HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A cool front will continue to slowly move south through SE Texas this afternoon bringing a chance for showers and storms with it. We’ve seen a few showers through the morning but the better chances for rain come in the afternoon to evening hours especially for Houston. There is a chance the line will be broken …

Pfizer said on Friday it was voluntarily recalling five batches of its Accupril blood pressure tablets after finding elevated levels of a potential cancer-causing agent in the medicine. The drugmaker said it was not aware of any reports of adverse events related to the recalled batches, which were distributed in the United States and Puerto Rico from December 2019 to …

LONDON: Ben Stokes has backed Joe Root to continue his run-scoring spree with the bat, offering his England team mate “nothing but love, respect and support” after his decision to quit Test captaincy. Root stepped down last week, saying the job had taken a heavy toll on him recently, after dispiriting tours of Australia and the Caribbean capped a string …

MANCHESTER: Gabriel Jesus scored four goals as Manchester City thrashed Watford 5-1 to open up a four-point lead in the Premier League title race, while Arsenal beat Manchester United 3-1 to take control of the race for fourth. City are five games away from defending their title, but manager Pep Guardiola has warned they will need to win every one …

IMOLA: World champion Max Verstappen recovered from a poor start to fight back and win Saturday’s 21-lap sprint race and claim pole position for Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Beaten as the lights went out by championship leader Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, who pulled clear, the 24-year-old Dutchman showed his tenacity and pace to regain the lead with two laps …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari on Saturday held a meeting with officials of the IPC Ministry wherein he was briefed about the operations and mandate of the ministry. It was Mazari’s first official meeting with the officials of the ministry since taking oath as the federal minister. The IPC secretary briefed him about the roles of various sections …

Players from Afghanistan’s national women’s football team competed in a local league match in Australia on Sunday for the first time since fleeing the Taliban. The result was a scoreless draw after an Afghan goal was disallowed for being offside in a lower league amateur match in the eastern state of Victoria. But for the Afghan women it was a …

WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has said that the government will have to increase the price of gasoline to get Pakistan’s economy back on track and to revive the stalled bailout programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Speaking at the Atlantic Council, a think tank, on Friday evening, the minister also said that the new government was ready to …

ISLAMABAD: Remit­tances from the IT exports, including telecommunication, computer and information services, during July to March FY22 surged by 29.26 per cent to $1.94 billion from $1.50bn during the same period of the previous fiscal year. According to the Ministry of Information Technology and Tele­­communication’s data, in March 2022, IT export remittances reached $259 million at a growth rate of …