HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — SURPRISE! Famous Houston couple Kealia Ohai and J.J. Watt have officially tied the knot. Best day of my life. Without question. ❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/hEfQ1N4Bl9 — JJ Watt (@JJWatt) February 16, 2020 The pair said their vows in a beautiful surprise wedding in the Bahamas Saturday. Former teammate of Kealia, Amber Brooks, posted a series of pictures and videos to …

BEIJING: The death toll from China´s coronavirus epidemic jumped past 1,600 on Sunday after 139 more people died in hard-hit Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak. In its daily update, the province´s health commission also reported 1,843 fresh cases — the third day that reported new infections declined in the province. At least 1,662 people have now died from …

West Virginia’s disabled residents and overseas military personnel will be able to vote by smartphone in the US presidential election this year, the latest development in a push to make balloting more accessible despite persistent security fears. Rising interest in electronic voting has heightened concerns among security experts who fear these systems are vulnerable to hacking and manipulation that could …

ISLAMABAD: As criticism of the government over new social media regulations continues, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) urged the government to reconsider its decision. The HRCP has expressed concern over the rules under which the curbs on social media will enable the designated authorities to control freedom of expression and …

NEW DELHI: Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart are among online retailers demanding that India scale back a proposed tax on third-party sellers on their platforms, saying the burden of compliance will hurt the fledgling industry, according to documents seen by Reuters. The online retail industry is braced for a possible 1 per cent tax on each sale made by sellers on their …

WASHINGTON: The US government on Friday said it would increase tariffs on aircraft imported from the European Union to 15 per cent from 10pc, ratcheting up pressure on Brussels in a nearly 16-year transatlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies. The US Trade Representative’s Office said it remained open to reaching a negotiated settlement with the EU on the issue, but could …

KARACHI: As an international watchdog takes up Pakistan’s request to remove it from a non-compliant list, both the political and security establishment feel confident about pleading the country’s case on the basis of strong measures taken over the past few years addressing the concerns raised by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), government sources said on Saturday. “The government has …

KARACHI: The stock market was able to snap four-week losing streak to close flat in the outgoing week with KSE 100 index showing a token gain of 100 points and closing at 40,243. The market was driven largely on the news flow relating to the International Monetary Fund’s second review and the earlier week’s stunning inflation numbers at 14.6pc, which …

KARACHI: While the overall big industry output showed a positive trend in December 2019 as per official figures, manufacturers paint a somewhat different picture saying the figures are contradictory. According to Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) data, food, beverage and tobacco surged 41.57 per cent in December 2019 by and 4.3pc in 6MFY20, emerging from a negative trend. Under this category, …

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s cricket boss has pleaded with fans to treat Steve Smith and David Warner with respect and not ‘embarrass’ the board with poor behaviour when the Australian batsmen tour the country for the first time since a ball-tampering scandal. Smith and Warner, who incurred 12-month bans for their parts in the tampering plot during a Cape Town Test …