HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We are in for a major temperature drop, gusty winds, and chilly showers to greet you out the door Friday morning. A cold front is here for St. Patrick’s Day. Hear how temperatures will change in this latest update from ABC13’s Elita Loresca. A strong cold front will sweep through Houston Friday morning and leave the …

HARA: The heads of Spain and Portugal welcomed Wednesday Morocco’s move to join their bid to host the 2030 World Cup, saying it boosted their chances of hosting the event. Morocco’s King Mohammed VI announced on Tuesday that his country had joined the bid by the two European countries, apparently replacing war-torn Ukraine in a three-way alliance. Spain and Portugal …

EAST LONDON: South Africa will look to maintain their ODI momentum ahead of the World Cup, but they are set to contend with key injuries as they take on West Indies in a three-match 50-over series starting at Buffalo Park in East London on Thursday. The Proteas wrapped up a convincing 2-0 Test series win against West Indies earlier in …

WELLINGTON: Veteran seamer Neil Wagner is adamant he will be back in Test whites for New Zealand once he shrugs off a serious hamstring strain sustained against Sri Lanka. The South Africa-born Wagner, who turned 37 on Monday as New Zealand won a cliffhanger in the first Test against Sri Lanka, has also been hampered with a bulging disc in …

RIYADH: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr beat Abha 3-1 in the King’s Cup on Tuesday but it was a disappointing night for the Portuguese forward, who failed to score, received a yellow card and was substituted for the first time since his move to Saudi Arabia. Ronaldo failed to score for the third consecutive game and is yet to open his account …

The Multan Sultans have succeeded in reaching the final of the Pakistan Super League for the third time. And boy, it was a wild journey. They had everyone glued to their television screens on Wednesday night during their match with the Lahore Qalandars. The blue (and green) shirts managed to beat the Qalandars by an astounding 84 runs with more than five …

The legendary Dutch player and former Barcelona manager Johan Cruyff used to say his team must make sure that the worst players in the opposition team get the ball the most. Cruyff, who had a bigger influence on football than any other man in the sport’s history, knew that in team sports you are only as strong as your weakest …

Maqsad, an edtech platform for academic content, has raised a seed round of $2.8 million at an undisclosed valuation, co-founder Rooshan Aziz told Dawn in an interview on Wednesday. The latest funding takes the startup’s all-time capital raised to $4.9m as it conducted a pre-seed round of $2.1m a year-and-a-half ago. A company statement said the round was led by Speedinvest and returning investor …

KARACHI: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe the burden of tax compliance is a bigger hurdle than the actual tax paid or the high tax rates associated with it, according to a yet-to-be-released study conducted by Karandaaz Pakistan, a non-profit that focuses on improving access to finance for the underserved population. Speaking at a webinar on the state of business …