responded on Friday by posting on social media a Russian news agency TASS report of Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov’s condemnation of Australia’s actions.“Australia, having canceled the lease agreement for the site for the construction of the new Russian Embassy building, diligently continues to move forward in the main stream of the authors of the Russophobic hysteria and tries to distinguish itself on this path,” Peskov is quoted as saying.“Another unfriendly display from Australia. We will take this into account and if t...

Teens with severe obesity are turning to surgery and new weight loss drugs, despite controversy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:04 GMT

John Simon III was a hungry baby, a “chunky” toddler and a chubby little boy, his mother said. But by age 14, his weight had soared to 430 pounds and was a life-threatening medical condition.Nine months after weight-loss surgery that removed a portion of his stomach, John has lost about 150 pounds, boosting his health — and his hopes for the future.“It was like a whole new start,” said John, who will start high school in California this fall. In Minnesota, Edward Kent was diagnosed with fatty liver disease. The 6-foot, 300-pound high school sophomore started using the obesity drug Wegovy in January — just a month after federal regulators approved it for children 12 and older — and has lost 40 pounds.“It’s a huge deal and it will affect him for the rest of his life,” said his mother, Dr. Barbara Van Eeckhout, an obstetrician-gynecologist. “This is about his health.”John and Edward are among a small but growing group of young teens turning to treatments like body-altering surgery and ...

Brown leads Dallas against Seattle after 21-point showing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:04 GMT

Seattle Storm (2-6, 2-4 Western Conference) at Dallas Wings (5-5, 4-1 Western Conference)Arlington, Texas; Saturday, 2 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Dallas faces the Seattle Storm after Kalani Brown scored 21 points in the Dallas Wings’ 79-61 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks.Dallas went 8-10 in Western Conference play and 8-10 at home during the 2022-23 season. The Wings shot 43.5% from the field and 34.3% from 3-point range last season.Seattle finished 22-14 overall last season while going 10-8 in Western Conference play. The Storm averaged 82.5 points per game last season, 12.4 on free throws and 27.9 from 3-point range.INJURIES: Wings: Lou Lopez Senechal: out (knee), Diamond DeShields: out (knee).Storm: None listed.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Intel plans €4.6B microchips factory in Poland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:04 GMT

Microchips manufacturer Intel on Friday announced a new investment in Poland worth €4.6 billion to ramp up its capacity in Europe for chip assembly and testing. The U.S.-based company has selected a site near Wrocław, in southwest Poland, for new factories slated to start running in 2027, Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger said in a statement. The firm announced last year that Poland was among the countries that would benefit from the company’s €33 billion investment plan across the bloc, alongside Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and France.The Wrocław plant — expected to create 2,000 jobs onsite — will work closely with Intel’s €17 billion state-of-the-art microchips production site in Magdeburg, Germany, which is also scheduled to go live in 2027. Ireland is also a major manufacturing hub for Intel in Europe.While workers at Intel’s factories in Germany and in Ireland will produce “wafers,” which serve as the base of a microchip, the new Polish plan...