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Shepherd stars as South Africa collapse to defeat against West Indies

TAROUBA: South Africa collapsed from a winning position to lose by 30 runs to West Indies in their T20 international...

Published 26 Aug, 2024 11:55am

World

2024 ‘increasingly likely’ to be warmest on record: EU monitor

PARIS: It is “increasingly likely” 2024 will be the hottest year on record, despite July ending a 13-month streak of...

Published 08 Aug, 2024 12:10pm

World

Hurricane Beryl, first of 2024 season, bears down on Caribbean

BRIDGETOWN: Much of the southeast Caribbean was on alert late Saturday as Beryl strengthened into the first...

Published 30 Jun, 2024 01:12pm

Sports

New Zealand’s Williamson hails expanded World Cup after US stunner

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson hailed the T20 World Cup’s expansion to 20 nations after co-hosts United States...

Published 07 Jun, 2024 10:29am

Sports

Cricket’s T20 giants and minnows ready to battle in USA and Caribbean

FORT LAUDERDALE: Cricket’s ability to grow its global presence beyond its heartlands, while still maintaining the...

Published 27 May, 2024 12:00pm

Sports

Men’s Twenty20 World Cup champions

FORT LAUDERDALE: Previous men’s Twenty20 World Cup champions ahead of the start of the 2024 tournament in the United...

Published 27 May, 2024 11:24am

World

Monkeypox vaccine maker and WHO ink Latin America deal

COPENHAGEN: The Danish maker of the only authorised monkeypox vaccine said Wednesday it had signed a deal with the...

Published 24 Aug, 2022 06:26pm

Sports

England’s Broad says he is on good terms with Root despite West Indies snub

Veteran England seamer Stuart Broad has dismissed speculation of a rift with former test captain Joe Root, saying...

Published 07 Jun, 2022 09:42am

Sports

Root steps down as England test captain

LONDON: Joe Root has stepped down as England’s test captain, the country’s cricket board said on Friday, succumbing...

Published 15 Apr, 2022 01:38pm

Sports

Root’s future as England captain in doubt after West Indies rout

LONDON: Joe Root may be “passionate” about remaining as England’s Test captain but should he stay in the post after...

Published 28 Mar, 2022 10:46am

Life & Style

World's biggest cruise ship is making its debut

It's been three years in the making, but the world's largest cruise ship is finally ready to welcome passengers,...

Published 25 Feb, 2022 06:11pm

Sports

England's Mahmood relishing chance to make test debut in West Indies

England fast bowler Saqib Mahmood said he is relishing the opportunity of earning his first test cap in the upcoming...

Published 17 Feb, 2022 12:03pm

World

Los Angeles to host Summit of the Americas in June

WASHINGTON: The ninth Summit of the Americas will be held in Los Angeles in June, US President Joe Biden announced...

Published 19 Jan, 2022 09:38am

Sports

Former champions West Indies, Sri Lanka miss 2022 Super 12 spots

Former champions West Indies and Sri Lanka will have to go through the preliminary round of next year's Twenty20...

Published 07 Nov, 2021 01:48pm

World

Covid global death toll passes 5mn: AFP tally

PARIS: Five million people have died worldwide from Covid-19 since the disease first emerged in China nearly two...

Published 02 Nov, 2021 09:48am

Sports

Morgan says England are over West Indies woe ahead of T20 World Cup opener

West Indies are a strong team with a lot of experience, says Morgan. They have a lot of guys who have been around a long time

Updated 22 Oct, 2021 08:36pm

World

Haiti searches for survivors after quake kills at least 304

The long, initial quake was felt in much of the Caribbean, emanating from the epicenter at Haiti's southwestern peninsula

Updated 15 Aug, 2021 12:18pm

World

Tropical Storm Fred forms off Puerto Rico

Haiti, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeast Bahamas were under storm watch

Published 11 Aug, 2021 11:53am

World

Pandemic speeds up worldwide

PARIS: The Covid-19 pandemic continues to surge in all regions of the world apart from Latin America and the...

Published 07 Aug, 2021 04:01am

World

Storm Elsa cuts through Caribbean after claiming three lives

HAVANA: Tropical storm Elsa battered Jamaica and Cuba with winds and rain Sunday after claiming at least three lives...

Published 05 Jul, 2021 04:57am

Sports

Twenty20 vision for Aussie captain Finch after surgery

The 34-year-old opener, who will fly out with his team for the Caribbean, then Bangladesh, on Monday

Published 25 Jun, 2021 11:24am

World

US to buy 500mn vaccine doses for world in gesture to show global commitment

Sri Lanka has also been aggressively rolling out China's Sinopharm jab after receiving two million doses in the past week, opening its program to pregnant women on Wednesday.

Published 10 Jun, 2021 09:58am

World

More than 700,000 Covid-19 deaths in Latin America: AFP tally

Brazil, the country second-hardest hit after the United States, has registered more than 266,000 deaths from 11 million reported infections.

Updated 09 Mar, 2021 05:43pm

Business & Finance

Lufthansa adds more summer holiday destinations in bet on recovery

Germany's largest airline said it was planning to add around 20 new destinations from Frankfurt and 13 from Munich to locations such as the Caribbean, the Canary Islands and Greece.
COVID-19 vaccines and testing, along with strict hygiene rules at airports and on planes, will be prerequisites for travel this summer, it said.

Published 25 Feb, 2021 08:39pm

World

Latin America and Caribbean top 600,000 Covid-19 deaths: AFP tally

The region, which encompasses 34 countries and territories in South and Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 09:58am

World

Latin America and Caribbean top 500,000 Covid-19 deaths: AFP count

There have been at least 500,800 deaths among the 29 countries in the region, with more than half of those in Brazil (191,000) and Mexico (120,000.)

Published 30 Dec, 2020 08:46am

Markets

Black on Wall Street: Slow progress in building the numbers

Logan also serves as chairman for the National Association of Securities Professionals, a professional society for minorities in the securities and investments industries.

Published 21 Dec, 2020 11:44am

Markets

Iran's fuel reaches Venezuelan stations, fifth tanker headed to Caribbean

 As authorities in the country - which had enjoyed the world's cheapest gasoline for two decades - prepare to expand

Updated 09 Nov, 2021 12:38pm

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 4	277.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 4	277.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 4	146.04
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 4	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 4	1.31
Euro to USD / Oct 4	1.10

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 4	5,699.94
India Sensex / Oct 4	83,142.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 4	38,635.62
Nasdaq / Oct 4	17,918.47
Hang Seng / Oct 4	22,498.44
FTSE 100 / Oct 4	8,262.02
Dow Jones / Oct 4	42,011.59
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 4	19,041.60

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 4	247.03
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 4	73.62
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 4	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 4	237,572.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 4	2,665.49
Diesel/Litre / Oct 4	246.29

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 4 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 4 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 4 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 4 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 4 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 4 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 4 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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