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CNN  —  A single-engine airplane crashed into a home Friday evening near an airport in New Hampshire, killing everyone on board, officials said. Two people aboard the plane died, city officials in Keene, New Hampshire, said. Although parts of the multifamily home where eight people lived erupted in flames following the crash, no fatalities were reported on the ground. “There were no injuries at the multifamily building. Unfortunately, those on the plane have perished,” Keene officials said, describing the crash as an accident and saying emergency personnel was responding to the scene. The Beechcraft Sierra aircraft crashed north of Keene…

A massive blaze broke out at a Queens bike shop late Thursday, and authorities are probing whether e-bikes kept there were to blame.  The fire erupted on the first floor of the Fly Wing Bike Shop on 47th Avenue near 39th Place in Sunnyside around 6:45 p.m. Thursday, according to the FDNY. Video posted to Citizen shows the raging flames rising from the building.  The inferno destroyed at least 60 e-bikes, according to WABC. The bikes were reduced to a charred heap outside the store, photos show.  The FDNY is probing whether the blaze, which erupted on the first floor…

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Early on October 22, major cryptocurrencies were trading slightly positive, with the global crypto market cap at $918 billion, up less than 1% from the previous day. The entire cryptocurrency market volume in the last 24 hours was $53 billion, a 21% increase.Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, is consolidating near $19,145, up less than 1% during the Asian session. BTC has formed a tweezers’ top pattern, followed by an uptrend; typically, it indicates the chances of a bearish trend.Similarly, Ethereum has remained stable under a strong resistance level of $1,300, rising by less than 1%. In contrast, market risk sentiment remains…

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BEIJING: China’s five-yearly Communist Party Congress wrapped up on Saturday (Oct 22) with delegates endorsing President Xi Jinping’s “core position” in the country’s leadership, all but assuring he will be handed an unprecedented third term in power. At the end of the week-long gathering in Beijing, China’s ruling party approved a sweeping reshuffle that saw a number of top officials – including Premier Li Keqiang – step down, allowing Xi to appoint new allies. The largely rubber-stamp meeting among 2,300 party delegates was meticulously choreographed, with Xi determined to avoid any surprises as he enshrined his leadership for the next five…

Xi previously abolished the presidential two-term limit in 2018, paving the way for him to rule indefinitely. The weekend will also see the new Central Committee approve a reshuffled 25-member Politburo, as well as a Politburo Standing Committee – China’s apex of power – of around seven people, which analysts expect to be stacked with Xi allies. At Sunday’s Congress opening ceremony, Xi delivered a 105-minute speech lauding the party’s achievements and glossing over domestic problems such as the stalling economy and the damage wrought by his harsh zero-COVID policy. Heavy on ideological rhetoric and light on policy, a defiant…

Organization of American States adopts resolution urging all political actors in Peru to show ‘respect for rule of law’.The Organization of American States (OAS) has adopted a resolution to send a mission to Peru to “analyze the situation” in the country, a week after President Pedro Castillo accused officials investigating him of a “coup d’etat”. Castillo announced late on Wednesday that he had sought the regional body’s help to foster a national dialogue in a bid to prevent “a serious alteration of the democratic order in Peru”. In a resolution passed after a meeting in Washington, DC, on Thursday afternoon,…

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety fired an officer Friday who was at the scene of the Uvalde school massacre and becomes the first member of the state police force to lose their job in the fallout over the hesitant response to the May attack.The department served Sgt. Juan Maldonado with termination papers, spokeswoman Ericka Miller said.The firing comes five months after the shooting at Robb Elementary School that has put state police under scrutiny over their actions on the campus as a gunman with an AR-15-style rifle killed 19 children and two teachers.Body camera footage and media reports…

Inside the Paris Metro: How they keep millions of people on the move Updated: 22/10/2022 The Paris Metro has a system that can wash a train in 90 seconds and a whole network of maintenance workshops and storage to keep the city on the move day and night. Source: Euro News