News Archives for World - 2019-10-20

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World

Three US soldiers killed in training accident

Three US soldiers were killed and three others injured in the state of Georgia Sunday in an accident. The sold

Published 20 Oct, 2019 08:34pm

Europe

Spanish PM under pressure over Catalan protests

Ahead of next month's general election, Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez faced sharp criticism Sunday

Published 20 Oct, 2019 08:32pm

World

High hopes as Dubai marks one-year countdown to Expo 2020

Fireworks exploded over Dubai's skyline on Sunday to mark the one-year countdown to Expo 2020. Megastar Mariah

Published 20 Oct, 2019 08:28pm

Africa

Thirty killed in DR Congo bus accident

At least 30 people were killed when a packed bus came off the road and burst into flames overnight near Kinshasa.

Published 20 Oct, 2019 08:23pm

Africa

South Sudan rebel leader seeks further delay to unity government

South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar said Sunday that he wants to further postpone the formation of a power-sharing

Published 20 Oct, 2019 08:21pm

World

Facebook's Marcus says Libra won't be controlled by a single company

Facebook executive David Marcus on Sunday tried to calm the fears of officials threatening to block its proposed di

Published 20 Oct, 2019 08:18pm

World

Lebanon main parties agree to PM reform package: official

Lebanon's main parties have agreed to a reform package proposed by Prime Minister Saad Hariri. On Friday, the

Published 20 Oct, 2019 07:43pm

Europe

Green Party makes historic gains in Swiss vote

Switzerland's Green Party made historic gains in national elections Sunday. The results mark "a tectonic shift

Published 20 Oct, 2019 07:34pm

World

Liberals, Tories slug it out on last day of Canada election

Justin Trudeau and his Conservative rival Andrew Scheer slugged it out Sunday on the last day of a rancorous electi

Published 20 Oct, 2019 07:28pm

World

EU pursues Brexit ratification despite delay request

Brussels pressed on with plans to ratify the divorce deal as European leaders considered Boris Johnson's reluctant

Published 20 Oct, 2019 04:15pm

Middle East

US forces withdraw from key base in northern Syria

US forces withdrew from their largest base in northern Syria. A US-brokered ceasefire was announced late Thurs

Published 20 Oct, 2019 04:11pm

Asia

Rohingya refugees agree move to Bangladesh island: official

Thousands of Rohingya living in Bangladesh refugee camps have agreed to move to an island in the Bay of Bengal.

Published 20 Oct, 2019 03:13pm

World

US Defense Secretary Esper in Kabul on unannounced visit

US Defense Secretary arrives in Kabul on an unannounced visit. Esper is due to meet with key leaders and recei

Published 20 Oct, 2019 02:23pm

World

EU calls for Afghanistan ceasefire

EU calls for a ceasefire in Afghanistan, saying the breakdown in talks between the US and Taliban. Donald Trum

Published 20 Oct, 2019 01:56pm

Europe

Brexit delay and election better than PM Johnson's deal

I want to leave on the 31 of October, but I'll warn everybody that if this treaty goes through nothing will have ch

Published 20 Oct, 2019 10:28am

Asia

Indonesia's Joko Widodo sworn in for second term as president

Widodo, a former furniture salesman from outside the military and political elite, has pledged to attract more inve

Published 20 Oct, 2019 10:04am

Europe

EU plays for time as Johnson spars with UK parliament on Brexit

The prime minister sent a letter to the bloc requesting a delay, as required by a law passed earlier by parliament.

Published 20 Oct, 2019 09:54am

Europe

UK is going to leave the EU by Oct. 31: Gove says

"That letter was sent because parliament required it to be sent (..) but parliament can't change the prime minister

Published 20 Oct, 2019 09:45am

World

UK PM sends unsigned letter to EU asking for Brexit delay

A delay would be in no one's interest, says Johnson. The British PM says he is confident the process of gettin

Published 20 Oct, 2019 07:18am

World

All U.S. troops withdrawing from Syria expected to go to western Iraq, says Pentagon chief

Esper says mission for those troops would be to "help defend Iraq" and carry out a counter-Islamic State mission.

Published 20 Oct, 2019 07:00am

World

Turkey says Kurdish militia kills one soldier in northeast Syria despite ceasefire

Turkey agreed with US to pause its offensive for five days to allow the YPG to withdraw out of a planned "safe zone

Published 20 Oct, 2019 06:45am

World

China, US make 'substantial' trade deal progress

Beijing and Washington have made "substantial progress" towards a partial trade deal, China's top trade negotiator said Saturday, in his first comments since talks with US president Donald Trump last week. Trump announced a partial deal after meetings in

Updated 21 Oct, 2019 06:39am

World

Dutch port aims to keep on trucking despite Brexit 'chaos'

While Boris Johnson scrambled Friday to sell his EU divorce deal to parliament, the Dutch port of Rotterdam handed out "Brexit Muppet" leaflets to truckers to prepare them for whatever happens.

Updated 21 Oct, 2019 06:39am

World

Document suggests Boeing pilots saw MAX system problems in 2016

A Boeing pilot behind the 737 MAX certification in 2016 told a colleague a key flight handling system was "running rampant" during simulator tests, according to documents reviewed Friday by AFP. The Boeing employees quipped about problems during simulatio

Updated 21 Oct, 2019 06:39am

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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	159.79 ▼ -0.13
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▼ -0.0004
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0006
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.11 ▲ 0.0001
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,418.07
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,662.52
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,851.83
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,734.13
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,354.18
S&P 500 / Nov 12	7,592.40
Nasdaq / Nov 12	25,366.09
Dow Jones / Nov 12	52,297.09

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 14	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 14	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.91
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,891.79
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.40

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%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.41 ▲ 0.16 (12.8%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.66 ▲ 0.3 (12.71%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
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%)
Cresent Jute / Nov 13 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	13.85 ▲ 1.26 (10.01%)
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%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	189.16 ▼ -21.02 (-10%)
Mughal Energy / Nov 13 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	32.10 ▼ -3.15 (-8.94%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.75 ▼ -1.25 (-8.93%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Nov 13 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.80 ▼ -0.75 (-8.77%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	149.02 ▼ -11.68 (-7.27%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.02 ▼ -4.96 (-6.36%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Nov 13 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	5.53 ▼ -0.36 (-6.11%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.99 ▼ -4.08 (-6.08%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	72 ▼ -4.6 (-6.01%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	301,901,923 ▲ 0.16
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,218,140 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,281,961 ▲ 0.3
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	42,784,338 ▲ 0.34
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,210,703 ▲ 0.53
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,405,751 ▲ 0.04
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,811,419 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,493,258 ▲ 0.11
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	20,858,319 -
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 13 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	17,134,592 ▲ 0.07

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