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Fire breaks out at cylinder warehouse in Karachi’s SITE area, several injured


January 9, 2021

Multiple injuries were reported on Saturday in a warehouse fire in Karachi’s Sindh Industrial & Trading Estate (SITE) area, police and rescue officials said. Station House Officer (SHO) Zawar Hussain said the fire erupted in a cylinder warehouse located in Haroonabad today morning, adding that fire tenders were trying to put it out. Police and rescue officials were present at …

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Treasury, opposition exchange salvos in Senate


January 9, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Members from the treasury and the opposition benches on Friday exchanged salvos in the Senate over the arrest of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) workers with the government accusing the opposition of strengthening the enemy’s narrative while the opposition claiming that it was being pushed to the wall. Winding up discussion in the upper house on the crackdown against opposition …

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Slain miners laid to rest in Quetta’s Hazara Town


January 9, 2021

Ten coal miners from the Hazara community, who were killed brutally in an attack on January 3, were laid to rest at Quetta’s Hazara Town cemetery on Saturday. Funeral prayers for the coal miners were offered earlier today after the deadlock between the government and the protesters came to an end a few hours ago. The prayers were led by …

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Joe Biden likens Ted Cruz to Nazi propagandist Goebbels for helping Trump spread ‘big lie’ about election fraud


January 9, 2021

WASHINGTON — In extraordinarily sharp remarks Friday, President-elect Joe Biden compared Sen. Ted Cruz to Hitler’s propaganda master in the way he peddled Donald Trump’s “big lie” about election fraud, though Biden stopped short of blaming Cruz for the riot by a pro-Trump mob at the Capitol as many Texas Democrats have done. A look at the Dallas Christian College …

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All 13 Texas Democrats in Congress signal support for impeaching Trump over Capitol insurrection


January 9, 2021

WASHINGTON — All 13 Texas Democrats in Congress have signaled some level of support for impeaching President Donald Trump after a mob marched on the Capitol on Wednesday at the Republican’s urging. Some of those Democrats conditioned their backing of impeachment on whether or not Vice President Mike Pence first invokes the 25th Amendment to remove the president. But the …

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With 3 weeks to go, Dallas Morning News Charities has raised over $1 million for North Texans in need


January 9, 2021

The Dallas Morning News Charities announced that it has surpassed the $1 million mark in fundraising for North Texas nonprofits. In a year when the demand on food banks and charitable organizations has increased dramatically due to the coronavirus pandemic, the funds raised will go to help North Texas nonprofits that address homelessness and hunger. Grant Moise, publisher of  said …

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Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s Twitter account, citing risk of further violence


January 9, 2021

Twitter permanently suspended President Donald Trump’s account Friday, citing “the risk of further incitement of violence.” The move came just two days after Twitter temporarily suspended Trump’s account after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol following the president’s speech egging supporters on. It deprives Trump of his preferred tool to communicate with the American people, whether it …

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How Fair Park in South Dallas was chosen as mega site for COVID-19 vaccine


January 9, 2021

The plan to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to as many as 2,000 people a day at Fair Park next week began with a text message. Dallas City Council member Paula Blackmon said she was watching the Netflix show Bridgerton around 8 p.m. Monday when Justin Henry, president of the Dallas ISD board of trustees, wished her a happy New Year and asked …

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