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Where to watch the 2021 Houston Dia de Los Muertos Parade


November 7, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houstonians celebrated a new way to honor their departed loved ones with the inaugural Houston Dia de Los Muertos Festival and Parade in Downtown Houston. While the parade happened Saturday, Nov. 7, you have the best seat in the house and can see it any time. English language television partner.

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3 out of 8 victims identified in Astroworld Festival disaster


November 7, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Three of the eight people killed in Friday’s Astroworld Festival disaster have been identified. John Hilgert, a ninth grade student at Memorial High School, died during the incident, according to a letter school administrators sent Saturday to parents. “Our hearts go out to the student’s family and to his friends and our staff at Memorial,” MHS Principal Lisa …

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Milder fall days ahead


November 7, 2021

The nice stretch of fall weather continues across North Texas with abundant sunshine and mild temperatures. Through mid-week, expect mild and breezy conditions with highs in the 70s. Our next cold front will arrive Wednesday night, with a chance of showers and maybe a few non-severe thunderstorms. It will clear out, and also turn cooler again Thursday and into next …

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Texas faces ‘generational’ energy problems that it doesn’t know how to fix


November 7, 2021

Winter is coming. It’s an unavoidable truth hovering over Austin as the Texas energy market’s governing bodies attempt to fix an aching electric grid in a race against Mother Nature. February’s winter storm and subsequent electricity crisis, which led to the deaths of more than 250 people and knocked out power for nearly 70% of Texans, served as a wake-up …

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STARTUPS EYE POST PANDEMIC ‘TELE HEALTH’ REVOLUTION


November 7, 2021

LISBON: From mental health apps to a helmet that can shock a patient s brain remotely, startups at this year’s Web Summit are betting on a major shift towards “tele-medicine” as the world emerges from the pandemic. Using technology to treat patients virtually was a major theme at one of the world s largest tech conferences, which returned to Lisbon this …

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AD HOC DOCTORS GET ONE-YEAR EXTENSION IN PUNJAB


November 7, 2021

LAHORE: Following the special directives of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, the Punjab government has extended the contracts of ad hoc doctors for one year. The Punjab government has given relief to the ad hoc doctors following CM Usman Buzdar’s order by extending their contracts for one year. The move will benefit more than 4,000 doctors hired on an ad hoc …

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Over 90 killed in fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone capital


November 7, 2021

Freetown: A massive explosion at a petrol station in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown has killed 92 people, the country’s vice president said on Saturday. Hospitals were treating 88 more people for severe burns, said Vice-President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, who arrived at the scene on Saturday along with several local officials. A rescue worker and a nurse had earlier confirmed at …

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Govt expects surplus sugar production this year


November 7, 2021

KARACHI: The federal government is expecting surplus sugar this year, but the situation in Sindh in terms of retail price of the commodity is unlikely to be changed as the provincial government of the Pakistan Peoples Party is delaying the sugar cane crushing only to discredit the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led set-up. The forecast of the sugar cane crop and apprehension about …

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Pakistan accepts costliest-ever LNG cargo amid gas crisis


November 7, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday accepted an LNG cargo at the highest-ever price of $30.6 per Million British Thermal Units (mmbtu) from Qatar Petroleum on the grounds of averting a possible gas crisis in the upcoming peak winter month. The Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) had floated emergency bids for two cargoes to be supplied in November, as the firms involved, Gunvor …

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