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Celebrate the things August brings


August 1, 2021

As August dawns with its 90-degree sunrises and its still and sticky air, we are tempted to wish it away. To hark wistfully back to July, when summer was still a novelty, and vacations were just over the horizon. Or yearn ahead to autumn, when the slightest change of a leaf’s color will get us a little giddy, and the …

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Hot with scattered storms today, even more rain for the work week


August 1, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Another hot day is in store for Southeast Texas Sunday with highs in the mid to upper 90s and heat index values near 105. As the day progresses and the sea-breeze kicks in we’ll see our coastal showers lifting inland, with showers and storms possible for the entire viewing area (I have the total coverage of …

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Fatal crash forces Southwest Freeway closure


August 1, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A major crash forced the closure of the Southwest Freeway southbound lanes Sunday morning. It happened south of Bissonnet Street some time around 4 a.m. It wasn’t clear what exactly happened or how many people were involved, but police on the scene said there was at least one fatality.

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TELEGRAM ADDS VIDEO PLAYBACK SPEED, VIDEO CALLS UP TO 1000 VIEWERS


August 1, 2021

A popular messaging app, Telegram, brings new features to its app including increasing participants in a video call, an auto-delete feature of messages, and other modifications.    The most significant change is “Group Video Calls 2.0” where video calls ‎of up to 30 participants can broadcast their cameras and screens up to 1000 spectators. Telegram is also hopeful to increase …

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Imran hails record FBR collection in July


August 1, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Revenue collection in July rose to Rs413 billion, which was an increase of over 36 per cent from last year’s figure, provisional data released by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) showed on Saturday. The collection rise amounted to Rs71bn and was 21pc more than the target set for the month, the data said. This achievement prom­pted Prime Minister …

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OLYMPICS: THE ROCKY ROAD TO TOKYO


August 1, 2021

Zero! That’s the number of medals Pakistan has won at the Olympics in the last three decades. A generation was born, raised and possibly now has its own offspring, but the medal draught still haunts this country. At the time of the filing of this story, Pakistan came very close to winning a solitary medal when weightlifter Talha Talib made …

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World champion knocked out as Gazoz grabs gold at Olympics


August 1, 2021

TOKYO: The world’s top-ranked male archer Brady Ellison of the United States was knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Olympic individual event on Saturday, ending his quest for a first gold at his fourth Games. Ellison lost 7-3 to Turkey’s Mete Gazoz who went on to win the event and claim his country’s first gold medal at the Tokyo …

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