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Ukraine's 2nd largest city without power after Russian strikes
According to local officials, at least nine power facilities were hit as Russian forces fired 76 missiles and carried out drone attacks on Friday, reports the BBC. On Friday evening, Oleg Synegubov, head of Kharkiv's regional administration, said electricity supplies had been restored to 55 per cent of city residents and 85 per cent of those living in the north-eastern region.
US records over 15 mn flu illnesses this season: CDC
Seasonal influenza activity remains high but appears to be declining in some areas, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the CDC data.
NASA launches 1st-ever mission to observe Earth's water
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday. "Warming seas, extreme weather, more severe wildfires -- these are only some of the consequences humanity is facing due to climate change," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
India says Pakistan Foreign Minister's comments on PM Modi a 'new low' even for country
A statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs over Bhutto's remarks in New York, it said that the Pakistan Foreign Minister's "frustration" would be better directed towards the masterminds of terrorist enterprises in his own country, who have made terrorism a part of their "state policy". The comments by Pakistan's Foreign Minister incidentally came on a day when the country is observing Vijay Diwas, the day when India defeated Pakistan in Bangladesh war on December 16, 1971.
No plans to enter politics, says ex-DG ISI Faiz Hameed
Talking to The News, the former Director General of the ISI said that all speculations about him joining politics or becoming part of PTI were totally false. "I will not join politics after two-year bar nor afterwards," the former spymaster told the paper. A day earlier, a video had gone viral where the former three-star officer of the Pakistan Army was invited by the local PTI leadership in Chakwal to join the Imran Khan-led party,
Los Angeles hospital beds at lowest availability since pandemic began
Based on data collected from 90 hospitals, there were 242 adult beds available countywide as of Monday, LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer told reporters on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. "The average number of available beds so far in December is the lowest we have seen in the past four years," she said.
Donald Trump's standing with voters hits seven year low, Biden's performance rating rises
In contrast, President Biden's job approval rating, while still underwater, had jumped to its highest rating since last year. Trump has hit a firestorm with a section of the Republican party following his hand-picked candidates losing high-profile tight races in last month's midterm elections, according to media reports.
Russia begins mass air attacks to destroy Ukraine's power grid
Two people had died and a further five had been injured, including two children, after a rocket hit a residential building in the southern city of Kryvyi Rih, the head of Dnipro region, Valentyn Reznichenko, said on his Telegram. The injured were being treated in hospital. The building's entrance was destroyed in the attack, he added.
Either we win, or the world will be destroyed: President Putin ally
"There are two possibilities. First, it will end when we win (and) at that moment. It's not too easy though. And the second possibility is that this fight will end with the end of the world. Whether we win, or the world will be destroyed," Alexander Dugin, also widely acknowledged as Putin's guru or 'Putin's Brain', said.
On 20th CPC Congress eve, China accelerated infra projects along border
China was active not just from October, they were creating infrastructure along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh since 2020. China built an airbase too on their side, near the LAC. The satellite images also show that China has built villages near the border with Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has also constructed a road on that side.
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