Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced Monday that the county was lowering the coronavirus threat level to yellow — the lowest it has been since the county began its color-coded warning system last year. The change, announced on Twitter, means that unvaccinated people can safely increase activities such as eating inside restaurants, shopping and travel. In all instances, physical distance, hand …

ISLAMABAD: While 50 per cent of vaccine eligible residents of the federal capital have been partially inoculated, the positivity rate dropped to 1pc as only 34 people were found infected on Sunday. Health officials said over 15,000 people are being vaccinated daily and they are hopeful that the target of 70pc to 80pc vaccination would be achieved in July. District …

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar held a meeting with seven MPAs belonging to the opposition PML-N and PPP, apparently to convey a message to the allies and disgruntled elements within the ruling party that his government is well ahead in the numbers game to pass the next budget to be presented on Monday (today). PML-N dissident MPAs Mian Jalil …

RAWALPINDI: Strong winds accompanied by rain and a hailstorm uprooted trees and blew away temporary shelters and billboards in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi in the early hours of Sunday. Electricity supply in several areas of the city remained suspended. However, the weather turned pleasant. The Met Office recorded a maximum wind gust of 70 knots (130 kms …

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan has revised travel restrictions for inbound passengers and allowed Pakistanis from category C countries to travel to their homeland without an exemption letter. However, foreigners would require the exemption letter as per restrictions. Due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation across the world, Pakistan has reduced the number of countries categorised as C from 28 to 26. According to …

CARBIS BAY: G7 leaders on Sunday vowed to start delivering one billion doses of Covid vaccines and to step up action on climate change, in a US-led summit’s call to arms that also took on China and Russia. In a final communique issued at their first physical summit in nearly two years, the leaders of the elite club largely hewed …

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday said that Pakistan would not take responsibility if it was blamed for any deterioration in the Afghan peace process. Addressing the inaugural session of the Pak-Afghan Bilateral Dialogue in Islamabad, the foreign minister said Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and a core group would reportedly be travelling to Washington soon. “I wish them luck …

A 59-year-old is in custody after a man was found dead Saturday in a field at a construction site in Pleasant Grove, Dallas police say. Volney Woods Jr. was booked into jail on a murder charge Saturday night in connection with the death of Luis Cepeda Lopez. Police said Lopez was 52, but his age could not be confirmed with …

Across Texas, 300 more coronavirus cases were reported Sunday, including 20 older cases that were recently confirmed by labs. The state also reported 13 new COVID-19 deaths, bringing its death toll to 50,857. Of the new cases, 240 were confirmed and 60 were probable. Of the older cases, 12 were confirmed and eight were probable. The state’s case total is …