News Archives for World - 2019-06-10

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North America

Pompeo says tariff threat remains if Mexico fails on immigration commitments

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States could still slap tariffs on Mexico if

Published 10 Jun, 2019 09:56pm

World

Venezuela inflation falls below 1mn percent in May for first time since 2018

CARACAS: Venezuela's annual inflation dropped below 1 million percent in May for the first time since 2018, the oppo

Published 10 Jun, 2019 09:50pm

North America

Trump says he has scheduled talks with China's Xi during G20 summit

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Monday he expected Chinese President Xi Jinping to be at the Group of 20

Published 10 Jun, 2019 09:48pm

Asia

Hong Kong pushes bill allowing extraditions to China despite biggest protest since handover

HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vowed on Monday to push ahead with amendments to laws allowing suspects to be

Published 10 Jun, 2019 09:37pm

North America

Canada to ban single-use plastics in 2021: Trudeau

MONTREAL: Canada will ban single-use plastics from 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday, declaring i

Published 10 Jun, 2019 09:33pm

Europe

Greek PM kicks off July 7 election campaign

ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday kicked off a campaign for early national elections on July 7,

Published 10 Jun, 2019 09:26pm

Middle East

Regime, Russia fire kills 25 civilians in northwest Syria

BEIRUT: Syrian regime and Russian fire on Monday killed 25 civilians including seven children in different parts of

Published 10 Jun, 2019 08:47pm

World

US job openings slip; hiring hits all-time high

WASHINGTON: US job openings fell slightly in April, but a surge in hiring to a record high suggested strong demand f

Published 10 Jun, 2019 08:32pm

Asia

US reiterates 'great concern' on Hong Kong extradition law

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday voiced "great concern" about Hong Kong's plan to allow extraditions to the C

Updated 10 Jun, 2019 08:45pm

North America

Helicopter crashes onto roof of New York City building, killing one

NEW YORK: A helicopter made a crash landing onto the roof of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper on Monday, killing at le

Published 10 Jun, 2019 08:20pm

North America

US senators launch bill to broaden shell companies' disclosures

WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of US senators on Monday announced they were introducing a bill to toughen US laws re

Published 10 Jun, 2019 08:12pm

North America

Trump's US Justice Department to release some Mueller evidence to Congress

WASHINGTON: Congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump's administration struck a rare compromise on Monday i

Published 10 Jun, 2019 08:02pm

World

Trump ready to slap more tariffs on China after G20 meeting

WASHINGTON/BEIJING: US President Donald Trump said on Monday he was ready to impose another round of punitive tariff

Published 10 Jun, 2019 07:59pm

Middle East

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince discusses key issues with Putin

CAIRO: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed said he discussed regional and international issues with Rus

Published 10 Jun, 2019 07:56pm

Europe

British PM candidates take aim at favourite Johnson

LONDON: A host of candidates to replace Theresa May as British prime minister launched their campaigns on Monday pro

Published 10 Jun, 2019 07:55pm

North America

Mexico says US migration deal could draw in other Latam countries

MEXICO CITY: Mexico and the United States might consider additional steps next month to restrict illegal immigration

Published 10 Jun, 2019 07:49pm

Africa

At least 95 killed in central Mali village attack

BAMAKO: Attackers believed to belong to the Fulani ethnic group raided a rival Dogon village in central Mali overnig

Published 10 Jun, 2019 07:22pm

Asia

Iran has accelerated enrichment of uranium, IAEA says

TEHRAN/VIENNA: Iran has followed through on a threat to accelerate its production of enriched uranium, the head of t

Published 10 Jun, 2019 07:15pm

World

US consumers' inflation view lowest since late 2017

NEW YORK: US consumers' inflation expectations deteriorated to their weakest levels since late 2017 in May, while th

Updated 10 Jun, 2019 07:51pm

North America

Pentagon gets 8.8pc discount in $34bn F-35 jet deal

WASHINGTON: The US Department of Defense has a "handshake" agreement with Lockheed Martin Co to cut 8.8 percent from

Published 10 Jun, 2019 07:14pm

North America

US Supreme Court to hear Intel retirement fund dispute

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Intel Corp's bid to avoid a lawsuit accusing it of violating f

Published 10 Jun, 2019 04:12pm

North America

US job openings dip as hiring hits record high

WASHINGTON: US job openings fell slightly in April as hiring surged to a record high, government data showed on Monday.

Published 10 Jun, 2019 04:08pm

Africa

Pope says wants to visit Iraq in 2020

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said Monday he wants to visit Iraq as early as next year in spite of the security conditions.

Published 10 Jun, 2019 04:02pm

Asia

Bangladesh PM attacks Myanmar over Rohingya deadlock

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has slammed Myanmar for delays in the repatriation of Rohingya refugees w

Published 10 Jun, 2019 04:01pm

Africa

Sudan releases three detained rebels: state media

KHARTOUM: Sudanese authorities on Monday released three prominent rebels who were detained after a brutal crackdown on p

Published 10 Jun, 2019 04:00pm

Europe

Britain agrees Brexit trade deal with South Korea

LONDON: Britain said Monday it had concluded a trade deal with South Korea to maintain links after Brexit. Internatio

Updated 18 Jun, 2019 01:41pm

Europe

Britain's not paying Brexit bill would not be a default, S&P, Fitch say

LONDON: Britain's withholding of 39 billion pounds ($50 billion) it promised the European Union as part of its original

Published 10 Jun, 2019 03:58pm

Africa

Nigerian gangs kill 43 in several attacks: police

KANO: Gunmen on motorbikes killed 43 people in waves of attacks in northern Nigeria, police said Monday, the latest viol

Published 10 Jun, 2019 03:57pm

Europe

Italy's govt set to extend deadline for Alitalia rescue

ROME: Italy's government is set to again extend a deadline for the rescue of loss-making carrier Alitalia after failing

Published 10 Jun, 2019 03:50pm

Asia

Indian team treks to find missing climbers on Himalayan slope

NEW DELHI: Indian mountaineers on Monday began a dangerous trek toward an isolated Himalayan slope in a bid to find the

Published 10 Jun, 2019 03:48pm

Africa

Nineteen killed in Burkina Faso's volatile north

OUAGADOUGOU: Nineteen people died in an attack on a village in the troubled north of Burkina Faso, a security source sai

Published 10 Jun, 2019 03:46pm

North America

Trump 'concerned' by Raytheon-United Technologies merger

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday said he was "concerned" by the planned merger between US missile maker R

Published 10 Jun, 2019 03:43pm

North America

Mexico to discuss 'safe third country' deal with US if migration does not slow

MEXICO CITY: Mexico said Monday it will discuss a "safe third country" agreement with the United States -- in which migr

Published 10 Jun, 2019 03:37pm

North America

Canada to ban single-use plastics in 2021: Trudeau

MONTREAL: Canada will ban single-use plastics from 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday, declaring it a

Published 10 Jun, 2019 03:12pm

World

Indonesia May inflation at highest in over a year

JAKARTA: Indonesia's annual consumer inflation rate picked up pace in May from a month earlier on the back of Ramadan fe

Published 10 Jun, 2019 03:06pm

Europe

Russian court releases top Chechen rights activist from jail: NGO

MOSCOW: A Russian court granted parole Monday to Oyub Titiyev, the head of the Chechen branch of rights group Memorial c

Published 10 Jun, 2019 03:03pm

Europe

Albania's ruling party vows to remove president

TIRANA: Albania's ruling socialists said Monday they would launch a process to oust President Ilir Meta after he moved t

Published 10 Jun, 2019 02:59pm

World

India's inflation seen at 7-month high in May, still below RBI target

BENGALURU: India's retail inflation likely accelerated to a seven-month high in May on rising food prices, but it is exp

Published 10 Jun, 2019 02:37pm

World

Romania's foreign trade deficit widens in April

BUCHAREST: Romania's foreign trade deficit widened by about 35 percent on the year in January-April to 5.0 billion euros

Published 10 Jun, 2019 01:35pm

Europe

Italy deputy PM Di Maio says EU must allow Italy to cut tax, invest

ROME: The European Union should allow Italy to cut tax and invest in the green economy to boost the country's economy, D

Published 10 Jun, 2019 01:31pm

Europe

Czech jobless rate dips to new record low in May

PRAGUE: The Czech unemployment rate fell to 2.6pc of the workforce in May, the lowest figure on records going back to 1

Published 10 Jun, 2019 01:18pm

World

Japan's Q1 GDP grows at faster pace, but trade war blunts outlook

TOKYO: Japan's economy grew slightly faster than initially estimated in the first quarter, thanks to stronger capital sp

Published 10 Jun, 2019 01:13pm

Europe

Italy PM to meet coalition leaders to decide govt's future

MILAN: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has renewed his threat to resign ahead of a meeting with the ruling coaliti

Published 10 Jun, 2019 12:54pm

World

Greek consumer price inflation slows to 0.6pc in May

ATHENS: Greece's annual EU-harmonised inflation rate slowed in May, statistics service ELSTAT data showed on Monday.

Published 10 Jun, 2019 12:46pm

Europe

Russia's Putin to visit Saudi Arabia in October, says Falih

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia, a traditional US ally in the Middle East, in October t

Published 10 Jun, 2019 12:36pm

Europe

Italy's Salvini says open to alternative tools to ‘mini-BOT’ securities

MILAN: League leader Matteo Salvini said on Monday he was open to other solutions to so-called "mini-BOT" securities to

Published 10 Jun, 2019 12:08pm

Europe

UK PM candidate Hunt says: EU will do a new Brexit deal with me

LONDON: Jeremy Hunt, one of the leading candidates vying to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May, said he would leave the

Updated 18 Jun, 2019 01:42pm

Africa

China ready for trade talks with East Africa bloc ambassador to Kenya

NAIROBI: China is ready to negotiate a trade deal with the six-nation East Africa Community (EAC) to address Kenya's com

Published 10 Jun, 2019 12:04pm

Asia

Tokayev wins Kazakh presidential vote with 70.8pc

NUR-SULTAN: Kazakhstan elected the hand-picked successor of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev with more than 70 perc

Published 10 Jun, 2019 09:46am

World

China's exports beat forecast to rise as trade war heats up

BEIJING: China's exports beat gloomy forecasts to rebound in May though imports sank more than expected, official data s

Published 10 Jun, 2019 09:45am

Asia

Japan says human error likely cause of F-35A jet crash

TOKYO: Human error was the likely cause of an F-35A fighter jet crash in April, Japan's defence ministry said Monday, an

Published 10 Jun, 2019 09:43am

Europe

UK economy slides in April after Brexit car plant shutdowns

LONDON: Britain's economy contracted sharply in April after the biggest fall in car production since records began, as m

Updated 18 Jun, 2019 01:42pm

World

Brazil bus accident kills 17

SAO PAULO: A bus carrying 40 people crashed into several cars killing at least 17 people in southeast Brazil Sunday nigh

Published 10 Jun, 2019 09:16am

Asia

German FM meets Iran's Zarif to discuss nuclear deal

TEHRAN: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas held talks Monday with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif on the future of t

Published 10 Jun, 2019 09:04am

Europe

Italy PM to meet coalition leaders to decide govt's future

MILAN: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has renewed his threat to resign ahead of a meeting with the ruling coaliti

Published 10 Jun, 2019 09:03am

Asia

New Zealand calls time on non-combat mission in Iraq

WELLINGTON: New Zealand will begin scaling back its non-combat mission in Iraq next month and bring home the last of its

Published 10 Jun, 2019 09:00am

Asia

China backs Hong Kong extradition law, opposes 'foreign interference'

BEIJING: China on Monday strongly backed the Hong Kong government on a controversial proposed law that would allow extra

Published 10 Jun, 2019 08:59am

World

Japan first quarter growth revised up to 0.6pc

TOKYO: Japan's economy grew slightly faster than initially thought in the first quarter of this year, due partly to bett

Published 10 Jun, 2019 07:58am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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