HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Harris County commissioners are set to consider allocating over $100 million for jail improvements while also contemplating the construction of a new facility. The Harris County Jail has garnered significant attention from state leaders due to the deaths of nearly 50 inmates over the past two-and-a-half years. Last month, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards informed …

CHAMAN: A polio team was attacked in Balochistan by the Dharana Committee members, quoting DC Chaman. According to DC Raja Athar Abbas, Dharna Committee participants attacked the polio team in Chaman with sticks that resulted in injuries to four levies personnel, who were deployed to ensure the security of the team during the anti-polio drive. The attackers tried to snatch …

TAIPEI: AMD on Monday announced its new artificial intelligence chips for everything from cutting-edge data centres to advanced laptops, ramping up its challenge to the runaway market leader Nvidia. Demand has exploded in the past two years for the specialised processors that help develop, train and run AI applications such as ChatGPT. Despite Nvidia’s dominant position in the market, AMD …

LONDON: Real Madrid added another chapter to their already astonishing love affair with European football’s elite club trophy by claiming a 2-0 win against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final on Saturday as they were crowned for the 15th time. The story of the season they finished at Wembley was about two generations of players who met, bonded as …

PROVIDENCE: West Indies stuttered and stumbled before eventually scrambling a five-wicket win with an over to spare over minnows Papua New Guinea in the opening Group C encounter of the T20 World Cup at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday. Set a modest target of 137, the two-time former champions were undone by clever, disciplined PNG bowling, slumping to 97 for five …

ISLAMABAD: All arrangements including lighting at the Jinnah Stadium have been completed for holding Pakistan’s FIFA World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia smoothly on June 6, an official of the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) said on Sunday. “All the arrangements for the match have been finalised. Reading of the lights, which is called lux, is available for the record. The …

DALLAS: “Cricket? Erm, is it a team game?” asked the slightly puzzled Uber driver taking his passenger towards the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Texas on Saturday. Had the driver been one of the curious American-born spectators who ventured inside the venue and witnessed the USA’s first ever T20 World Cup game — a pulsating seven-wicket victory over Canada — …

Hang on a minute. Don’t tell me you did not know it would be this way at this time of the year. Of course, the corresponding period was going to be utterly chaotic. But, you knew from the beginning it would be this way at this time of the year. For the past six months, Pakistan have remained obsessed with …

ISLAMABAD: The economy is expected to be high on the agenda when Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif makes a five-day trip to China next week, but the outcomes of the visit are not expected to have any major impact on budget preparations. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning confirmed on Friday that Mr Sharif’s trip, which starts tomorrow, will include talks …