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Maccabi Tel Aviv will not accept Villa tickets

Today at 23:26 PM, via BBC News

Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv say they will not accept any ticket allocation from Aston Villa should the decision to ban their supporters from next month’s Europa League match be overturned.

Education

English universities can raise tuition fees if they meet ‘tough’ standards, says Phillipson

Today at 21:00 PM, via The Guardian

Measure, which will allow increase in line with inflation, is part of white paper on post-16 education and skills

University tuition fees in England are to rise in line with inflation, but only for institutions that meet “tough new quality thresholds”, the government has announced.

In an attempt to put the higher education sector on a firmer financial footing, all institutions will benefit from...

Education

The Origins of Zohran Mamdani’s Long Game

Today at 20:50 PM, via New York Times

For Mr. Mamdani, his time at the elite Bronx High School of Science expanded and helped shape his views of New York, from the cricket pitch to politics.

Science/Tech

Hackers Say They Have Personal Data of Thousands of NSA and Other Government Officials

Today at 23:22 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: A hacking group that recently doxed hundreds of government officials, including from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has now built dossiers on tens of thousands of U.S. government officials, including NSA employees, a member of the group told 404 Media. The member said the group did this by digging...

Science/Tech

Louvre Museum Security ‘Outdated and Inadequate’ at Time of Heist

Today at 22:45 PM, via Slashdot

A Court of Accounts report written before Sunday’s theft of crown jewels from the Louvre revealed the museum’s security systems were outdated and inadequate [non-paywalled source]. The report noted a lack of basic CCTV equipment across multiple wings. Cameras had mainly been installed only when rooms were refurbished due to repeated postponements of scheduled modernization. In the Denon wing...

Science/Tech

Three cases of severe mpox reported in California, health officials say

Today at 22:41 PM, via The Guardian

The unrelated cases mark the first time clade I of the disease has spread within the US, according to officials

Three California residents have been infected with clade I mpox, a more severe strain of the virus formerly known as monkeypox – marking the first time this type of mpox has spread within the US, health officials said Friday.

The unrelated cases, identified in Long Beach and Los...