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Lakers overcome Harden’s 51 to end Rockets’ streakis

HOUSTON - Emiratesvoice

Lakers rookie Kyle Kuzma set career highs with 38 points and seven 3-pointers against the NBA’s hottest team, and he wasn’t all that impressed with it. “Why not? I scored 30s in summer league, so...,” he said before trailing off. The stakes were a little higher Wednesday night. Kuzma helped the Lakers overcome James Harden’s 51 points and end theRead more

Dodgers rip Astros 6-2 to level baseball World Series

Houston,USA - Arab News

Two unlikely heroes, a pitcher who lost his only prior playoff start and a batter in an 0-for-13 slump, rescued the World Series title hopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday. Alex Wood baffled Houston batters for 5 2/3 no-hit innings and Cody Bellinger snapped his drought with two crucial doubles as the Dodgers downed Houston 6-2 to levelRead more

India's Sushma calls for probe into dead Indian American child

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday sought a thorough probe into adoption process of the three-year-old Indian American girl Sherin Mathews who has died in Texas, Sushma Swaraj tweeted that she has requested Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi "for a thorough investigation into the adoption process of Baby Saraswati SherinMathews who has been killed by herRead more

Three astronauts set for ISS blast-off

Baikonur - Emirates Voice

Two US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut were set to blast off for the International Space Station Tuesday in a late-night launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Alexander Misurkin of the Russian space agency, NASA first-time flyer Mark Vande Hei and veteran colleague Joe Acaba prepared to set off for a mission of more than five months aboard theRead more

Texas flood toll mounts as Harvey pummels Louisiana

Houston - Emirates Voice

The full horrors of monster storm Harvey began emerging Wednesday as the bodies of six family members were plucked from floodwaters in Texas and heavy rains pounded Louisiana. While clouds parted in Houston, bringing welcome respite to a city where roads have become rivers, rural areas of Texas were drenched as Harvey headed eastwards. Authorities in neighboring Louisiana meanwhile racedRead more

Smoke billows from flooded Texas chemical plant TV footage

Houston - Emirates Voice

A fresh blaze broke out at a chemical plant in Texas that was flooded as a result of Hurricane Harvey on Friday, sending a giant plume of thick black smoke billowing into the sky, TV footage showed. Officials at the Arkema plant in Crosby, northeast of Houston, had left volatile chemicals in nine truck-sized containers after the storm cut powerRead more

Thick smoke billows from flooded Texas

Houston - Emirates Voice

Texas chemical plant owners 'fully expect' more fires

Crosby - Emirats Voice

More fires are expected to ignite at a flooded chemical plant northeast of Houston, its operators said Thursday, after a series of overnight explosions sent a plume of toxic smoke spewing from the site. "We're anticipating the remaining eight containers that have not yet started to have product degrade in them, for that to start to happen," Richard Rennard, aRead more

Two explosions reported at Texas

Houston - Emirates Voice

Local emergency officials on Thursday reported two explosions at a flooded chemical plant in the Texas town of Crosby, its operators Arkema Inc said. "At approximately 2 am CDT (0700 GMT), we were notified by the Harris County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) of two explosions and black smoke coming from the Arkema Inc plant in Crosby, Texas," the company statementRead more