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A |     LONDON -- Microsoft’s purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard won final approval Friday from Britain’s competition watchdog, reversing its earlier decision to block the $69 billion gaming deal and removing the final obstacle for one of the largest tech transactions in history.The Xbox maker’s quest to acquire Activision — maker of other blockbuster games like Candy Crush, World of Warcraft, Diablo and Overwatch — could close imminently ahead of a Wednesday deadline. That would wrap up a merger delayed for close to two years by intense scrutiny from authorities around the world.The blessing from the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority was expected after it gave preliminary approval last month to a revamped Microsoft proposal meant to address concerns that the deal would harm competition and hurt gamers, especially in the emerging cloud gaming market where players can avoid buying pricey consoles and stream games to their tablets or phones. “The new deal will stop Microsoft from locking up competition in cloud gaming as this market takes off, preserving competitive prices and services for UK cloud gaming customers,” the watchdog said. Microsoft was grateful for the “thorough review and decision” on a tie-up that “will benefit players and the gaming industry worldwide,” President Brad Smith said.Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says the game maker looks "forward to becoming part of the Xbox Team.”The deal will benefit gamers and be “productive for the gaming industry as a whole," said Josh Chapman, managing partner at venture capital firm Konvoy, which invests in video game startups.However, it also tilts the “balance of power significantly" in favor of Microsoft, whose Xbox console has lagged behind Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo, said George Jijiashvili, senior principal analyst at tech research and advisory firm Omdia. Microsoft “now has a big opportunity to dictate the future of the games industry,” he said. Since the deal was announced in January 2022, Microsoft has secured approvals from antitrust authorities covering more than 40 countries. Crucially, it got a thumbs-up from the 27-nation European Union after agreeing to allow users and cloud gaming platforms to stream its titles without paying royalties for 10 years.But the deal faced resistance from British and American regulators who worried it would stifle competition in the video game industry. Top rival Sony also feared it would limit PlayStation gamers’ access to Call of Duty, Activision’s long-running military shooter series. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission lost a court bid to pause the deal so that its in-house judge could review it. The FTC hasn't given up, appealing the decision and last month filing notice of its plan to resume that trial. That signals the U.S. regulator's intention to unwind the deal even after it closes. In the meantime, the U.K. regulator was the last major hurdle to the transaction going through. To gets its approval, Microsoft will sell off cloud streaming rights outside the EU and three other European countries for all current and new Activision games released over the next 15 years to French game studio Ubisoft Entertainment. British regulators had initially blocked the transaction over concerns Microsoft could withhold Activision titles from the cloud gaming market. Then, in an unprecedented move, the U.K. watchdog said it needed to reconsider.One factor was the EU’s approval, granted after Microsoft promised to automatically license Activision titles royalty-free to cloud gaming platforms. Another “material change of circumstance,” according to court documents, was an agreement Microsoft signed with Sony to make Call of Duty available on PlayStation for at least 10 years.But the regulator still criticized how the deal came together and warned other companies not to use the “tactics employed by Microsoft.”“Microsoft had the chance to restructure during our initial investigation but instead continued to insist on a package of measures that we told them simply wouldn’t work,” the watchdog's CEO, Sarah Cardell, said in a statement. "Dragging out proceedings in this way only wastes time and money.”The U.K. regulator “deserves credit for imposing a structural remedy on Microsoft that is significantly stronger than the weak commitments accepted by the European Commission," said Max von Thun, director of the Europe office of the Open Markets Institute, a proponent of stronger antitrust enforcement. But the CMA's flip-flopping makes the U.K. regulator look “weak and indecisive,” he said.“Moving forward, there is now a serious risk that in their dealings with the CMA, merging companies and their advisors will no longer take no for an answer,” von Thun said. ___AP Technology Writer Matt O’Brien contributed from Providence, Rhode Island.。      北京8月24日电 题：直面风险灾害，他们讲述应急一线的难忘时刻  记者黄韬铭  从灭火到防汛，从抢险到救援，广大应急管理工作者闻令而动、向险而行，全力守护人民群众生命财产安全和社会稳定。

B | 24日，他们中的5位代表在国务院新闻办“新征程上的奋斗者”中外记者见面会上，分享了应急一线的难忘时刻。  8月24日，国务院新闻办公室在北京举行“新征程上的奋斗者”中外记者见面会，应急管理领域代表围绕“躬身实干防风险 应急守护为民安”与中外记者见面交流。记者 潘旭 摄  “我和队员们最大的成就感就是获得群众的赞许和信任。

C | ”辽宁省沈阳市铁西区启工消防救援站政治指导员张岩说。工作中，他们设身处地为群众着想，切实解决困难、排除隐患。

D |   “就在几天前，辖区一居民卧室发生火灾。我们到达现场后发现火势不大，也没有人员被困，如果直接用水枪，大量积水会浸泡家具家电。

E | 为了最大限度保障群众的财产安全，我与指战员一同拿水盆，用接力的方式快速处置。此后又帮助居民清理火场，并就地向围观群众开展消防宣传。”张岩介绍。  安全不分国籍，守护不分彼此。义乌常驻外商超过3万人，外籍商户、从业者遍布市场周边社区。“我们组建‘洋更夫’队伍，让外籍友人成为‘社区安全合伙人’。

F | ”浙江省义乌市应急管理局副局长吴巨良介绍。

G | “洋更夫”队伍有外籍志愿者，他们统一穿戴志愿马甲，与社区网格员一起穿梭在外籍餐饮商铺间，逐家排查消防隐患、发放双语安全宣传手册。一位尼泊尔志愿者说，“只要社区有需要，只要我有时间，我就来。”  “应急管理工作不断凝聚社会共治的力量，安全防范的篱笆就能越筑越密、越筑越牢。”吴巨良说。  常年驻守应急救援一线，直面灾区群众，中国安能集团武汉救援基地救援队员韩磊坚信：应急救援快一秒，群众财产损失就少一分；队伍专业能力强一分，百姓安心就多一分。  8月13日，河南省周口市川汇区新北环桥下贾鲁河东岸堤坝出现溃口。“受应急管理部紧急指令后，我们迅速奔赴一线，采取在堤坝上用车辆运载石料双向进占，同步从桥面垂直向水中倾倒石料填筑的作业方式。经过昼夜鏖战，于15日完成溃口合龙。”韩磊说，新时代的工程抢险救援既要靠过硬的专业能力，也要借助科技装备赋能，守护人民群众生命财产安全才能更有保障、更有底气。  基层应急管理工作平凡琐碎，却是守护城市安全最前沿的防线。江苏省南京市秦淮区秦虹街道应急执法中队中队长吴凯认为，多站在群众的角度想办法、解难题，不仅能守住安全，更能赢得群众的信任。  “我们街道以前有老人烧饭忘关火，把锅烧干后引发火情。我们主动靠前服务，免费给老人家里安装智能烟感报警器，报警信号实时推送给家属和社区网格员，每年6月和12月上门更换电池，防止报警器失效。

H | ”吴凯说，根据独居老人需要，社区或派出所还可保管老人家的备用钥匙，确保有紧急情况时能第一时间开门救援。

I |   二十多年防汛实战，天津市应急管理局应急管理事务中心主任张东方最深切的体会是，风险防范必须细到骨子里，隐患台账必须植入大脑中。

J |   针对北方地区防汛工作面临的新形势新变化，张东方带领团队系统梳理天津1415处防汛高风险点位，搭建起智能化防汛管理系统，将多年的经验转化为可视化的指挥平台，把天津市“上防洪水、中防内涝、下防海潮、北防山洪”的重点风险全部装入系统中，让各级指挥员和值班人员一看就明白、拿来就能用。  5位代表的经历是应急人恪尽职守、无私奉献的生动缩影。他们的奋战坚守，守护着人间烟火和万家安宁，诠释了新时代应急管理工作者的“最美”底色。