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2022 is a year for significant votes. Some were expected, some were not. Some have more legitimacy than others. This week, there will be much analysis of this latter point.The most significant of these will be a process of installation rather than election. China’s Communist party begins its five-yearly congress on Sunday, the most notable item of which will be the handing of a historic third leadership term to president Xi Jinping. The prospects are not good — “a tragic error”, according to FT chief economics editor Martin Wolf.A pressing concern for Xi’s government is the crash in the housing…

A California man was kidnapped in broad daylight and remains missing as of Sunday afternoon, according to local reports and police. The Los Angles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) said two male suspects exited a 2008 silver Infiniti G-35 on Michillinda Avenue near Colorado Boulevard in the Pasadena area Thursday.  The suspects were seen attacking a man on a sidewalk and dragging him into the back seat of the Infiniti, FOX 11 reported, citing LASD. The suspects were last seen driving south on Michillinda Avenue with California license plate number 6FMY326. Anyone with information is asked to call 562-946-7150. CALIFORNIA FAMILY KIDNAPPING IS ‘SHARED…

CNN  —  Miami Dolphins quarterback Teddy Bridgewater took a big hit Sunday and was unable to return to the game because of the new concussion protocol that went into effect the same day, making Bridgewater one of the first players to be sidelined under the new rules. Bridgewater suffered a blow to the head during his first snap of the game when he was tackled to the ground after throwing the ball. The Dolphins tweeted that he was evaluated for injuries to both his head and elbow and later announced he was ruled out of the game. “Basically what happened…

Jimmy White opened with a classy 93 break against India’s Himanshu Jain in his Scottish Open qualifier in Cannock but the six-time world finalist suffered a 4-3 defeat after leading 3-2. Tour rookie Jain completed his first victory on the main circuit boosted by a 66 in the third frame to seal his place in the last 64 at Edinburgh’s Meadowbank Sports Centre (28 November-4 December) live on Eurosport. Ad2006 world champion Graeme Dott contributed knocks of 65, 57 and 56 in a 4-0 whitewash of Muhammad Asif. Snooker‘What a late twist’ – O’Sullivan misses championship-ball against Fu8 HOURS AGOWorld…

CNN  —  A shooting on the Shirley, New York, property of Rep. Lee Zeldin on Sunday left two injured, the congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate said in a statement. Zeldin’s family was unhurt. “My 16 year old daughters, Mikayla and Arianna, were at our house doing homework, while my wife, Diana, and I were in the car, having just departed the Bronx Columbus Day Parade in Morris Park,” Zeldin said. The two individuals who were shot had been laying down under the family’s front porch and in the bushes in front of the porch, Zeldin said. “After my daughters heard…

A family of four that fled the war in Ukraine to come live in Calgary are thankful they are not in danger this Thanksgiving. The recent arrivals are now offering their home back in Ukraine to those in need who have lost everything in a missile strike.When Kateryna Sushko and her family made the difficult decision to leave their home in Ukraine, they had no luck finding a host family in Calgary but were thankful to find a landlord who offered a place to rent without requiring jobs or references.“Here, when we found the apartment, I was so happy. And…

Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers may have caught a break during their 21-15 win over the Atlanta Falcons Sunday.On Tampa Bay’s final drive of the game, Brady snapped the ball on a third-and-5 play and was sacked for a 10-yard loss. However, officials threw a penalty flag on Falcons defensive lineman Grady Jarrett and called a roughing-the-passer penalty on him.The replay showed Jarrett with a seemingly normal tackle of Brady.The penalty gave the Buccaneers a fresh set of downs and, a few plays later, Brady led the Buccaneers to one more first down on a 9-yard pass to Mike…

Tom Brady benefitted from a questionable call Sunday. Late in the fourth quarter of the Buccaneers’ win over the Falcons, while leading 21-15, Tampa Bay was faced with a third-and-5 from Atlanta’s 47-yard line. With a stop, the Falcons could have gotten the ball back with a chance to win the game. Grady Jarrett, the Falcons’ defensive end who sacked Brady three times in Super Bowl 51 and would have been an MVP candidate if not for the Patriots’ miraculous comeback, got to Brady on third down and dropped him for a loss of 10 yards. The only problem? There…

Andrea Skinner resigning from her position as Hockey Canada’s interim board of directors chair is “definitely not enough” to make a difference at the scandal-ridden national sports body, according to former Canadian Olympic skier Allison Forsyth. “It’s time for more change,” she told The Roy Green Show. “She’s too far from the actual impact of what has happened. The acting leaders that make the decisions everyday are the ones that also need to leave.”Before Skinner’s departure Saturday, she held the position for two months before her predecessor, Michael Brind’Amour, resigned in early August, ahead of his term this fall.After he…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused Ukraine of committing terrorism after a truck exploded in the middle of the bridge connecting Crimea and Russia Saturday, killing three people. The explosion ignited seven fuel tanks of a train also traveling on the Kerch Bridge. Two of the victims, a man and a woman, were pulled from the water below, Russia said. “There’s no doubt it was a terrorist act directed at the destruction of critically important civilian infrastructure of the Russian Federation,” Putin said during a meeting with the chairman of Russia’s Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin. “And the authors, perpetrators, and…