News Archives for World - 2019-11-04

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Africa

Nigeria puts squeeze on oil majors as upends deals

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed a measure to change the country's agreements. It is not

Published 04 Nov, 2019 11:06pm

World

Iran announces sharp rise in enriched uranium production

Iran announced Monday a more than tenfold increase in enriched uranium production following a series. The Isla

Published 04 Nov, 2019 11:06pm

World

US sanctions Iran supreme leader's aides on embassy anniversary

The United States on Monday slapped sanctions on nine aides to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the

Published 04 Nov, 2019 11:06pm

World

Iraq forces fire on Baghdad protesters after 4 killed in Karbala

Iraqi security forces fired live rounds Monday at anti-government protesters in Baghdad. Activists also hurled

Published 04 Nov, 2019 11:04pm

World

EU foe Farage takes Brexit poll challenge to Johnson

Anti-EU populist leader Nigel Farage said Monday he will field hardline Brexit candidates across Britain despite fe

Published 04 Nov, 2019 11:03pm

World

US judges reject Trump appeal over tax returns

A US appeals court ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump must release eight years of tax returns. The de

Published 04 Nov, 2019 11:03pm

World

Graffiti speak volumes in Chile's protest crisis

A visitor wondering what the deadly unrest in Chile is about can learn a lot. Many of the graffiti made a scra

Published 04 Nov, 2019 11:02pm

Europe

Separatists protest in Barcelona as Spain's king visits

Several thousand Catalan protesters massed in Barcelona on Monday seeking to disrupt a visit by King Felipe VI.

Published 04 Nov, 2019 11:02pm

World

Lebanon protests rage on as politicians stall

Demonstrators in Lebanon blocked key roads and prevented some public institutions from opening Monday. Nationw

Published 04 Nov, 2019 11:01pm

World

Brazil races to clean up oil-stained beaches before peak tourism season

Months after thick oil began turning idyllic beaches in Brazil into "black carpets," workers and volunteers wearing

Published 04 Nov, 2019 11:00pm

World

Amazon fires in Brazil fall to record low in October: official

The number of fires in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil fell to a record low in October. INPE did not

Published 04 Nov, 2019 10:56pm

Europe

Cyprus police tow to shore more than 130 migrants

Cyprus police said Monday they towed to shore 131 migrants, almost all from Syria. Police believe the boat set

Published 04 Nov, 2019 10:54pm

World

White House witnesses are no-shows in impeachment probe

John Eisenberg, defied a summons to appear before the three House panels conducting the investigation. "What I

Published 04 Nov, 2019 04:40pm

World

EU argues case against Trump's metal tariffs at WTO

Trump set duties in 2018 of 25% on incoming steel and 10% on aluminium under a 1962 US law that allows the presiden

Published 04 Nov, 2019 04:23pm

Europe

Germany decries Iran's move to speed up nuclear work, urges return to accord

Unacceptable that Iran not heeding 2015 pact, Launch of advanced centrifuges jeopardises whole deal -Maas. Ger

Published 04 Nov, 2019 04:19pm

World

IMF cuts Bosnia growth forecast to 2.8pc in 2019, 2.6pc next year

The reason for the slowdown is a weakness in the European Union as well as the protracted political stalemate here.

Published 04 Nov, 2019 04:09pm

Europe

Turkey's Erdogan may call off US trip after Congress votes

Erdogan is due in Washington on Nov. 13 at Trump's invitation, but said last week that the votes put a "question ma

Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:48pm

Europe

British MPs vote on new speaker after Bercow's departure

Bercow faces accusations that he fostered a culture of bullying within the lower House of Commons. I don't wan

Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:27pm

World

World's biggest trade deal nears finish despite India holdout

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership includes 30 percent of global GDP and half of the world's people.

Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:12pm

World

Three killed as Iraqi protesters try to break into Iran consulate in Karbala

The incident is the latest sign of anti-Iranian anger during the biggest wave of demonstrations in Iraq since the f

Updated 05 Nov, 2019 06:15am

World

One dead, 34 injured in grenade attack in Kashmir's Srinagar: sources

The injured have been admitted to one of three hospitals after the blast on Hari Singh High Street. Police say

Published 04 Nov, 2019 09:36am

World

Medicinal cannabis not proven in mental health

Evidence is weak for whether medicinal cannabis treatments can relieve mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression and psychosis, and doctors should prescribe them with great caution, researchers said on Monday.

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:23am

World

No country immune to risk of African swine fever spreading

African swine fever will spread further across Asia where it has devastated herds, and no country is immune from being hit by the deadly animal virus, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday.

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:24am

World

People taking blood thinners may risk danger by mixing with OTC meds

People taking blood-thinning medications often use over-the-counter (OTC) medicines with the potential to cause dangerous internal bleeding, a recent study suggests.

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:23am

World

300 million face annual coastline flooding by 2050

Coastal areas currently home to 300 million people will be vulnerable by 2050 to flooding made worse by climate change, no matter how aggressively humanity curbs carbon emissions, scientists said Tuesday.

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:19am

World

'Climate change can put development goals beyond reach'

As global warming brings wilder weather, more harvest failures and the risk of growing migration and poverty, "sustainable development as we think of it today may be out of reach", a top UN specialist in climate change losses warned on Wednesday.

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:18am

World

Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot plan world's No 4 carmaker

Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot owner PSA plan to join forces in a 50-50 share merger to create the world's fourth-largest automaker, seeking scale to cope with costly new technologies and slowing global demand.

Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

World's biggest trade deal to be delayed to 2020

The signing of the world's largest trade pact will likely be kicked back to 2020, according to a draft statement by Southeast Asian leaders, delaying a deal craved by China as it seeks to temper the fallout from a painful tariff war with the US.

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:18am

World

Serbia passes 2020 draft budget with small deficit

Serbia's government on Saturday passed a draft 2020 budget envisaging a deficit of 20.2 billion Serbian dinars ($192.40 million), or 0.3% of gross domestic product, below its International Monetary Fund target, the finance minister said.

Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Merkel wants Germany to have 1 million electric car charging points by 2030

Germany should have one million charging stations for electric cars by 2030, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a video message on Sunday, ahead of meetings on Monday with the car industry on how to speed the move to low-emission battery-powered vehicles.

Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Delta might pull out of Alitalia bid consortium

Delta Air Lines could pull out of a consortium looking to rescue Italy's Alitalia as it is unwilling to enter a possible bidding war with Lufthansa, newspaper Il Corriere della Sera reported on Sunday, citing two sources.

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:17am

World

China to promote globalisation of Shanghai's financial markets

China's President Xi Jinping said on Sunday that the country will promote the globalisation of Shanghai's financial markets through the Belt and Road Initiative, and the city should strive to master the core links of the industry chains.

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:04am

World

Airbnb bans 'party houses' after deadly US shooting

Airbnb's boss announced Saturday that the online platform, which offers private homes for rent for short periods, is banning "party houses" after a deadly shooting at a Halloween event in California.

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:10am

World

Pay deal ends strike by UN Palestinian agency workers

An agreement was reached to end a strike in Jordan by employees of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, hours after the walkout began Sunday, Amman's top diplomat and a trade union leader said.

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:08am

World

South Korea exports fall most in four years

South Korean exports in October fell for an 11th consecutive month and by the most in nearly four years as shipments to China kept slowing and computer chip prices plunged, data showed on Friday.

Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

In China, Macron wants to take Beijing 'at its word' on free trade

French President Emmanuel Macron will seek to make China deliver on promises to grant more access to foreign companies, eyeing agribusiness and finance, advisers said ahead of his arrival in Shanghai for a giant import fair.

Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Beijing says 'ready to work' with ASEAN on South China Sea rules

Beijing said Sunday it is "ready to work" with Southeast Asian nations on a code of conduct in the flashpoint South China Sea, where it is accused of building up military installations and bullying fellow claimants.

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:02am

World

Congolese anti-Ebola fighter killed at home

A Congolese radio host involved in the fight against Ebola has been killed at his home in the northeast Ituri region of Democratic Republic of Congo, the army said Sunday.

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:06am

World

Khamenei again rules out talks with US

Iran's supreme leader on Sunday again ruled out negotiations with Washington, a day before the 40th anniversary of the hostage crisis at the US embassy in Tehran.

Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Iraq protests ramp up, shutting roads, offices and schools

Protesters in Iraq's capital and the country's south shut down streets and government offices in a new wave of civil disobedience Sunday, escalating their month-long movement demanding wholesale change of the political system.

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:01am

World

Storm Amelie pummels France with violent winds, downpours

Storm winds blasted southern France Sunday, whipping up giant ocean waves, uprooting trees and leaving some 140,000 people without electricity, authorities said. Emergency services attended hundreds of call-outs as storm Amelie brought gusts that dropped

Updated 04 Nov, 2019 08:01am

World

Trump calls for whistleblower's unmasking

Donald Trump called Sunday for the unmasking of the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint launched the House impeachment investigation against the US president.

Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Johnson 'sorry' for Brexit delay

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday apologised for not taking Britain out of the European Union by October 31, while Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage said he will not stand in next month's general election.

Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Thousands protest in Lebanon after rally to support president

Thousands of Lebanese protested Sunday to keep up a nationwide street movement that has brought down the government, hours after a mass rally to support the embattled president.

Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Five wounded as knife attack caps day of Hong Kong political chaos

A man went on a knife rampage in Hong Kong late Sunday leaving at least five people wounded, including a local pro-democracy politician who had his ear bitten off, capping another chaotic day of political unrest in the city.

Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:00am

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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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