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Life & Style

Explosive Trump biopic hits Cannes Film Festival

CANNES: A Donald Trump biopic looked set to trigger huge controversy in Cannes on Monday as the world-famous film... Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am

Life & Style

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs apologizes after video depicting attack on ex-girlfriend

Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs posted an apology to social media on Sunday, two days after the release of hotel... Published 20 May, 2024 03:12pm

Life & Style

Business and Bollywood vote in India’s election

MUMBAI: India’s financial capital Mumbai began voting when six-week national elections resumed on Monday, with much... Updated 20 May, 2024 01:40pm

Trump biopic hits Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, France: A Donald Trump biopic and the latest dark creation by David Cronenberg premiere in Cannes on Monday...

Hollywood icons Costner and Demi Moore make Cannes comeback

CANNES: Two Hollywood legends made their comeback at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, as Kevin Costner launched...

Cannes narco musical star says being trans should be ‘unimportant’

CANNES: Karla Sofia Gascon, the Spanish star of Cannes frontrunner “Emilia Perez”, said Sunday trans people were...

Dramas elevate Iran cinema but it’s comedy that sells

TEHRAN: Social dramas have made Iranian films and their directors renowned at international festivals such as...

Richard Gere drew on father’s death for role in Cannes entry ‘Oh, Canada’

Costner, Gere, Demi Moore: Hollywood icons on Cannes comeback trail

Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan attends Cannes Film Festival

After decades, Francis Ford Coppola’s opus ‘Megalopolis’ finally debuts at Cannes

Arts

Portraits of British royals from last 100 years on show in new London exhibit

LONDON: From Andy Warhol’s colourful depiction of Queen Elizabeth II to Cecil Beaton’s pictures of her sister... Published 17 May, 2024 01:32pm

India’s butter chicken battle heats up with new evidence

NEW DELHI: With new photographic and video evidence, an Indian court battle over the origins of the world famous... Published 17 May, 2024 01:21pm

Movies & Music

Cannes Film Festival to feature Pakistani animated feature ‘The Chronicles of Umro Ayyar’

The 77th Cannes Film Festival will screen Pakistani 3D-animated feature film, ‘The Chronicles of Umro Ayyar’,... Published 16 May, 2024 05:40pm

Movies & Music

Francis Ford Coppola’s epic ‘Megalopolis’ finally arrives at Cannes

'Godfather' director has been accused of inappropriate behavior on set

Published 16 May, 2024 02:37pm

Travel

World’s largest sun canopy, monorail, tropical forest: first look at Dubai’s new airport

Visitors at the Airport Show in Dubai were treated to a detailed look at the world’s largest sun canopy and a... Published 16 May, 2024 05:09pm

Luxury

Monet painting fetches $35mn at New York auction

NEW YORK: A Monet sold for nearly $35 million at auction Wednesday evening, Sotheby’s said, marking a solid start to... Updated 16 May, 2024 04:36pm

Victoria’s Secret fashion show set for a comeback after six-year gap

The popular annual runway show from Victoria’s Secret, featuring supermodels with jewel-encrusted bras and angel... Published 16 May, 2024 01:02pm

Movies & Music

‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 dives into friends-to-lovers romance

LOS ANGELES: When Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton were preparing to film Season 3 of the regency era romance series... Published 16 May, 2024 12:54pm

Luxury

Burberry profit slumps as luxury sector takes hit

LONDON: Burberry on Wednesday said its annual net profit almost halved and predicted struggles ahead as the luxury... Published 15 May, 2024 11:15pm

MENA

Dubai’s real estate MVPs: billionaire Mukesh Ambani leads the way with ‘most valuable’ properties

Asia’s richest man, billionaire Mukesh Ambani topped the list of people who owned the most valuable properties in... Published 15 May, 2024 05:07pm

Movies & Music

Cannes gets rolling with strong day for women on screen

CANNES, France: The Cannes Film Festival got rolling on Wednesday with a strong day for female representation,... Published 15 May, 2024 06:32pm

Luxury

Shine comes off De Beers as diamonds hit rough

JOHANNESBURG: Mining titan Anglo American announced Tuesday it planned to sell off the world’s long-dominant diamond... Published 15 May, 2024 04:07pm

Arts

Mona Lisa’s mysterious background decrypted by art-loving geologist

LECCO, Italy: Over 500 years after Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, an academic believes she has unravelled... Published 15 May, 2024 01:31pm

Arts

King Charles unveils his first portrait since coronation

LONDON: Britain’s King Charles on Tuesday unveiled the first official portrait of himself since his coronation last... Published 15 May, 2024 01:42pm

Arts

Alice Munro, Canadian Nobel Prize-winning author, dead at 92

OTTAWA: Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, whose exquisitely crafted tales of the loves, ambitions and... Published 15 May, 2024 02:27pm

Movies & Music

Meryl Streep: Hollywood’s peerless star

CANNES, France: There is a strong case to be made that Meryl Streep, who picks up a lifetime achievement award at... Published 14 May, 2024 08:24pm

Movies & Music

Greta Gerwig’s jury at the Cannes Film Festival

PARIS: An eight member jury led by Greta Gerwig will decide the winner of this year’s Palme d’Or, the top prize of... Published 14 May, 2024 11:10pm

MENA

Abu Dhabi sees first beer made in Arab Gulf

ABU DHABI: Inside his Abu Dhabi gastro pub, Chad McGehee inspects shiny steel tanks fermenting a special brew: the... Published 14 May, 2024 06:16pm

Movies & Music

‘Digital guillotine’: Hollywood celebrities face backlash over Gaza silence

Reality star Kim Kardashian, who attended the Met Gala in New York, has lost hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers in recent days

Updated 14 May, 2024 05:33pm

Movies & Music

‘Downton Abbey’ to return with a third movie

LONDON: The fictitious Crawley family and their servants running a sprawling English country estate in the early... Published 14 May, 2024 04:16pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 20	278.50
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 20	278.30
USD to Japanese Yen / May 21	156.44
USD to Swiss Franc / May 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 21	1.27
Euro to USD / May 21	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 20	5308.13
Nasdaq / May 20	16794.88
FTSE 100 / May 20	8424.20
Dow Jones / May 20	39806.77
Germany DAX 30 / May 20	18768.96
France CAC40 / May 20	8195.97
India Sensex / May 21	73830.29
Tokyo Nikkei / May 21	39037.68

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 20	214678
Petrol/Litre / May 21	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 21	79.32
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 21	2414
Diesel/Litre / May 21	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 21 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 21 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 21 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 21 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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