News Archives for World - 2019-08-30

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North America

Pompeo denounces Colombian's call to return to arms

WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday denounced a former FARC rebel commander in Colombia for calling for a return to

Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:47pm

Asia

Indian state to publish contentious citizenship list

GUWAHATI: The Indian state of Assam was due Saturday to publish a highly contentious citizens' register that could poten

Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:46pm

World

Brazil 2020 budget proposals show let up in squeeze

BRASILIA: Brazil's government faces another year of strict fiscal discipline, its 2020 budget proposals on Friday showed

Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:35pm

Europe

Italy's Salvini nixes future Berlusconi alliance

CONSELVE: Italy's outgoing far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini on Friday excluded his League party forming any fu

Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:37pm

World

Canada sees strong Q2 growth just before elections, data shows

OTTAWA: Canada's economy grew by a better-than-expected 3.7 percent in the second quarter, official figures showed on Fr

Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:32pm

North America

US doesn't have a 'tariff problem', it has 'a Fed problem': Trump

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday denied his trade wars were harming the US economy, instead lashing out the

Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:20pm

Africa

Ebola: Profile of a killer

PARIS: The Ebola epidemic which has claimed more than 2,000 lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according t

Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:18pm

Middle East

IS claims Yemen attack against separatists in Aden

ADEN: The Islamic State group on Friday claimed a suicide attack that security sources said killed three separatists in

Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:16pm

Asia

US service member killed in Afghanistan: NATO

KABUL: An American service member was killed in Afghanistan Friday, the US-led NATO mission said, the latest US fatality

Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:08pm

Africa

DR Congo Ebola death toll crosses 2,000 ahead of UN chief's visit

BENI: The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo showed no signs of easing Friday on the eve of the UN chief's visit to the country,

Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:04pm

Europe

Europe to step up diplomatic efforts on Iran crisis: Germany

HELSINKI: European countries will step up diplomatic efforts to save the beleaguered Iran nuclear deal, Germany's foreig

Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:02pm

North America

Biden's foot-in-mouth disease a feature of his 2020 campaign

WASHINGTON: Legendarily gaffe-prone Joe Biden, the Democratic primary frontrunner, has committed multiple verbal blunder

Published 30 Aug, 2019 09:01pm

North America

US seeking 5G security pact with Poland in Pence visit: official

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Mike Pence hopes to sign a pact with Poland on confronting 5G network risks when he visits

Published 30 Aug, 2019 08:57pm

World

Brazil's Bolsonaro fuels spat with Europe as fires soar

ARIQUEMES: President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday that Europe has "nothing to teach" Brazil about preserving the environme

Published 30 Aug, 2019 08:56pm

Middle East

Netanyahu tells Macron 'wrong time' for talks with Iran

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday to avoid any rappr

Published 30 Aug, 2019 08:52pm

World

Colombian troops kill nine FARC dissidents in raid: minister

BOGOTA: Colombian troops killed nine FARC dissidents in a raid Friday in what the president said was "a clear message" t

Published 30 Aug, 2019 08:48pm

North America

Dorian strengthens to Category 3 major hurricane

MIAMI: Hurricane Dorian strengthened into a major hurricane on Friday as it churned across the Atlantic Ocean on a colli

Published 30 Aug, 2019 08:44pm

Africa

Sudan protesters rally for those missing since sit-in dispersal

KHARTOUM: Hundreds of Sudanese took to the streets on Friday to demand answers on the whereabouts of demonstrators missi

Published 30 Aug, 2019 08:42pm

World

Brazilian minister meets Trump, says on 'same page' over Amazon fires

WASHINGTON: Brazil and the United States are in agreement over fires raging in the Amazon rainforest, Brazilian Foreign

Published 30 Aug, 2019 08:29pm

Europe

Russia announces ceasefire in Syria's Idlib from Saturday

MOSCOW: Russia on Friday announced that Syrian government forces would cease fire from Saturday morning in Idlib, one of

Published 30 Aug, 2019 07:51pm

Africa

Eight Nigerian soldiers killed in militant ambush

KANO: Eight Nigerian soldiers were killed on Friday in an ambush by militants in the northeast Nigeria's Borno state, tw

Published 30 Aug, 2019 07:44pm

Europe

Britain's Johnson warns MPs against trying to block Brexit

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday warned MPs against trying to block Brexit from happening on O

Published 30 Aug, 2019 03:44pm

World

Key US inflation measure remains tame in July

WASHINGTON: US inflation remained tame in July as the continued decline in energy prices dampened price pressures, a

Published 30 Aug, 2019 03:37pm

Europe

Erdogan suggests Turkey could look to Russia for jets

ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday suggested Turkey could look to Russia for an alternative after the

Published 30 Aug, 2019 03:32pm

Europe

EU leaders can see ‘rough shape’ of what is needed on Brexit: PM Johnson

LONDON: Leaders of the European Union can see the "rough shape" of what needs to be done to help Britain and Brussel

Published 30 Aug, 2019 03:18pm

World

Brazil unemployment falls to lowest this year, but recovery fragile

BRASILIA: Brazil's unemployment rate fell to 11.8% in the three months through July, statistics agency IBGE said on

Published 30 Aug, 2019 02:54pm

World

Eurozone inflation stable at below target 1.0 percent

BRUSSELS: Inflation in the eurozone remained at a low 1.0 percent in August, official data showed Friday, heaping pressu

Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:27am

Europe

Upping the ‘tempo’: Brexit team, EU officials decide to meet twice a week in Sept

Stepping up the tempo, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that his Brexit team will meet with Europe

Published 30 Aug, 2019 10:11am

World

UK house prices rise at fastest pace in 3 months in August

LONDON: British house prices rose in August at the fastest annual pace in three months, mortgage lender Nationwide said

Published 30 Aug, 2019 08:06am

Europe

UK's Raab says suspending parliament is lawful and proper

HELSINKI: British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Friday accusations that his government's suspension of parliamen

Published 30 Aug, 2019 08:00am

World

Romanian unemployment rate edges up to 3.9pc in July

BUCHAREST: Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up to 3.9% percent in July from 3.8% the previous month

Published 30 Aug, 2019 07:59am

Asia

China's Xi sees bigger role for joint energy exploration with Philippines

SHANGHAI: Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and the Philippines could take a "bigger step" in the joint developmen

Published 30 Aug, 2019 07:55am

World

German retail sales decline by more than expected in July

BERLIN: Shop sales in Germany fell by far more than expected in July, with customers handing over 2.2% less than in the

Published 30 Aug, 2019 07:46am

Europe

Ukraine president's office says no prisoner swap with Russia yet

KIEV: The office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday said no prisoner swap had taken place with Russia

Published 30 Aug, 2019 07:40am

Asia

Aiming to do everything possible to ease Middle East tension: Japan PM

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday he plans to do everything he can to ease tension in the Middle

Published 30 Aug, 2019 07:35am

Europe

UK says watch the Brexit space around EU summit in October

LONDON: The next big Brexit turning point will be the European Union summit on Oct. 17-18 when Britain hopes there will

Published 30 Aug, 2019 07:33am

World

French inflation eases to three-month low of 1.2pc

PARIS: French inflation slowed to a three-month low in August in line with expectations, according to preliminary EU-har

Published 30 Aug, 2019 07:31am

Europe

Johnson steps up Brexit talks with EU as faces legal challenges

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wants to "step up the tempo" in talks with the European Union to strike a n

Published 30 Aug, 2019 06:41am

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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 14	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 14	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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