On Wednesday evening, deputies in northwest Harris County fatally shot a man who they say refused to drop a knife in the middle of a street. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 7:16 p.m. reporting a man cutting or stabbing himself in the 3200 block of Palston Bend Lane in the Villas at Northpark neighborhood, just south of FM-1960. Upon arrival, deputies found the man obstructing traffic and self-inflicting wounds with a knife. Despite verbal commands and attempts to use non-lethal force, the man continued to advance towards the deputies, prompting them to fire their weapons, resulting…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
Harris County, Texas officials are increasingly concerned about a rise in violence among minors, a trend that was once sporadic but has now become more frequent, with monthly and even weekly occurrences. Data obtained by shows that the county’s juvenile homicide rate has surged by 76% since 2021. Community leaders and juvenile court officials are urging for significant measures to address this before the situation worsens. Jonathan Meyer, the executive director of Young People In Action, emphasizes the importance of intervening now to safeguard society’s future. However, some community advocates argue that the statistics don’t present the full picture. According…
The Institute of Space Technology on Tuesday said Pakistan’s “historic” lunar mission iCube-Q will be launched on May 3 at 12:50pm on board China’s Chang’e 6 lunar probe from Hainan, China. According to the Institute of Space Technology (IST), the satellite ICUBE-Q has been designed and developed by IST in collaboration with China’s Shanghai University SJTU and Pakistan’s national space agency Suparco. ICUBE-Q orbiter carries two optical cameras to image the lunar surface. Following successful qualification and testing, iCube-Q has now been integrated with the Chang’e 6 mission. Chang’e 6 is the sixth in a series of China’s lunar exploration…
NEW YORK: A group of newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sued Microsoft and OpenAI in a federal court on Tuesday, accusing them of misusing reporters’ work to train their generative artificial-intelligence systems. The eight newspapers, owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital’s MediaNews Group, said in the lawsuit that the companies unlawfully copied millions of their articles to train AI products, including Microsoft’s Copilot and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The complaint follows similar ongoing lawsuits against Microsoft and OpenAI, which has received billions in financial backing from Microsoft, brought by the New York Times and news outlets The Intercept, Raw Story and AlterNet. An OpenAI…
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ISLAMABAD: Head coach Roelant Oltmans expects an improved show by Pakistan in the 30th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup as the national squad is set to leave for Malaysia to compete in the event on Wednesday night. “I am sure the team will play better to produce improved results in this tournament,” Dutch Oltmans said while speaking to reporters here at the Naseer Bunda Hokey Stadium on Tuesday. The 69-year-old Oltmans has served Pakistan’s senior and junior teams in different roles during different times since 2004 and was involved with the youth side in his recent-most stint. The six-team invitational event also…
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Cricket said Tuesday it will go ahead with a Test match against Afghanistan in September, a month after Australia scrapped a Twenty20 series against the same opponents. Cricket Australia postponed a three-match series due to take place in August at a neutral venue, saying the situation for women in the Taliban-ruled country was deteriorating. It was the third time since 2021 that Australia have refused to play Afghanistan outside of international tournaments. New Zealand said they will play a one-off Test against Afghanistan at a venue yet to be decided. They also face Afghanistan in their opening T20 World Cup match…
DORTMUND: The tantalising prospect of Kylian Mbappe squaring up to Real Madrid in the Champions League final looms large, with only Borussia Dortmund lying in Paris St Germain’s way. Mbappe becomes a free agent at the end of the season when Real are favourites to finally land the forward they have coveted for so long. Before that there are trophies to be won, with none bigger in club football than the Champions League. Real, who face Bayern Munich in the other semi-final, have dominated the competition with 14 wins, while PSG and Mbappe are still waiting for their first. Mbappe’s…
LONDON: Paceman Jofra Archer was Tuesday recalled to England’s squad for the defence of their T20 World Cup crown after a year out of action. The 29-year-old, who has endured a string of injuries since his international breakthrough in 2019, has not played competitive cricket for a year but has recovered from a right elbow injury. He takes his place in a 15-man provisional squad captained by Jos Buttler for the tournament that starts on June 1 in the West Indies and the United States. The same group will play take on Pakistan in a four-match T20 series beginning at Headingley…
KARACHI: The government raised Rs252.9 billion on Tuesday through the auction of treasury bills. The government set the target of Rs300bn while the maturity amount was Rs166bn. The government raised Rs190.3bn through auction and Rs62.6bn through non-competitive bids. The State Bank reported no change in the cut-off yields. The government raised Rs45bn for 3-month, Rs7.7bn for 6-month, and Rs137.5bn for 12-month papers at 21.66pc, 21.39pc, and 20.89pc, respectively. The State Bank’s decision to maintain a tight monetary policy stance encouraged banks and other investors to park maximum liquidity for the longer-term 12-month papers.
