HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Voting numbers continue to shatter records in Texas, with 1.4 million registered voters in Harris County who cast a ballot during early voting. Among those voting for the first time are many young voters. Raven Douglas is with the non-partisan group Move Texas, which advocates for more youth participation in elections. She said from 2018 to 2020, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The battle for Texas’ 7th Congressional District pushed into late Tuesday night, but Democratic incumbent Rep. Lizzie Fletcher is projected to win re-election. Fletcher won the right to a second term over GOP challenger Wesley Hunt. The TX-7 seat was held by Republicans for five decades before Fletcher’s upset win in 2018 over Congressman John Culberson, …

KARACHI: A group of unidentified men looted 300 oxygen cylinders and 100 water coolers from COVID store of a government hospital in Karachi. The incident took place on October 22 at Sindh Government Hospital – New Karachi where a group of men carried off hundreds of oxygen cylinders and water coolers from COVID store in front of staff and many …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has witnessed 1,167 new infections and 14 more deaths due to novel coronavirus during the last 24 hours. The total count of COVID-19 deaths has reached up to 6,849, whereas, the tally of active cases reached up to 13,965 in Pakistan, according to the statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). 27,984 tests have been conducted …

Apple added a new customizable ‘Back Tap’ button in its update of the mobile operating system on September 16 for performing specific tasks. The company in its iOS 14 secretly introduced a Back Tap feature that allows users to double or triple tap the back of your phone to perform specific tasks on your phone. It is a non-physical button …

DUBAI: Bahrain has granted emergency approval for the use of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine candidate currently in phase III trials on frontline workers from Tuesday, state news agency BNA said. The vaccine candidate, nearing the end of phase III trials in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain and Jordan, is a partnership between Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG) and …

MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman has banned the usage of single-use plastic shopping bags starting from January 2021 in order to control pollution and implement the law on environmental protection. The Omani Environment Authority said in a statement, “The decision to ban the use of single-consumption plastic shopping bags will come into effect on January 1, 2021, are you ready?.” …

A Florida man, Craig Hershoff, invented a robot to help people with dexterity issues insert and remove their eye lenses without another person’s assistance. The inventor himself uses special contacts known as scleral lenses and he told the purpose of his invention to help other people, especially elderly patients, who are having issues to insert and remove contacts. Hershoff told …

ISLAMABAD: A four-member sec­urity delegation from Cricket South Africa (CSA) headed by Mookesh Gajjar arrived here in Islamabad on Monday ahead of Proteas’ planned tour to Pakistan early next year. The delegation also includes Stephen Craig Cook, Rory Steyn and Mohamed Zunaid Wadee. South African are expected to tour Pakistan in January-February 2021 to play two Tests and three Twenty20 …

KARACHI: Bounce Club of District East outplayed Karachi Basketball Club of District South 60-43 in the final to lift the Inter-district Rashid Minhas Basketball trophy in style in front of a sizeable crowd here at the Aramabagh-Abdul Nasir courts on Sunday night. Brilliant Talha Khattak led the attack for the winners with 18 points and was assisted well by Mohsin …