HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A baby died after a tow truck slammed into a car in northwest Harris County Sunday morning, according to deputies. Harris County deputies responded to the crash at about 10:15 a.m. in the 6600 block of Cunningham near West Little York Road. A Nissan sedan was at a stop light facing eastbound on West Little York Road when the tow truck collided into the Nissan, deputies said. The driver, Jose Luna, has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and is currently in police custody. The district attorney’s office believes Luna was speeding and said there are…
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China’s medical products regulator said on Saturday it has given conditional approval for Pfizer’s COVID-19 drug Paxlovid, making it the first oral pill specifically developed to treat the disease cleared in the country. The National Medical Products Administration said Paxlovid is approved to treat adults who have mild to moderate COVID-19 and high risk of progressing to a severe condition. Further study on the drug needed to be conducted and submitted to the authority, it said. It is not immediately clear if China is already in talks with Pfizer to procure the pill. “This is an important milestone in our…
KARACHI: Sindh has reported 1,101 new cases of COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths during the last 24 hours. In Karachi 690 infections have been reported in 24 hours, Sindh Health Department said in a statement. “Covid positivity rate has dropped to 12.54 pct in the city,” health department stated. “Seven patients died in the province in last day.” According to health department overall 706 cases of Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been reported in Sindh. The number of patients admitted at various hospitals of the province has been 289. Total 259 corona patients have been in precarious condition,…
WhatsApp has begun rolling out a new interface for voice calls for select beta testers on Android while the Meta-owned app is also working on new features for built-in camera. According to the instant messaging and voice-over-IP service (WhatsApp) beta tracker WABetaInfo, WhatsApp for Android beta 2.22.5.4 has brought the updated voice calling interface to some users. A few users are also able to see the change on WhatsApp for Android beta version 2.22.5.3. As of now, the new interface was not spotted on the iOS beta app, but the report says that the application might roll out to WhatsApp…
Apple is raising the pay of many US retail employees effective this month, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The hikes range from 2% to 10% depending on store location and role, and will go to sales staff, including Genius Bar technical staff and some senior hourly workers, the report said. The raises do not apply to all employees, the report added. Apple is expanding its retail operations, betting that a combination of strategies developed before and during COVID-19 will make its stores more popular than ever. Last year, it reportedly paid one-time bonuses of as much as $1,000 to store employees…
WASHINGTON: The Justice Department wants to depose some of Apple’s (AAPL.O) top executives as it prepares for a trial to determine if Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google broke antitrust law in how it runs its search business, a lawyer representing Apple said. In its complaint, the Justice Department accused Google of paying billions of dollars each year in exclusionary agreements with Apple, Samsung and others so that they will make Google’s search engine the default on their devices. In a pre-trial hearing, Steven Sunshine, speaking for Apple, said that the government was asking for depositions of “Apple’s most senior executives.” Sunshine also…
YANQING: Germany’s anthem may be the most-played song northwest of Beijing after Hannah Neise won the women’s skeleton on Saturday, making it an astonishing six sliding golds out of six for her country. German dominance has fast become the norm in the Yanqing hills, but the skeleton race also brought firsts, as silver-winning Australian Jaclyn Narracott became the first female slider outside of Europe and North America to claim a medal in the sport. Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands took her country’s first skeleton medal with the bronze. Skeleton sliders use slight tweaks of muscle to steer as they plummet…
LAHORE: Col Asif Mehdi of Lahore Garrison won the seniors amateur title of the fourth Chairman Wapda Golf Championship here at Lahore Gymkhana on Saturday. Shafiq Bhatti (164) of Defence Raya came third. At the end of the 36 holes contest earmarked for senior amateurs, Col Asif ended up with an aggregate of 161 (82+79) while his clubmate Tariq Mehmood had the same aggregate (77+84). As per rules, the winner is the one who has the better score on the last eighteen holes. Meanwhile, Parkha Ijaz of Defence Raya with a two-round score of gross 154 (78 and 76) won…
KARACHI: Moazzam Siddique was caught up with and surpassed but still remains in contention. The overnight leader was still top after the front nine in the second round of the DHA Karachi Cup but three bogeys across the final nine holes saw him tumble down the leaderboard on Saturday. It was Matloob Ahmed who took Moazzam’s place heading into Sunday’s final round, firing a five-under 67 to move to seven-under 137. Matloob is one ahead of defending champion Ahmed Baig, who shot another round of 69. Moazzam (72) is a shot further back, alongside Shabbir Iqbal, who is eyeing a…
