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KARACHI: The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom in over 100 countries, has expressed extreme concern over the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) Ordinance, 2021. In a communication addressed to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday, the IPI feared that implementation of the PMDA ordinance would drastically curtail …

Hollywood actor Lisa Banes is hospitalized in critical condition after she struck by a motorcycle in a hit-and-run in New York City on Friday. The 65-year-old Gone Girl actor was en route to a dinner party near Lincoln Center before meeting her wife when an individual on a red and black motorcycle “with no plate” struck her at 6:30pm, reported …

QAMISHLI: Syria’s Kurds on Saturday handed four relatives of fighters of the militant Islamic State group, including three children, to Dutch diplomats for repatriation, a thorny issue for authorities in the Netherlands. The group consisted of a Dutch woman and her two children as well as another 12-year-old girl, “a humanitarian case,” whose mother had agreed to her repatriation following …

ISLAMABAD: Water scarcity is an issue residents of the capital have been faced with for a long time, especially in summers. Nonetheless, in the last three decades, no concrete measures have been taken by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to explore new resources in order to meet the water requirement of the citizens. Background talks with relevant officers showed that …

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Dallas County reported one more COVID-19 death and 82 new coronavirus cases Friday. The latest victim was a Grand Prairie woman in her 80s who had underlying high-risk health conditions. County Judge Clay Jenkins continued to urge residents to get vaccinated. “The evidence is in: The vaccine is highly effective and safe for everyone,” Jenkins said in a written statement. …

WASHINGTON — In a departure from his typically measured rhetoric on energy and climate policy, Sen. John Cornyn derided concern about climate change as a “cult” during an energy summit in East Texas. “It’s pure fantasy. … This is part of the cult, or religion, of renewable energy,” Cornyn told a group of oil and gas executives Thursday in Tyler. …

A 60-year-old man fatally shot another person Friday after they had broken into his neighbor’s east Oak Cliff home, police say. Police said the man, who has not been identified, called 911 around 11:35 a.m. to report a burglary in the 300 block of Halsey Street, near Interstate 35E and East Kiest Boulevard. The man told investigators that he saw …

Shots were fired outside Town East Mall on Thursday afternoon but no injuries were reported, Mesquite police said. Police said the gunfire occurred in a parking lot on the west side of the mall about 4:20 p.m. Officers working nearby on an unrelated investigation responded after hearing the gunfire and took two men and a woman into custody, police said. …