International news brief: Hurricane Orlene hits Mexico; Robert Vadra attends wedding in Chicago and more
Washngton, Oct 04: Hurricane Orlene made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast near the tourist town of Mazatlan on Monday before quickly weakening over land into a tropical depression over land.Electrical cables swayed and sent off showers of sparks in the town of El Rosario, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Mazatlan, close to where the hurricane hit.
Authorities did not immediately report any damage, but along the coast they suspended classes, closed seaports and set up shelters.
Robert
Vadra
attends
wedding
in
Chicago
Indian
National
Congress
leader
Priyanka
Gandhi's
husband
and
businessman
Robert
Vadra
attended
the
marriage
function
of
an
eminent
Indian-American
from
Chicago.
The
wedding
of
Iram
Shareef,
daughter
of
Chicago-based
businessman
Iftekhar
Shareef,
last
Friday
at
the
popular
Shalimar
Banquets
in
the
city
was
attended
by
eminent
Indian-Americans,
including
Bharat
Barai
and
Congressman
Raja
Krishnamoorthi.
''Robert
Vadra
presented
a
special
congratulatory
message
signed
by
Gandhis
to
Iftekhar
Shareef,'' said
a
media
release
issued
on
Monday.
The media release carried a set of pictures of Vadra attending the marriage ceremony. In one of them, Vadra is seen presenting a letter to Shareef signed by his wife Priyanka Gandhi. Shareef, who is from Andhra Pradesh, is the president and CEO of National Bankcard Corp, according to his LinkedIn profile.
We
are
both
daughters
of
India,
in
a
way:
Priyanka
Chopra
to
Kamala
Harris
United
States
Vice
President
Kamala
Harris
and
Indian
actress
Priyanka
Chopra
shared
a
stage
past
week,
reflecting
on
their
Indian
connections,
marriage
equality
and
climate
change.
Chopra, who is now settled in Los Angeles, was invited by the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum to interview the Vice President for a fireside chat. The Indian actress kicked off the fireside chat with their Indian connection.
"I think we're both daughters of India, in a way," Priyanka told the room full of prominent Democrats invited for the conference from across the country.
"You're a proud American-born daughter of an Indian mom and a Jamaican father. I am an Indian born of two physicians as parents and a recent immigrant to this country who totally still believes in the wholehearted, you know, American Dream," she said.
N
Korea
sends
missile
soaring
over
Japan
in
escalation
North
Korea
on
Tuesday
fired
an
intermediate-range
ballistic
missile
over
Japan,
its
neighbours
said,
escalating
tests
of
weapons
designed
to
strike
key
targets
in
regional
US
allies.
It is the most significant missile test by North Korea since January, when it fired the Hwasong-12 intermediate-range missile capable of reaching the US territory of Guam. It is also the first time that a North Korea missile has flown over Japan since 2017.
The Japanese prime minister's office said at least one missile fired from North Korea flew over Japan and was believed to have landed into the Pacific Ocean.
Singapore
plans
to
hire
180
junior
doctors
from
India
Singapore
is
planning
to
hire
180
junior
doctors
from
India
over
the
next
three
years,
a
move
questioned
by
many,
according
to
a
media
report.
A tender set to close on October 10 states a target to recruit 60 medical officers from India yearly from 2022 to 2024, with the possibility of extending the plan to 2025.
Singapore has been recruiting doctors from overseas to ease the ''heavy workload'' here and to supplement its healthcare capacity needs, said MOH Holdings (MOHH), a company of Singapore's public healthcare institutions.
Trump
files
$475
million
defamation
lawsuit
against
CNN
Former
President
Donald
Trump
on
Monday
sued
CNN,
seeking
USD475
million
in
damages,
saying
the
network
had
defamed
him
in
an
effort
to
short-circuit
any
future
political
campaign.
The lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, focuses primarily on the term "The Big Lie" about Trump's false claims of widespread fraud that he says cost him the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. There was no immediate comment from CNN.
(with PTI inputs)