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CAA warns airline operators to comply with UAE Covid-19 regulations or face suspension of flight operations


October 26, 2021

The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has directed all airline operators in the country to comply fully with the United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority’s (GCAA) Safety Decision 2020-20 on all flights to and from UAE airports, warning that failure to do so would lead to sterner action, including suspension of permission to operate flights along the route. In …

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LHC issues notice to Pemra on plea against restriction on airing intimate scenes


October 26, 2021

The Lahore High Court (LHC) issued notice to the Pakistan Electronic and Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Tuesday, seeking its reply on a plea challenging a notification wherein television channels had been directed to refrain from airing “objectionable dramas” and intimate scenes. The plea, filed by a private media company, referred to an October 21, 2021 notification issued by the Pemra, …

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Dollar peaks to new high of Rs175 in intraday trade


October 26, 2021

The US dollar peaked to a new high against the rupee on Tuesday, soaring to Rs175 in the intraday trade. According to an update on Mettis Global, a web-based financial data and analytics portal, the rupee was being traded at Rs175 against the dollar at 12:23pm compared to the previous session’s close of Rs174.43. The rupee weakened by 37 paisa due to the …

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Texas seeking expert help to end cycle of foster kids sleeping in CPS offices, hotels and churches


October 26, 2021

AUSTIN — Texas and lawyers for foster children are turning to experts for advice on how to solve the problem of youngsters sleeping in Child Protective Services offices, hotels and churches, under the watch of state caseworkers. All parties to a decade-old federal lawsuit over conditions in Texas’ system of long-term foster care agree that children removed from their birth …

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Warm and muggy today before strong storms late tonight


October 26, 2021

Weather changes are underway across North Texas today. The humidity has returned thanks to a strong south wind. Clouds will be on the increase as well. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible late tonight and early Wednesday morning. These storms will develop out west this evening and march toward DFW after midnight. There is an elevated risk that these storms …

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FDA panel debates Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot for school-age kids on Tuesday; here’s what to know


October 26, 2021

Vaccine experts, in a public meeting Tuesday, will weigh the safety and benefits of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children. Based on the independent panel’s recommendations, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could authorize the shot for the nation’s 28 million children ages 5 to 11 by next week, with smaller needles and a …

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Police looking for suspect in shooting that wounded 2 men in northwest Dallas


October 26, 2021

Police are searching for a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting that wounded two men Saturday in northwest Dallas. Police were dispatched about 3:25 p.m. to the 2900 block of Royal Lane, near Webb Chapel Road and Harry Hines Boulevard, where they found two 31-year-old men with gunshot wounds. The men were taken to a hospital in stable condition. …

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Kennedy kin and JFK assassination buffs irked as Biden prolongs 58 years of secrecy, citing pandemic


October 26, 2021

WASHINGTON — In spring 2018, then-President Donald Trump delayed release of Kennedy assassination files for another 3 1/2 years – files the FBI and CIA had pleaded to keep under wraps. The new deadline is Tuesday. But historians and conspiracy buffs will have to keep waiting, and some aren’t happy, including Kennedy kin. Late Friday, the White House issued a memorandum declaring …

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