HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We are on Arctic Front Watch this week, and we’ve got answers to your most common questions about what we expect. Is there a chance for snow in Texas this week? Yes, but initially those chances will stay far to our north. A huge mass of Arctic air is building over Canada, and it’s already spreading …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A federally-supported mass vaccination site will be constructed at Houston’s NRG Stadium, which will be one of three built in coordination with the state of Texas, the White House COVID-19 Response Team revealed Wednesday. Under plans by the Biden administration, more than 10,000 shots are expected to be given at the Texas sites, with operation possibly …

RAWAPINDI: A despondent South Africa head coach Mark Boucher has claimed the 2-0 defeat in the Test series against Pakistan was catastrophic with lack of match-awareness among the key factors behind batting collapses in the two matches. Shortly after Pakistan secured a 95-run victory at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Monday, Boucher told reporters at the virtual media conference that …

LAHORE: Pakistan’s talented leg-spinner Usman Qadir and hard-hitting batsman Haider Ali are upbeat about putting up fine performances against South Africa in the three T20 matches series starting with the first on Thursday at the Gaddafi Stadium here. In a virtual press conference on Tuesday, Usman – son of former Pakistan great googly bowler Abdul Qadir – said that he …

MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal’s injured back didn’t slow his bid for a record 21st Grand Slam title on Tuesday, as women’s world number one Ashleigh Barty romped to a 6-0, 6-0 ‘double bagel’ at the Australian Open. On a day when women’s champion Sofia Kenin also reached round two, but two-time winner Victoria Azarenka lost after breathing problems, Nadal and Barty …

KARACHI: Commerce Adviser Abdul Razak Dawood on Tuesday assured value-added textile sector stakeholders of raising their problems with Prime Minister Imran Khan and the federal cabinet. In an online meeting with representatives of textile and value-added sectors, the adviser said the government would consider and resolve some of the issues that were highlighted during the meeting. The associations representing textile …

LAHORE: Showing no worries over his country’s recent 2-0 drubbing in the Test series against Pakistan, South Africa’s Twenty20 captain Heinrich Klaasen on Tuesday said his side would be giving their best in the upcoming series of the game’s shortest format. The three-match series starts here on Thursday, with all the matches to be held at the Gaddafi Stadium. “Look …

HARARE: Solid half-centuries by captain Javeria Khan and all-rounder Aliya Riaz set a strong 178-run victory for Pakistan Women’s cricket team over Zimbabwe women’s team in the first 50-over match played at the Harare Sports Club on Tuesday. The two contributed a brilliant 157-run stand for the fifth wicket that lifted Pakistan to 255 for 6 after the tourists were …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that a subsidiary or a special purpose vehicle (SPV) of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) is likely to be set up by the end of this month that would take away the whopping liability of about Rs450 billion to make the bleeding mill free of all encumbrances. This initiative would help attracting …