News Archives for World - 2019-11-16

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Venezuela opposition rallies to revive stalled effort to oust Maduro

"The dictatorship has underestimated the Venezuelan people. They have not been able to make us grow accustomed to l

Published 16 Nov, 2019 11:03pm

World

White House budget official to testify in impeachment probe on Saturday

Earlier this week, Sandy's lawyer said his client would appear for a deposition if he is issued a subpoena. It rema

Published 16 Nov, 2019 11:00pm

Middle East

Egypt to cut prices of subsidised staples: ministry

"Prices of cooking oil, sugar, rice and flour will be reduced starting the first of December," said spokesman Ahmed

Published 16 Nov, 2019 11:00pm

World

UN rights chief warns Bolivia crisis could 'spin out of control'

"This is an extremely dangerous development as, far from quelling the violence, it is likely to make it much worse,

Published 16 Nov, 2019 11:00pm

World

EU 2020 budget talks drag on because of disagreement

The 2020 budget is just a skirmish compared to the much broader battle going on in current negotiations for the EU'

Published 16 Nov, 2019 11:00pm

Middle East

France's MBDA to open missile engineering centre in UAE

Tawazun will sign an agreement with MBDA to set up MBDA's first missile engineering centre in the region. The

Published 16 Nov, 2019 10:59pm

World

US Air Force Chief of Staff calls for Gulf Arab unity to counter Iran

Washington sees an ongoing dispute that KSA , UAE, Bahrain and non-Gulf state Egypt have with Qatar as a threat to

Published 16 Nov, 2019 10:50pm

World

Trump asks Japan to hike payments for US troops to $8bn: Foreign Policy

The current agreement that covers the 54,000 US troops stationed in Japan expires in March 2021. US govt said

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:48pm

Europe

Turkey says will use Russian S-400 defence system

It is not a correct approach to say 'we will not use for someone else's sake' a system we had purchased out of our

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:10pm

Europe

UK police probing election fraud allegations

MPS received "two allegations of electoral fraud and malpractice in relation to the 2019 general election. Arc

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00pm

Middle East

Car bomb kills 14 in northern Syria

The bomb, which struck a bus and taxi station in the town, also wounded 33 people, some of them seriously. Tur

Published 16 Nov, 2019 11:41am

World

Gunmen fire on buses carrying Muslim Sri Lankan voters

Muslims from coastal town of Puttalam were travelling to neighbouring district of Mannar to cast votes. There

Published 16 Nov, 2019 09:47am

World

NASA overpaid Boeing by hundreds of millions of dollars: auditor

NASA "overpaid" Boeing by hundreds of millions of dollars on a fixed contract to develop a spaceship to carry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), an audit report has said, compensation it called "unnecessary."

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Protest-swept Iraq will never be the same: top cleric

Iraq will never be the same following the weeks of demonstrations in Baghdad and the country's south demanding sweeping reform, its top Shia cleric said Friday in his most emphatic endorsement yet of the protest movement.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

St Mark's closed after fresh flood hits Venice

Another exceptional high tide swamped flood-hit Venice on Friday, prompting the mayor to order St Mark's square closed after Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Singapore fines UBS $8m for deceptive trades

Singapore has fined Swiss banking giant UBS Sg$11.2 million ($8 million) after investigations showed its advisors deceived clients about prices for bonds and other financial products.

Updated 16 Nov, 2019 08:06am

World

Algerians flood streets to protest against December polls

Demonstrators thronged the streets of the Algerian capital on Friday to renew their opposition to a presidential election they say will keep in power a political elite rejected by the people.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

India's federal police raid local Amnesty International offices

India's federal investigating agency raided the local offices of human rights group Amnesty International on Friday, the Central Bureau of Investigation said, in a probe into alleged violations of foreign funding rules.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

South African Airways hit by crippling strike

South African Airways workers on Friday embarked on an indefinite strike for higher wages and against the national carrier's overhaul plan, forcing the cash-strapped airline to ground hundreds of flights.

Updated 16 Nov, 2019 08:09am

World

Drug trafficking up sharply under Venezuela's Maduro: US

Drug trafficking to and from Venezuela has shot up 50 percent under President Nicolas Maduro, who is enriching himself by working with organized crime, the United States charged Thursday.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

US urges strongman to end Tripoli offensive

The United States has urged Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar to end his offensive to seize Tripoli and accused Russia of exploiting the conflict.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Food poisoning hits Sri Lankan officials ahead of vote

At least 50 Sri Lankan election officials at the capital Colombo's main counting centre were admitted to hospital on Friday with food poisoning on the eve of presidential polls, officials said.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

North Korea calls Biden 'rabid dog' that 'must be beaten to death'

North Korea has launched a visceral diatribe against US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, calling the former vice-president a "rabid dog" - while also borrowing the terminology of Donald Trump.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Hong Kong confirms economy fell into recession amid protests, trade war

Hong Kong sank into recession for the first time in a decade in the third quarter, government data confirmed on Friday, weighed down by increasingly violent anti-government protests and the escalating US-China trade war.

Updated 16 Nov, 2019 08:09am

World

Support for secession slips in Catalonia

The number of Catalans who support regional independence fell to just under 42 percent, a poll showed on Friday, carried out before Spain's top court jailed nine separatist leaders.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

China threatens Sweden over rights prize to detained Gui Minhai

China on Friday threatened "counter-measures" against Sweden if the culture minister awards a Swedish rights prize as planned to detained Chinese-Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

GM strike takes bite out of US industry in October

The nationwide strike at General Motors walloped American industry last month, causing the biggest tumble in factory output in a year and a half, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

Updated 16 Nov, 2019 08:06am

World

US retail sales rebound; manufacturing tumbles

US retail sales rebounded in October, but consumers cut back on purchases of big-ticket household items and clothing, which could temper expectations for a strong holiday shopping season.

Updated 16 Nov, 2019 08:06am

World

Airbus plane winging its way to France after 'wet sock' complaint

A new Airbus plane will be sent back to engineers in France following complaints of a "smell of wet sock" from cabin crew in the Pacific island territory of New Caledonia. The Airbus A330neo came into service on October 4 as part of a fleet renewal at Air

Updated 16 Nov, 2019 08:09am

World

Global debt to top record $255 trn by year's end

Global debt is on course to end 2019 at a record high of more than $255 trillion, the Institute of International Finance estimated on Friday - nearly $32,500 for each of the 7.7 billion people on planet.

Updated 16 Nov, 2019 08:06am

World

Indian consumer demand falls for first time in decades

Consumer spending in India has slumped for the first time in four decades, a leading business daily reported Friday, bringing more bad news for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he struggles to revive a stuttering economy.

Updated 16 Nov, 2019 08:04am

World

Turkish unemployment rises to 14 percent, youth jobless at record

Turkey's unemployment rate rose slightly to 14.0% in the three months to September with the youth jobless rate hitting a record of 27.4% as the effects of a recession continued to weigh on workers, official data showed on Friday.

Updated 16 Nov, 2019 08:06am

World

Volkswagen says to invest 60bn euros by 2024 in cars of the future

German car giant Volkswagen said Friday it would plough 60 billion euros ($66 billion) by 2024 into its switch to electric, hybrid and connected vehicles, as automakers around the world rev up electrification plans.

Updated 16 Nov, 2019 08:06am

World

In election pledge, UK Labour promises free broadband for all

Britain's main opposition Labour party on Friday promised free, fast broadband internet for everyone, in the most eye-catching of a series of big spending pledges ahead of next month's election.

Updated 16 Nov, 2019 07:01am

World

UN renews C Africa peacekeeping mission

The United Nations Security Council extended the UN's peacekeeping mission in the violence-plagued Central African Republic for another year on Friday.

Updated 16 Nov, 2019 07:01am

World

Kenya, Somalia, agree to normalise ties after tensions

Kenya and Somalia have agreed to "normalise" relations and start reissuing travel visas to each other's citizens after a long-running dispute over marine borders strained ties between the neighbours.

Updated 16 Nov, 2019 07:37am

World

Lithuania, Norway swap spies with Russia at border

Russia on Friday returned two Lithuanians and a Norwegian convicted of espionage to Vilnius in a espionage swap that also saw NATO and EU member Lithuania free two Russians jailed for spying in an exchange reminiscent of the Cold War.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Bloomberg launches $100m ad campaign targeting Trump

US billionaire Michael Bloomberg has yet to decide whether to run for president but on Friday he announced a $100 million online advertising campaign attacking Donald Trump.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Heavy snow leaves one dead, 300,000 homes without power in France

Heavy snowfall across a large swath of southeast France has left one person dead and cut power to some 300,000 homes, with icy conditions snarling train and road traffic Friday.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

World

Fears grow on digital surveillance

Americans are increasingly fearful of monitoring of their online and offline activities, both by governments and private companies, a survey showed Friday.

Published 16 Nov, 2019 12:00am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 12	276.81 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 12	276.61 ▼ -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 13	332
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.91
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,891.79
Diesel/Litre / Nov 13	360
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.40
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 12	357,112

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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