HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A homeowner in his 70s shot and killed a former renter, who broke into his house in southeast Houston Tuesday night, police say. A shooting call came in around 10:45 p.m. in the 6000 block of Glenhurst near Belgard. Authorities say the homeowner had been letting a man stay at his home, but when the man …

A fireball meteor blazed over the skies of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, last month on May 30. Experts believe that the fireball could be the third interstellar object that has visited the Solar System. Only two objects that originated outside our solar system have ever been previously recorded passing by Earth, one in 2017 and another in 2019. Most comets and meteors …

HONG KONG: The Hong Kong team behind celebrity humanoid robot Sophia is launching a new prototype, Grace, targeted at the healthcare market and designed to interact with the elderly and those isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dressed in a blue nurse’s uniform, Grace has Asian features, collar-length brown hair and a thermal camera in her chest to take your temperature …

Uruguay on Tuesday released real-world data on the impact of Sinovac Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine among its population that showed it was over 90% effective in preventing intensive care admissions and deaths. The shot reduced deaths by 95% and intensive care admissions by 92%, and also showed 61% efficacy in cutting coronavirus infections, the government said. A total of 795,684 people …

MELBOURNE: Australia added six players to their white-ball squads on Tuesday amid reports that several big names might skip the tours of West Indies and Bangladesh because of bubble fatigue. Media reports have said pace spearhead Pat Cummins, opener David Warner and several others might miss the tours after returning home following the abrupt suspension of the Indian Premier League …

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cricket board on Tuesday named a 24-member squad led by Kusal Perera for the six-match limited overs series in England even as a pay dispute remained unresolved. The Sri Lankan squad will leave early Wednesday to play three One-day Intern­at­ionals and three Twenty20 Internationals. Official sources said the players have refused a performance-based pay scheme which will …

Karachi: Pacer Hasan Ali, who represents Islamabad United, is excited as the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season six resume from today. The 26-year-old Hasan will be in action today where his side United taking on Lahore Qalandars at Sheikh Zayed International Stadium in Abu Dhabi. “The day is here! PSL 6 officially resumes,” tweets Hasan Ali. “The next few days …

PARIS: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova reached her first Grand Slam semi-final at the 52nd attempt on Tuesday and will be favoured to make the French Open final when she takes on world number 85 Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia. Pavlyuchenkova, the world number 32, beat doubles partner Elena Rybakina 6-7 (2-7), 6-2, 9-7 in her first quarter-final appearance at Roland Garros since 2011. …

KARACHI: After weeks of uncertainties amid a number of obstacles, the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL)’s sixth edition is all set to recommence in the sweltering surroundings of Abu Dhabi following a three-month gap when two-time former champions clash with Lahore Qalandars at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Wednesday. When the competition at the National Stadium in Karachi was abruptly …

ISLAMABAD: Giving approval to allocation of $1 billion for vaccine procurement on Tuesday, Planning Minister Asad Umar said the National Economic Council (NEC) of the cabinet had decided to frequently hold its meetings every year for evaluation of not only the federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) but also the provincial Annual Development Plans (ADPs) to ensure effective utilisation of …