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Texas-Oklahoma Boundary Redrawn To Secure Drinking Water For Texans

Texas Land Commissioner announces redrawn boundary to protect water supply for 2 million Texans, resolving interstate concerns.

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Downing Street declines to commit to Sir Alan Bates’s redress payment deadline

Sir Keir Starmer responded to the campaigner’s request for assistance on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Texas buys two ranches near the border, including a huge property next to Big Bend National Park

A Starr County property was purchased to build border wall, while Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said the state has many options for a sprawling ranch in West Texas.

The Texas Tribune

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‘We’re asking a lot of these people’: how fragile is the global supply chain?

A new book looks at how the pandemic highlighted issues with the supply chain and how precarious things still are

The Guardian - US

Six years after Hurricane Harvey, the city of Houston still hasn’t allocated $200 million in relief funds

Both the state and the city of Houston say they want to work together to help pay down the remaining funds.

The Texas Tribune

Rugby players to apply for class action lawsuit in legal case over brain injuries

A GLO would bring more than 200 claims together in one case, but a full hearing may not take place before the end of 2024

The Guardian - UK

As federal money flows to carbon capture and storage, Texas bets on an undersea bonanza

The state is awarding offshore leases to oil and gas companies that hope to bury heat-trapping carbon dioxide deep beneath the seafloor. But critics worry about leakage and the lackluster record of carbon capture facilities onshore.

The Texas Tribune

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Texas Bets on Undersea Carbon Capture, Despite Concerns

critics worry about leakage through rock layers, pipeline safety and the lackluster record of carbon capture facilities onshore.

Texas Observer

Activist, vendors query new plans

An anti-gambling advocate on Wednesday voiced scepticism the Government Lottery Office's (GLO) new lottery products would curb the overpricing of lottery tickets and the sale of underground lottery tickets.

Bangkok Post

Inside Manchester Airport's newest Holiday Inn hotel that's aiming to 'change perceptions'

The huge new Holiday Inn is right next to Terminal 2 and boasts a stylish restaurant, plus sky bar opening soon with views of planes flying in and out of Manchester Airport

Manchester Evening News

The Alamo Is Trying To Eminent Domain This Man's Bar to Make Way for Museum Honoring Alamo Defenders

"I think, in principle, it's ridiculous to have to deal with this eminent domain bullshit on the grounds of the Alamo," says owner Vince Cantu.

Reason

Act fast on lottery sets

The government is making an all-out effort to combat the overpricing of lottery tickets, which is a long-standing problem in the country. Nevertheless, the mission is still far from being accomplished.

Bangkok Post

Dawn Buckingham and Jay Kleberg vie for open land commissioner seat overseeing the Alamo and disaster relief funds

The land commissioner manages the Texas General Land Office, which manages the Alamo, administers natural disaster relief funding and helps fund public education. The seat is open after incumbent George P. Bush lost his primary bid for attorney general.

The Texas Tribune

HUD, Texas at odds over flood relief discrimination claim

A deadline has passed with no resolution over whether Texas will settle a dispute over claims it discriminated against minority residents in how it distributed flood relief money from Hurricane Harvey

The Independent UK

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Bangkok Post

Digital lottery vendors given option to sell below 80 baht

The Government Lottery Office (GLO) has given sellers of digital tickets the option of reducing the price below 80 baht for the Sept 1 draw.

Bangkok Post

Number of digital lottery tickets to pass 10m for next draw

The Government Lottery Office (GLO) will raise the number of lottery tickets available online from 9.1 million this month to 10.1-10.5 million for the next draw on Sept 1.

Bangkok Post

Lottery needs a proper fix

It appeared as a happy ending for struggling lottery vendors who decided to end a rally after their demands for government assistance in securing a quota of cheaper tickets were met. However, only time will tell whether the vendors' plight will really be resolved.

Bangkok Post

Vendors picket over cut quotas

Ticket vendors have launched a protest calling on the Government Lottery Office (GLO) chief and board to resign and increase quotas for small-scale retailers.

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Bangkok Post

Three arrested for inflating price of digital lottery tickets

NAKHON SAWAN: A man and two women were arrested for allegedly selling digital lottery tickets at inflated prices, even though the Government Lottery Office introduced the scheme to end the overpricing of tickets.

Dublin Live

Senior Garda to be based in UAE as they continue Kinahan cartel pursuit

Mob boss Daniel has been in Dubai since 2016, while his father Christy Snr and brother Christy Jnr are also based in the region

Irish Mirror

Gardai to appoint senior liaison officer to Abu Dhabi as they continue Kinahan cartel pursuit

It is the latest move in the global crackdown against the cartel

Daily Mirror

Provident confirms payouts for mis-sold loans will hit bank accounts from this week

Customers of short-term lender Provident will be getting back just 4.25% of what they hoped for mis-sold loans, with brands Glo, Greenwood and Satsuma also affected

Bangkok Post

Popular GLO app gets 2m more tickets

The Government Lottery Office (GLO) plans to add 2 million more lottery tickets to its digital distribution platform for the Aug 1 draw, because of the high demand for tickets sold electronically.

Bangkok Post

Hearings for 3-digit lottery draw 'next month'

A series of hearings will be held next month to gauge the public's opinion on the government's plan to launch its own three-digit draw, which it says is part of an attempt to bring down the average prices of lottery tickets.

Bangkok Post

2.4m digital lottery tickets sold online on first day

The Government Lottery Office sold 2.4 million digital tickets to about 600,000 buyers through the Paotang app on Thursday, the first day of online sales.

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