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8 Die As Small Plane Crashes Into Empty Building In Italy

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Milan: The plane crash occurred just outside a suburban metro station.
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Milan:
A small private plane crashed into an empty building on the outskirts of Milan, northern Italy, on Sunday, killing all eight people onboard, police said.
The plane, which took off from Milan's Linate city airport, was headed for the island of Sardinia, officials said.
The crash occurred just outside a suburban metro station.
People in the area could hear a blast when the plane collided with the two-story building, which was empty at the time as it was being renovated.
Flames and smoke shot in the air and several vehicles parked along the street caught fire, witnesses said, but no other casualties were reported.
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"Provocative": US Concerned After China's Fighter Jet Incursion Into Taiwan

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US urged China to cease its military, diplomatic, and economic pressure against Taiwan. (File)
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Washington:
The United States on Sunday slammed China for "provocative" and "destabilizing" military activity, after Chinese fighter jets and bombers made their largest-ever incursion into Taiwan's air defense zone.
"The United States is very concerned by the People's Republic of China's provocative military activity near Taiwan, which is destabilizing, risks miscalculations, and undermines regional peace and stability," US State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.
"We urge Beijing to cease its military, diplomatic, and economic pressure and coercion against Taiwan."
Beijing marked its National Day on Friday with its biggest aerial show of force against Taiwan to date, buzzing the self-ruled democratic island with 38 warplanes, including nuclear-capable H-6 bombers.
That was followed by a new record incursion on Saturday by 39 planes, said Taiwan, which accused Bejing of "bullying" and "damaging regional peace."
"It's evident that the world, the international community, rejects such behaviors by China more and more," Premier Su Tseng-chang told reporters on Saturday.
Democratic Taiwan's 23 million people live under the constant threat of invasion by China, which views the island as its territory and has vowed to one day seize it, by force if necessary.
Beijing has ramped up pressure on Taipei since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen, who has said she views the island as "already independent" and not part of a "one China."
Under President Xi Jinping, Chinese warplanes are crossing into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on a near daily basis.
In the last two years, Beijing has begun sending large sorties into Taiwan's ADIZ to signal dissatisfaction at key moments -- and to keep Taipei's ageing fighter fleet regularly stressed.
Xi has described Taiwan becoming part of the mainland as "inevitable."
US military officials have begun to talk openly about fears that China could consider the previously unthinkable and invade.
Protection of Taiwan has become a rare bipartisan issue in Washington and a growing number of Western nations have begun joining the United States in "freedom of navigation" exercises to push back on China's claims to the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait.
Price reiterated that the United States would "continue to assist Taiwan in maintaining a sufficient self-defense capability."
"The US commitment to Taiwan is rock solid and contributes to the maintenance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and within the region," he said.
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IMF Board To Grill Ex-World Bank Chief On Data-Rigging Claims: Report

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The motive was allegedly to help win China's support for a major capital increase. (File)
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Washington:
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s executive board will intensify its probe of Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva this week by separately interviewing her and investigators who said she pressured World Bank staff to alter data to favor China, people with knowledge of the meetings said.
The board will question lawyers from the WilmerHale firm on Monday about their World Bank investigation report, three people familiar with the plans said. The report alleged that Georgieva, as the bank's CEO in 2017, applied undue pressure on staff to alter data in the flagship "Doing Business" report to benefit China.
Georgieva, who has strongly denied the accusations, will appear in person before the board on Tuesday, the day she is to deliver a virtual speech about the IMF and World Bank annual meetings October 11-17, two of the sources said.
The interviews could prove pivotal in either building or eroding IMF shareholder support for Georgieva.
Thus far, the fund's most influential member governments, including top shareholder the United States, have withheld public comment, preferring to let the review process play out. Britain last week said in a statement to Reuters that it supports transparency in the matter.
The World Bank tasked WilmerHale with investigating the "Doing Business" data irregularities identified in 2020, issuing its findings implicating Georgieva just over two weeks ago. The probe has been led by former US Attorney for the District of Columbia Ron Machen, who is co-chair of WilmerHale's white collar defense and investigations practice.
The investigation's report contends Georgieva and former World Bank President Jim Yong Kim's office pressured staff to manipulate data so China's global ranking in the "Doing Business 2018" study of investment climates rose to 78th from 85th.
The motive was allegedly to help win Beijing's support for a major capital increase that the bank's management was seeking at the time.
An IMF spokesman declined to confirm the planned meetings. Spokespersons for WilmerHale in Boston and Washington did not respond to requests for comment.
A spokesperson for Georgieva also declined to confirm the meetings but said in an emailed statement that Georgieva "will not be deterred by these false allegations and remains committed to fulfilling the vital mission of the IMF."
Process, Evidence Questions
One person familiar with the plan said the board was expected to question the WilmerHale team about its investigatory process - the scope of its assignment, how it conducted the probe and how the decision was made to publish the results, which came with little prior notification to Georgieva.
Other questions will seek details on the links drawn in the report between the changes to the "Doing Business" data inputs for China and the capital-raising campaign, which resulted in a $13 billion increase to the World Bank's paid-in capital in 2018 that boosted China's shareholding.
Another source said there also will likely be questions over discrepancies between witness interviews, the report's conclusions and later public statements from at least one person interviewed. Shanta Devarajan, the former World Bank economist who oversaw the "Doing Business" 2018 report released in October 2017, said he never felt pressure from Georgieva, and that the WilmerHale team used only half of his statements.
Machen did not respond to a request for comment.
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Blast Kills 2 Civilians Near Kabul Mosque: Taliban

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Afghanistan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted about the blast (File)
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Kabul:
An explosion outside a mosque in the Afghan capital killed at least two people on Sunday, the Taliban said.
The blast struck near the entrance of the large Eid Gah Mosque in Kabul, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter, adding that "a number of civilians" died.
A spokesman from the interior ministry, Qari Sayed Khosti, told AFP: "Our initial information shows two civilians were killed and three wounded in the blast."
A prayer ceremony for Mujahid's mother, who died last week, was being held at the mosque on Sunday afternoon, the spokesman had written on social media on Saturday, adding "all people and friends are invited to attend".
Ahmadullah, a shopkeeper nearby, told AFP: "I heard the sound of an explosion near the Eid Gah Mosque followed by guns firing.
"Just ahead of the blast the Taliban had blocked the road to hold a prayer ceremony for Zabihullah Mujahid's mother in the Eid Gah Mosque."
AFP journalists in two locations in the capital also heard the blast and shooting.
Ambulances carrying the wounded were seen rushing towards Kabul's Emergency Hospital in the Shahr-e Naw area.
The hospital said on Twitter that four patients were being treated.
Medical staff waited outside, AFP journalists saw, as people arrived in blood-stained clothes.
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Afghanistan On Verge Of Socio-Economic Collapse: EU's Top Diplomat

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Food prices in Afghanistan have jumped over 50% since Taliban took power in August (File)
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Brussels:
Afghanistan is facing a breakdown of its economic and social systems that risks turning into a humanitarian catastrophe, the European Union's foreign policy chief said on Sunday.
Avoiding the worst-case scenario would require the Taliban to comply with conditions that would enable more international assistance, Josep Borrell wrote in a blog post.
"Afghanistan is experiencing a serious humanitarian crisis and a socio-economic collapse is looming, which would be dangerous for Afghans, the region and international security," Borrell wrote.
Food prices in the country have jumped more than 50% since the Taliban took power in August as the freezing of $9 billion of Afghanistan's assets held in foreign central bank reserves and the withdrawal of foreign income stokes inflation.
The Afghan banking system is largely paralysed, with people unable to withdraw money, while the country's health system - which was heavily dependent on foreign aid - is close to collapse, according to Borrell.
"If the situation continues and with winter approaching, this risks turning into a humanitarian catastrophe," he wrote, adding that this could trigger mass migration into neighbouring states.
The 27-country EU has increased its humanitarian aid to Afghanistan since the Taliban took power, but halted its development assistance - a move also taken by other countries and the World Bank.
The EU response to the crisis would depend on the behaviour of the new Afghan authorities, Borrell said, and any resumption of relations would require compliance with conditions including human rights.
"This requires above all that the Taliban take the steps that will enable the international community to assist the Afghan people," he said, adding that female staff from international agencies must be able to do their job.
Widespread reports of human rights abuses and the exclusion of girls from schools have dented optimism that the Taliban's approach has changed since it first ran Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001.
Borrell met Qatari officials last week in the Qatari capital Doha, where the Taliban have a representation.
He said Qatar's contacts with the Taliban were aimed at moderating their behaviour, and urged Doha to use its contacts with them to ensure the "worst scenario" for Afghanistan could be avoided.
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National School Board Association Demands Biden Give Them FBI Protection From “Terrorist” Parents

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The tension between parents and American school-board members has worsened since we first reported that members of the boards were quitting en masse <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/school-board-members-quitting-over-toxic-parents-who-oppose-mask-mandates-vaccines-and">over “toxic” parents opposing masks, vaccine mandates and CRT. </a>
And according to the National School Boards Association, an organization that represents school board members, the risks of violence breaking out involving a parent and a school-board member have intensified to such a degree that the organization is asking the federal government to start providing security to board members and teachers to protect them from “terrorist” parents. 
Terrorists?
The organization made its demands in a letter to President Biden, signed by NSBA President Viola Garcia and Interim Executive Director and CEO Chip Slaven. They called on Biden to personally use his executive authority to mobilize the FBI and other federal agents to guard school officials, according to the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10046263/School-officials-say-need-federal-protection-mobs-parents-angry-vaccine-mandates.html">Daily Mail.</a>
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“The National School Boards Association (NSBA) respectfully asks for federal law enforcement and other assistance to deal with the growing number of threats of violence and acts of intimidation occurring across the nation,” the letter to Biden begins.
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The letter also mentions “threats of actual acts of violence”” against school staffers alleging that “angry mobs” have hindered their ability to hold school board meetings, because of reported outbursts from ‘extremist’ parents irate over vaccine and mask mandates being pressured upon their students in order for them to go to school.
California Governor Newsom has done the unthinkable. Ignoring the research. Ignoring the deaths. Ignoring the Doctors and parents that will rise up like a firestorm in the next few days, weeks, and months. Newsom has mandated that public school children K-12 must receive the ineffective and dangerous Covid vaccination. Newson has set in motion a decree that will make disgraced Governor Cuomo’s Nursing Home massacre look like a blip on the radar.
Let’s get this straight: In an era when school shootings are seen as a constant threat, these people want security guards…for the teachers?
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“As these threats and acts of violence have become more prevalent,” the org asserts in the note, “NSBA respectfully asks that a joint collaboration among federal law enforcement agencies, state and local law enforcement, and with public school officials be undertaken to focus on these threats.”
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It adds that the threats are “impacting the delivery of educational services to students and families,” and also cites several examples of disruptions at school board meetings around the country.
The rest of the letter mostly pleaded with the president to put the proper “safeguards in place” and that this is a “critical time,” before asking for “immediate assistance” in the form of federal agents playing security guard.
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“There also must be safeguards in place to protect public schools and dedicated education leaders as they do their jobs,’ the note asserts, then labeling the outraged parents showing up at school board meetings across the county as right-winged radicals.”
“As the threats grow and news of extremist hate organizations showing up at school board meetings is being reported, this is a critical time for a proactive approach to deal with this difficult issue,” the statement reads.
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Federal resources could help “investigate, intercept, and prevent the current threats and acts of violence against our public school officials.”
As if to try and curry favor with the president, the note goes on to praise the Biden Administration and the president’s “leadership to end the proliferation of COVID in our communities and our school districts.”
The thing is, now that California has ordered mandatory vaccination for its students, and other states are set to follow through, President Biden has the perfect excuse to authorize something like this, if he was so inclined.
 
 
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