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PARIS: Slovenia has followed suit of Spain, Ireland and Norway by recognising the state of Palestine, breaking with the long-held view of Western powers that Palestinians can gain statehood “only as part of a negotiated peace with Israel”. With the latest addition, 146 of the 193 UN member states now recognise a Palestinian state including most Middle Eastern, African, Latin American and …

ISLAMABAD: For ex-prime minister Imran Khan who was sent to jail after his conviction and subsequent disqualification in the Toshakhana case, the sentence in the Iddat case on Saturday was the third conviction in merely one week. After a jail trial, senior civil judge Qudratullah sentenced the PTI leader and his spouse Bushra Bibi to seven years in jail, along with …

AUSTIN — Texas Department of Public Safety troopers have repeatedly cut razor wire fencing the state has installed at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to DPS Director Col. Steve McCraw. After federal border agents cut the fencing along the Rio Grande, Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration, accusing the federal government of illegally destroying state property. McCraw confirmed this week …

Jessica and Mark Thibodeaux sell carne asada street tacos, stuffed avocados and agua frescas out of their Fresh Mex food truck every weekend at a farmer’s market in McKinney and at special events. They started out in a small food stand in 2018 and have spent the past year searching for the perfect brick-and-mortar to take their Mexican food business to the …

The percentage of Collin County residential property tax protests has more than doubled in the past decade, paralleling skyrocketing home values, and at least two mayors of the five fastest growing municipalities, challenged the Collin Central Appraisal District this year. Where only about 9.82% of 261,542 residential property owners in Collin County protested their home value in 2014, currently about …

Dallas’ vibrant real estate market brought Ofir Bugana to the metroplex, where possibilities seemed as endless as the suburban sprawl. Bugana is a realtor and investor who has sold to clients purchasing homes in Plano, where residents in the Plano Texas Neighborhood Coalition are fighting to prohibit short-term rentals in single-family neighborhoods. Of the over 100 transactions Bugana has closed, she said …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Texas 16-year-old went home to Corpus Christi with quite the haul. Rylan Freeman ended up catching rookie J.J. Matijevic’s first career home run, which also doubled as his first major league hit, during Sunday’s series finale versus the Chicago White Sox. The Astros won 4-3. Matijevic was called up days ago to the Astros from …

Her kids were watching TV when she saw the news alert flash across her phone: Children shot at an elementary school in Uvalde, a few hundred miles from her home in Dallas. Luckily, because her three children were distracted, Cassie Morrison, 36, had a moment to compose herself. She alternated between waves of shock and sadness before turning to face …

Her kids were watching TV when she saw the news alert flash across her phone: Children shot at an elementary school in Uvalde, a few hundred miles from her home in Dallas. Luckily, because her three children were distracted, Cassie Morrison, 36, had a moment to compose herself. She alternated between waves of shock and sadness before turning to face …

WASHINGTON — As the Supreme Court weighs a ruling on Texas’ new abortion law after Monday’s oral arguments, an unlikely ally is throwing its weight behind the law’s opponents: gun rights advocates worried that Texas may have come up with a way for states to nullify constitutional rights with impunity. “It takes little in the way of creative copying for …