A strong cold front pushed through North Texas overnight. It’s bringing colder air along with a brisk north wind. In addition, rain showers, and even a few rumbles of thunder arrived around mid-day. But nothing more than a few sprinkles are expected tonight and most of Wednesday. A much greater chance of rain will return by Wednesday evening and continue …

After a cloudy and mainly dry start to the day, another round of rain will return by late afternoon or early evening, with the heaviest rain expected tonight. This system won’t produce nearly as much rain as we saw last week – a half inch or so in DFW, but you’ll still need the umbrella. Heavier rain is likely farther …

TORONTO: On the shores of Lake Ontario, a Canadian start-up raised one of the earliest alarms about the risk posed by the mystery virus that emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. How did it do it? Artificial intelligence. BlueDot has developed an algorithm that can sift through hundreds of thousands of news stories a day along with air traffic …

  ISLAMABAD: Amid growing criticism of newly introduced “curbs” on social media, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to take all stakeholders on board before implementing the new rules. Presiding over a meeting, the prime minister expressed the hope that all international social media and internet companies would continue to work in Pakistan and the government …

BEIJING:  The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak surged to 2,000 on Wednesday, as Chinese and international health officials warned against excessive measures to contain the epidemic. More than 74,000 people have now been infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in some 25 countries. The situation remains serious at the epicentre, with the director of …

KARACHI: Pakistan’s total debt and liabilities rose 23.36 per cent to Rs40.994 trillion during the second of this fiscal year, up from Rs33.229tr in 2QFY19, reported the State Bank of Pakistan. However, the debt figure represented a minor decline of 1.26pc over Rs41.516tr in the first quarter of 2019-20. The year-on-year increase came on the back of rising domestic and …

ISLAMABAD: While female labour force participation in both Pakistan and India is below 30 per cent (half of the global average), the two neighbouring countries seem to be heading in different directions, with Delhi recording an average decrease of one per cent and Islamabad witnessing 2pc rise in female labour force participation in recent decades. These findings were part of …

MULTAN: Cotton production fell by 20.12 per cent to 8.6 million bales till January 15 this season against 10.7m bales in the same period last year, the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) said on Tuesday. In its fortnightly report, the PCGA noted that the production of cotton bales went down by 2.153m in the current season. The country is likely …

US President Donald Trump said the United States and India were working on a major trade deal, but he was not sure if it would be completed before the presidential election in November. As Trump heads to India on his first official trip on Monday, negotiators have been trying for weeks to put together a limited accord giving the US greater access …

  ISLAMABAD: China is sending a team of technical experts to Pakistan to deliberate on the aerial management of locust swarms in the country. The locust swarm invaded the country last year and has devastated the cotton crop in the last planting season and is already threatening the country’s wheat crop. The swarm arrived last summer, but has grown to …