Brushing teeth three or more times a day  may be associated with a lower risk of irregular heartbeat and heart failure, according to a study carried out in South Korea.
Previous studies suggest that poor oral hygiene leads to bacteria in the blood, causing inflammation in the body, the researchers said.
Inflammation increases the risks of atrial fibrillation  or irregular heartbeat, and heart failure -- a condition where the heart's ability to pump blood or relax, and fill with blood is impaired, they said.
The latest study, published on Monday in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, examined the connection between oral hygiene and occurrence of these two conditions.
The research enrolled 161,286 participants of the Korean National Health Insurance System aged 40 to 79 with no history of atrial fibrillation or heart failure.
Participants underwent a routine medical examination between 2003 and 2004.
Information was collected on height, weight, laboratory tests, illnesses, ...

Brushing teeth frequently linked to reduced heart failure risk: Study

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Priyanka Chorpa and singer Nick Jonas exchanged wedding vows on this day a year ago, and the Bollywood star celebrated their first anniversary by penning a special message for the American singer and crediting him for bringing joy, passion and excitement in her life.
Last year, Priyanka and Nick had a Catholic wedding on December 1, and tied the knot in a traditional Hindu ceremony on December 2 in India.
"My promise. Then..today.. forever. You bring me joy, grace, balance, excitement, passion.. all in the same moment...thank you for finding me... Happy First wedding anniversary Husband.. @nickjonas.
"And Thank you to everyone for the love and good wishes. We feel blessed," she posted on Instagram along side a series of pictures from their wedding.
Nick, also took to social media to celebrate their one-year anniversary.
"One year ago today we said forever.... Well forever isn't nearly long enough. I love you with all of my heart @priyankachopra happy anniversary," he captioned a photo 

You bring me joy, grace, balance: Priyanka's sweet anniversary message for Nick

French actor Melanie Laurent on Monday said her upcoming film "6 Underground" may not be a superhero movie but it revolves around human beings who are capable of doing great things sans superpowers.
The 36-year-old actor, who plays a sharpshooter called "2" in the Netflix action film, said she was eager to do the movie after she read the script.
"She's there on paper and has these amazing action scenes. She shoots guns and fights and all. But at the end when I'm watching the movie, I love it because at the end, it's not about who's more on screen or not," Laurent told reporters here at the "6 Underground" press conference.
Also present at the event were actors Ryan Reynolds, Adria Arjona, director Michael Bay, and producer Ian Pryce.
Harking at the fandom around the superhero genre, the actor said the movie is a high-octane big-budget spectacle but it has many layers to it.
"These days we watch a lot of action movies with superheroes. We love superheroes. This movie has super great ...

'6 Underground' about super great human beings with no superpowers: Melanie Laurent

- Joe Root's masterful 226 to highlight a return to form gave England a much-needed boost in the second Test against New Zealand on Monday as they ended day four believing they can square the series.
It took a five-wicket haul for the tireless Neil Wagner to bring England's first innings to an end at 476, a lead of 101.
At stumps, New Zealand were 96 for two and needing to bat late into the final day although rain may yet have the last word with further showers forecast for Tuesday.
Openers Jeet Raval (duck) and Tom Latham (18) went early in New Zealand's second innings, and for Raval it continued a disappointing run in which he has failed to reach double figures in six of his last 10 innings.
But after being two for 28, New Zealand's most skilled batsmen Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor prevented further damage with Williamson on 37 at stumps and Taylor on 31.
If Raval is feeling the pressure of his slump with an away series against Australia looming, he need only look at the England .

Root's epic 226 gives England 101-run lead over New Zealand

Spin king Nathan Lyon removed dangerous half-century makers Shan Masood and Asad Shafiq Monday as Australia edged closer to victory inside four days at the second Test in Adelaide despite stubborn Pakistan resistance.
The visitors resumed the day-night match under clear skies on a precarious 39 for three with Masood not out 14 and Shafiq on eight after being bowled out for 302 in their first innings and forced to follow on.
It followed Australia's mammoth 589 for three declared, built around David Warner's exceptional 335 not out -- the 10th highest Test score of all-time.
Needing 248 to make Australia bat again and avoid a second successive innings defeat, Pakistan reached 167 for five after the first session, having whittled down the deficit to 120.
On a flat pitch offering little in the way of swing or seam for the fast bowlers, Iftikhar Ahmed and Mohammad Rizwan were both on 10. Masood made 68 and Shafiq 57.
Masood, who models himself on England's Alastair Cook, played some ...

Spin king Lyon edges Australia closer to victory

Argentine diplomat Rafael Grossi will be confirmed as the new director general of the UN's nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday, with the growing crisis over Iran's nuclear programme at the top of his in-tray.
The veteran diplomat, who has been serving as Argentina's ambassador to the IAEA, will be the agency's first leader from Latin America.
Grossi previously held high-level posts at the agency between 2010 and 2013, bringing him into contact with Iranian officials at a time when international negotiations over Iran's nuclear activities were intensifying.
According to the former French ambassador to Iran Francois Nicoullaud, he will able to draw on "solid experience in proliferation matters".
"He is someone of a very high calibre who comes from an important country in the nuclear field," says Nicoullaud.
A current Vienna-based diplomat said Grossi was expected to bring "a lot of energy and innovation" to the post, with a particular focus on ...

New broom at UN nuclear watchdog as Iran tensions rise

Director Michael Bay on Monday said though he regrets not releasing his upcoming action film "6 Underground" in cinema halls, he believes it is important to keep pace with the arrival of streaming services.
Bay also rued the "dying" movie-going experience.
Netflix is set to release the Ryan Reynolds-fronted film on December 13.
"You have regrets. But I do like big scale, big imagery only come from big cinema, I appreciate the big screen but the whole business has changed in the past three-four years. And we have to get used to a new world.
"People want to consume things in different ways. The movie-going experience is some way is sort of dying, which is sad," Bay told reporters at the press conference of the film here.
He praised Netflix for taking the risk with the film, adding the streamer is interested in making new movies and not merely sequels.
"Netflix was brave enough to give the money for '6 Underground' and they are interested in doing new IPs, not a sequel."
Bay said they ...

Have to get used to a new world: Michael Bay on theatres vs streamers

Global talks tasked with neutralising the threat of global warming get underway in Madrid Monday, but their narrow focus on rules and procedures remains out of sync with the world's climate-addled future.
Mindful of this gap, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned on Sunday that a "point-of-no-return" in the climate crisis is "in sight and hurtling towards us." Indeed, three decades after NASA scientist James Hansen made headlines by telling the US Congress global warming had begun, evidence of its dire impacts is so overwhelming that "climate denier" is synonymous with insisting the Earth is flat.
Guterres lambasted the world's major economies, describing their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions overheating the planet as "utterly inadequate".
He didn't name names, but he didn't have to.
"Some countries like China and Japan are signalling their unwillingness to increase ambition," said Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation and, as a former negotiator for France, a 

Zero-hour on climate, but UN talks in another time zone

Actor Shelley Morrison, best known for playing Karen Walker's maid Rosario Salazar on "Will & Grace", has died. She was 83.
Morrison died at Cedars Sinai Medical Center from heart failure, her husband, filmmaker Walter Dominguez, said in a statement to NBC news.
The actor became popular for her performance as the English language-mangling Puerto Rican nun Sister Sixto on "The Flying Nun" from 1967 to 1970.
She was roped in to play Salazar in the first run of "Will & Grace", but her chemistry with Megan Mullally clicked so well that the character went on to appear in 68 episodes over eight seasons of the original series.
Many of Morrison's co-actors took to social media to pay homage.
Sean Hayes, who played Jack McFarland on "Will & Grace", said the actor will be missed by the team.
"She was absolutely hilarious and had the biggest heart. She was part of our Will and Grace family and will be greatly missed. My heart goes out to her husband, Walter and her entire family," he ...

'Will & Grace' actor Shelley Morrison dies at 83

Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds on Monday said the world today is run by dictators who can only be described as "bullies" and it is natural why his character in the upcoming film "6 Underground" decides to take matters into his hands.
The actor, who plays the enterprising billionaire called "1" in the Netflix film, said his character in the high octane action drama targets one such dictator and decides to bring down his regime with the help of five other individuals.
Reynolds said his character is someone who has lost his way and is disenfranchised with geopolitical issues and life in general.
"He does something that we all at a time wish we can do. You're watching the news you're looking at the world, see how it's on fire in places, there are dictators in charge, you wouldn't dignify them with any term other than a bully. They are injuring, hurting, maiming and killing huge swatches of their own population.
"So my character is a guy who basically takes this in his own hands, uses this ..

Dictators today are in-charge of world: Ryan Reynolds

Protests that have paralysed Hong Kong for nearly six months are pushing residents to seek new lives abroad, with many turning to nearby democratic Taiwan to escape the uncertainty at home.
Taiwan has long attracted Hong Kongers seeking an alternative to their city's frenetic pace and sky-high rents.
But the number granted short-term and permanent residency in Taiwan rose nearly 30 percent to over 4,000 between January and September from a year earlier, with investment from Hong Kong almost doubling.
Leonardo Wong was in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung last month scouting locations for a restaurant he plans to open when he moves to the island in January.
"Hong Kong is no longer safe. You don't know what would happen tomorrow. There are too many external forces that could change the course of things," the 27-year-old told AFP.
"Now it feels rather like things could never go back to the way they were. We can't see what kind of future (Hong Kong) is heading towards." Taiwan does 

Protests send Hong Kongers to Taiwan in search of new lives

The Philippines was braced for powerful Typhoon Kammuri as the storm churned closer, forcing evacuations and threatening plans for the Southeast Asian Games events near the capital Manila.
Kammuri is expected to make landfall late Monday or early Tuesday in the nation's east with heavy rains and wind gusts of up to 185 kilometres (115 miles) per hour, forecasters said.
The storm is on track to then pass close to Manila, which is home to some 13 million people and the site for many of the SEA Games competitions.
Nearly 70,000 people have already fled their homes in the Bicol region, which is where the typhoon is expected to make landfall.
"We hope there won't be any damage, but given its (Kammuri's) strength, we can't avoid it," Mark Timbal, spokesman for the national disaster agency, told AFP.
"We have preemptively evacuated people in areas that are in the storm's direct path."
The weather bureau also warned of rain-induced landslides and possible storm surges of up to three meters ...

Thousands flee as Typhoon Kammuri churns towards Philippines

Three emergency workers were killed in a helicopter crash near Marseille while on a rescue mission in southern France where floods have left two dead, officials said Monday.
Their EC145 helicopter lost radio and radar contact while on a rescue and reconnaissance flight in the Var region Sunday night.
The three were found dead at 1:30 am near the town of Rove, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner and his secretary of state Laurent Nunez said in a statement.
An investigation was under way to determine the circumstances of the crash.
"While France is preparing today to pay tribute to 13 of its soldiers who died serving it (in Mali), our country is losing three everyday heroes who gave their lives to protect the French," Castaner and Nunez said.
Two people were killed on Sunday by the floods in the French Riviera, which has been hit by fresh torrential rains a week after extreme weather left six dead.
In the Var region, a shepherd was swept away as he was trying to cross a ford in his ...

Three French flood rescuers killed in helicopter crash

Asian markets rose Monday as investors cheered data showing a surprise jump in Chinese factory activity, while oil prices bounced from last week's sharp losses after Iraq said top producers could announce a cut in output this week.
But while the week started on a positive note, worries about the trade talks were revived by China's Global Times newspaper saying Beijing wanted all US tariffs rolled back as part of a mini deal, a move observers said Washington is unlikely to agree to.
China said on Saturday that its manufacturing sector expanded in November for the first time in seven months, providing a much-needed boost to investors looking for signs of optimism in the world's number-two economy.
The news comes as Beijing and Washington put the final touches to a partial trade deal, the expected passage of which has helped global markets rally for weeks.
"This improvement in the manufacturing (purchasing managers index) is important because we can say with more certainty than at the ...

Asian markets rally following China data, eyes on trade talks

Lautaro Martinez's first-half brace sent Inter Milan top of Serie A on Sunday with a 2-1 win over SPAL after champions Juventus were held at home by Sassuolo.
"We didn't use our heads," lamented Juventus boss Maurizio Sarri after his side dropped their first points at home this season.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored from the spot to rescue a 2-2 draw but Juventus slipped one point behind Antonio Conte's Inter.
Argentinian Martinez put Inter ahead on 16 minutes at the San Siro, and then headed in Antonio Candreva's cross to score his eighth league goal this season.  Mattia Valoti pulled a goal back, but second-from-bottom SPAL fell to their ninth defeat of the campaign.
Conte has guided Chinese-owned Inter to 12 victories in 14 league games for the first time, and they reclaimed the top spot which they had previously held until their 2-1 defeat by Juventus on October 6.
"When a team like Juventus drops points, you need to make sure that you make the most of that," said former Juve coach ...

Martinez fires Inter top of Serie A as Juventus slip up

Lionel Messi delivered a major boost to Barcelona's La Liga title hopes by scoring a late winner in a 1-0 victory at Atletico Madrid on Sunday.
Messi is the favourite to win a record-breaking sixth Ballon d'Or in Paris on Monday and he came up trumps again for Barca at the Wanda Metropolitano, where an even contest looked destined to finish goalless.
"In matches that are close and intense, having Leo is always a big advantage," said Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde.
The Argentinian's 86th-minute strike, after a neat one-two with Luis Suarez, keeps Barcelona level on points with Real Madrid at the top of the table while leaving Atletico with a mountain to climb if they are to rejoin the race.
"It's important for the three points but also for the mental side," said Valverde.
"It sends us into the Christmas period with confidence."
Atletico now sit six points adrift of both Real and Barca, with those two also having a game in hand which will be played out in the season's first Clasico at 

Late Messi winner sees Barca sink Atletico

Manchester United threw away a second-half lead to remain eight points outside the Premier League's top four with a 2-2 draw at home to Aston Villa on Sunday.
Jack Grealish put Villa in front with a superb solo effort, but United levelled before the break when Marcus Rashford's header hit the post and came off Villa goalkeeper Tom Heaton into his own net before Victor Lindelof then headed the hosts in front.
But a week after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men surrendered a late lead to draw 3-3 with Sheffield United, they did not learn their lesson as Tyrone Mings secured a deserved point for Villa.
The loss of those four points has cost United the chance to climb up to fifth in the table.
Instead they lie down in ninth and trail two points behind a revitalised Tottenham, who visit Old Trafford on Wednesday with new boss Jose Mourinho eying revenge against the club that sacked him 11 months ago.
"I wouldn't be sat here talking about us sitting fifth if we had got that goal extra," said ...

Man Utd blow another lead to lose ground ahead of Mourinho's return

Joe Root completed his third test double century and was out for 226 as England built a 101-run first-innings lead over New Zealand on the fourth day of the second test.
Root shared a 193-run sixth wicket partnership with Ollie Pope, who also fell during Monday's second session for 75.
England was finally dismissed just before the scheduled tea break for 476, having batted for almost 163 overs to give itself a shot at winning the match and saving the series.
In an impressive display of concentration and stamina, Root's innings occupied more than 10-1/2 hours, 635 minutes, during which he faced 441 balls.
He helped England from 24-2 on the second day to 458-7 when he was finally out about 30 minutes before tea.
Pope supported Root for 258 minutes in a partnership which carried England past New Zealand's first innings of 375, taking it from 262-5 to 455-5. Through their joint efforts England has a hope of winning the test and squaring the two-match series after New Zealand won the first 

England dismissed for 476 on day 4

Charles Leclerc retained his podium finish in Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after a post-race stewards investigation into a fuel infringement, but his Ferrari team were fined 50,000 euros.
The Monegasque driver finished third behind six-time champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes and Red Bull's Dutchman Max Verstappen.
His Ferrari car was checked in the pit lane before the race and found to have infringed the strict fuel regulations. It was reported to race stewards who investigated afterwards.
In a pre-race statement, the sport's ruling body, the International Motoring Federation (FIA) said there was a "significant difference" between the amount of fuel in the car and that declared by Ferrari.
A later statement said: "The stewards determined that the team should be fined 50,000 euros for its inaccurate declaration."
The outcome of the probe was seen as a lenient sanction for the Italian team after a period during which their cars and performance had been the subject of much scepticism ..

Leclerc keeps UAE third place, Ferrari fined 50,000 euros

Officials say three people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed while attempting to land at San Antonio International Airport.
San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood says the plane went down around 6:30 pm Sunday in a commercial district about a mile west of the airport.
Hood says the plane had taken off from Sugar Land, southwest of Houston, and was headed to Boerne when it experienced engine trouble and diverted to San Antonio.
Boerne is located about 30 miles north of the city.
Hood says flight logs indicated there were three people on board the aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration says investigators are heading to the crash site and the National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation.
Officials say no structures were damaged in the crash and no other injuries were reported.

Officials: 3 dead after small plane crash in San Antonio

Mexican security forces on Sunday killed seven more members of a presumed cartel assault force that rolled into a town near the Texas border and staged an hour-long attack, officials said, putting the overall death toll at 20.
The Coahuila state government said in a statement that lawmen aided by helicopters were still chasing remnants of the force that arrived in a convoy of pickup trucks and attacked the city hall of Villa Union on Saturday.
Gov Miguel Angel Riquelme said late Sunday afternoon that authorities had determined the casualty count from the gunbattles stood at 14 gunmen dead and four police officers killed.
He said two civilians also were slain by gunmen after being abducted.
The governor said six more officers were wounded as were four young people who had been taken by the attackers.
Francisco Contreras, an official in the state security agency, said later that the two slain civilians were a firefighter and an engineer who worked for the municipality.
He said a second .

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