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7 British-Indians win 2022 Young Dentist Award in UK
The 2022 Dentistry Awards, feted as 'dentistry's biggest party', took place late last month at The Athena in Leicester. While Kiran Shankla and Rohit Keshav Sunil Patel won from the South East, Sorabh Patel and Vishal Patel won from London.
Ukraine's Kherson without power after heavy Russian shelling
Kherson, one of the first major cities to fall to Russia since the early days of the invasion, was recaptured by Ukraine last month, dealing a major setback to Moscow. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the city was shelled more than 16 times on Thursday and Kherson's Governor Yaroslav Yanushevich confirmed that the city is completely without power following the shelling in Kherson's port district.
Bilawal Bhutto launches vituperative personal tirade against PM Modi
Asked by a Pakistani reporter at a news conference on Thursday about India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar's accusations about Islamabad's role in terrorism, he instead turned on Modi calling him derogatory names. Taking the familiar line of Pakistan at the UN when faced with its support for and instigating terrorism, he also attacked the RSS asserting that it does not believe in the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi, whose bust was installed in the UN campus, and revere his assassin.
US Congress passes massive military spending bill
Late Thursday night, the Senate approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2023 and sent it to the White House for signature, a week after it went through the House of Representatives, reports Xinhua news agency. The NDAA authorises $816.7 billion for the Pentagon and $30.3 billion for national security programs within the Department of Energy.
World not 'stupid' when it comes to recognising Pakistan as 'epicentre' of terrorism: Jaishankar
Pakistan, therefore, has to clean up its act and take up the global agenda of development instead of terrorism, he said on Thursday at a news conference outside the UN Security Council chamber where he had just wrapped up a special session that heard briefings on counterterrorism. Responding to a question from a Pakistani TV journalist about how long would it take for terrorism to end in South Asia, Jaishankar said: "You're asking the wrong Minister!"
London solicitor claims China was ready to settle border dispute in 2001
"This meant," he wrote in his memoirs Honour Bound, "setting up a second-channel, confidential meeting between the political leaders of China and India to find a practical resolution at a senior level to settle the border dispute".
Masks return in US amid Covid surge as China infection rate worries experts
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), however, is yet to issue any fresh guidelines on masks but Poynter.org quoted CDC Director Dr Rochelle Walensky as saying that it is something that they are actively looking into at the CDC. "In the meantime, what I do want to say is, one need not wait for CDC action in order to put a mask on," said Walensky.
Iran condemns US 'intervention' in Iranian women's rights as 'hypocritical'
Nasser Kanaani made the remarks in response to a US-proposed resolution that was adopted by the UN Economic and Social Council on Wednesday to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report by IRNA news agency.
EU approves ninth sanctions package against Russia
The European Council said in its final declaration of the summit that the leaders had discussed how to further increase collective pressure on Russia to end its military operation and to withdraw its troops from Ukraine, Xinhua news agency reported.
Biden says Covid-19 cases rising across US
The remarks, which Biden posted on Twitter, came as American families are getting together for the holidays, Xinhua news agency reported. The White House is resuming a program to send Covid-19 testing kits to households that request them ahead of a potential winter surge. A senior official of the Biden administration told reporters on Wednesday that "we're seeing Covid cases rising in parts of the country following Thanksgiving."
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