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We reached a great milestone in our work to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic in Harris County

I am happy to report that last week we reached a huge milestone in our work to beat the COVID-19 pandemic in Harris County — over half of our eligible population ages 12 and up has been fully vaccinated and 60%…

Free COVID-19 vaccinations available at 26 Houston

Free COVID-19 vaccinations available at 26 Houston Health Department-affiliated sites week of June 28, 2021 HOUSTON – The Houston Health Department is announcing the schedule for sites offering free first doses of COVID-19 vaccine during the week of June 28, 2021. Twenty-six health department-affiliated free vaccination…

Mayor Sylvester Turner, Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia, and Reliant officially launch the 2021 Beat the Heat Program

Mayor Sylvester Turner, Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia, and Reliant officially launch the 2021 Beat the Heat Program   HOUSTON – Today, Mayor Sylvester Turner, Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia, and Reliant officially launched the 2021 Beat the…

Hundreds of Jobs Available in Mayor Turner’s Hire Houston Youth Program

Hundreds of Jobs Available in Mayor Turner’s Hire Houston Youth Program HOUSTON –  As the school year winds down and summer heats up, Mayor Sylvester Turner encourages young people ages 16 to 24 to participate in his signature Hire Houston Youth program. While…

Petrol Politics: How Much Should an Oil Spill Cost?

How serious should the penalties for an oil spill be? In early November, Chevron and its drilling partner Transocean accidentally spilled some 3,000 barrels of oil into the ocean off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. As oil…

United Airlines will honour flight tickets mistakenly sold for $5 to $10

United Airlines will honour plane tickets it mistakenly sold online for between $5 and $10, the company said on Friday. Customers using the airline’s website were able to book tickets without paying airline fares – just airport and security fees…

Seven reasons the world’s stock markets are falling

European markets are in panic mode with all major indices down sharply. It follows a widespread sell-off on both sides of the Atlantic on Wednesday. Here are seven reasons why investors are so nervous: Fears of a global slowdown led…

South Sudan to export coffee for the first time

The world has long been pleading with South Sudan’s feuding leaders to wake up and smell the coffee. The four-year-old country is notorious for conflict and oil but less well known for a coffee farming industry that was wiped out…

The European Union needs reforming, not abandoning

Jonathan Freedland (Opinion, 10 October) is right to warn that a “remain” vote in the forthcoming EU referendum is by no means a foregone conclusion, not least because some will doubtless use it as an opportunity to show two fingers…

Günter Grass: final interview reveals author’s fears of another world war

Germany’s Nobel-winning author Günter Grass said he feared humanity was “sleepwalking” into a world war in the last interview he gave before his death on Monday. “We have on the one side Ukraine, whose situation is not improving; in Israel…