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Cloudy and chilly start to your Thursday morning


January 30, 2020

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — You’ll want your umbrella and your jacket while moving around town Thursday. A weather system in the upper levels will bring a chance of light-to-moderate rain showers during the day Thursday. Clouds will thicken up as this upper-level low approaches. A few showers will return to southeast Texas by late Thursday morning, and we’ll keep a …

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Suspected drunk driver drank 6 beers, 4 shots before crash, records say


January 30, 2020

A suspected drunk driver accused of plowing into a group of good Samaritans allegedly admitted to having six beers and four shots prior to the accident that left one victim brain-dead. According to court documents, on the night of the crash, Zachary Castro was traveling at about 65 miles per hour before he hit a car and then the good …

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Mattress Mack bets on the 49ers to win the Super Bowl


January 30, 2020

  HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Mattress Mack has a good feeling the San Francisco 49ers are going to win the biggest game of the year. We know he placed a bet on the team to beat the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 54 in Miami. Right now, we don’t know how much he bet on them to win. RELATED: …

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EU announces strict 5G rules, but no Huawei ban


January 30, 2020

BRUSSELS: EU countries could ban telecoms operators deemed a security risk from critical parts of 5G infrastructure under guidelines issued on Wednesday, amid US pressure to shut out Chinese giant Huawei. The EU plan, which closely mirrors rules set out on Tuesday by Britain allowing a limited role for Huawei, stops short of barring the company from the next-generation communications …

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Two satellites speed towards each other, raise risk of collision


January 30, 2020

SHINGTON: Two decommissioned satellites sped towards each other Wednesday at a combined speed of almost 33,000 miles (53,000 kilometers) an hour, raising the risk of a collision that would send thousands of pieces of debris hurtling through space. The satellites — a pioneering international space telescope and an experimental US craft traveling in opposing orbits — are expected to pass …

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Inquiry into telecom companies’ merger at final stage: NAB


January 30, 2020

ISLAMABAD: An inquiry into irregularities and financial benefits from the merger of Warid and Mobilink is in its final stage and arrests will be made in the coming days, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) told subcommittee III of the Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday. The subcommittee, chaired by Senator Sherry Rehman, was discussing the 2015-16 audit report of the telecommunications …

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Start me up: Young Pakistanis face uphill climb in tech innovation


January 30, 2020

For many of Pakistan’s farmers, long at the mercy of ruthless middlemen, an app enabling them to sell direct to clients could mean more money in their pockets. Omar Majid Warraich knew his idea could help thousands earn more from their crops, but the problem was he did not know how to execute it. “As a startup, you tend to …

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Coronavirus: what we do and don´t know


January 30, 2020

RIS: How deadly and how contagious is the coronavirus? When do symptoms appear, and can a patient spread the virus before they do? Experts are zeroing in on these and other questions, but clear answers are not yet at hand. – The toll so far – As of Wednesday, some 6,000 cases have been confirmed in China, its country of …

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Coronavirus toll climbs to 170, more than 1,700 new cases


January 30, 2020

WUHAN: The nationwide death toll from China´s viral epidemic has leapt to 170, the government said on Thursday, with more than 1,700 new infections confirmed. Thirty-seven of the 38 new deaths came in hard-hit Hubei province, the epicentre of a contagion that is causing mounting global fear. Another death occurred in southwestern Sichuan province, the National Health Commission reported. Tibet also …

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FPCCI reacts to tight monetary policy


January 30, 2020

KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), President Mian Anjum Nisar has said that industry cannot survive in a high interest rate environment. Speaking in the waking of monetary policy statement, which kept the key rate unchanged at 13.25 per cent, the industry leader said local businesses won’t be able to compete in the international market, where …

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