News Archives for World - 2021-03-07

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Middle East

Iran's Rouhani urges Europe to avoid 'threats or pressure'

Iran on February 23 started to restrict some IAEA inspections.

Published 07 Mar, 2021 05:48pm

Africa

Ethiopia gears up for Covid vaccine drive as first doses arrive

Djibouti has recorded 6,102 Covid-19 cases and 63 deaths, according to the WHO.

Published 07 Mar, 2021 05:47pm

Middle East

Pope Francis prays for 'victims of war' in north Iraq

On Saturday, the leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics met Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric, the reclusive Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani.

Published 07 Mar, 2021 05:44pm

Middle East

Iran dailies hail Pope-Sistani meet as chance for peace

Officials in Iran, a Shiite-majority country like Iraq, have not yet commented on the pontiff's historic visit to Iraq that began on Friday.

Published 07 Mar, 2021 05:42pm

Middle East

Saudi-led coalition intercepts 10 Huthi drones: state media

The escalation comes even after the United States last month delisted the Huthis as terrorists and stepped up efforts to de-escalate the six-year conflict.

Published 07 Mar, 2021 05:38pm

Middle East

Israel re-opens restaurants, bars with 40pc of country fully vaccinated

Nearly five million have received one shot.

Published 07 Mar, 2021 05:35pm

South Asia

Myanmar protesters rally after overnight raids on opposition figures

National League for Democracy party official Soe Win confirmed some officials were arrested in overnight police operations but the exact number is not known.

Published 07 Mar, 2021 05:34pm

Europe

Coronavirus toll at 1100 GMT Sunday

At least 116,415,200 cases of coronavirus have been registered.

Published 07 Mar, 2021 05:32pm

Africa

Schoolboy among five dead in Senegal unrest

Protesters torched a gendarmerie station, a customs post and several cars, the official said on condition of anonymity.

Published 07 Mar, 2021 05:26pm

Europe

Merkel's party slumps on Covid woes as German polls loom

Despite months of painful shutdowns, the country's infection numbers have stopped falling in recent days.

Published 07 Mar, 2021 05:26pm

World

Amid transatlantic feud, zero hour for Harry, Meghan interview

Add to this a partnership with Apple TV+ in collaboration with Winfrey.

Published 07 Mar, 2021 12:06pm

World

South Korea, US to stage smaller military drills over Covid

But a second meeting held in Hanoi in February 2019 broke up early with no progress towards Washington's goal of getting the isolated North to abandon its nuclear weapons programme.

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:26pm

World

George Floyd: 'gentle giant' who became symbol of fight against racism

The 46-year-old died of asphyxiation beneath the knee of a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, on May 25, 2020 in the US city of Minneapolis.

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:26pm

World

Oral Covid treatment yields promising trial data: drugmakers

Merck is also working on another oral Covid treatment called MK-711.

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:25pm

World

'Giant step' as Biden Covid rescue plan clears Senate

It would also provide $49 billion for expanded Covid testing, tracing and research, and $14 billion for vaccine distribution.

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:25pm

World

Amid pandemic, Americans are saving more — especially the wealthy

WASHINGTON: The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out millions of jobs in the United States, but it’s had the...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:23pm

World

Internet back in Niger after post-election blackout

NIAMEY: Internet connectivity was restored in Niger late Friday, an AFP journalist found, after ten days of...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:23pm

World

Turkey’s military heads join naval drills off Aegean

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar and top military officials Saturday joined naval drills on an...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:23pm

World

UK power firm accepts £2.3bn private-equity takeover

LONDON: Aggreko, a British supplier of power generators hit hard by the Covid crisis cancelling events, announced...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:23pm

World

France extends weekend lockdown to northern region

PARIS: Hundreds of thousands of people in northern France went back into lockdown Saturday, while health officials...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:19pm

World

Italy reports 307 deaths, 23,641 new cases

ROME: Italy reported 307 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 297 the day before, the health ministry ...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:19pm

World

Venezuela’s Maduro receives first dose of Russian vaccine

CARACAS: Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores received a first dose of the Russian Sputnik ...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:19pm

World

Thousands turn out for Vienna anti-lockdown protest

VIENNA: Thousands turned out Saturday for the latest protest in Vienna against coronavirus restrictions and several...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:19pm

World

Rapid Covid tests sell out in Germany on first day

FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Germans flocked to supermarket chain Aldi on Saturday to snap up the first rapid coronavirus ...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:19pm

World

Mars rover Perseverance goes for a ‘spin’

WASHINGTON: The Mars rover Perseverance has successfully conducted its first test drive on the Red Planet, the US...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:20pm

World

Twitter’s Dorsey auctions first ever tweet as digital memorabilia

NEW YORK: “just setting up my twttr” - the first ever tweet on the platform is up for sale after Twitter boss...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:20pm

World

Hundreds protest royal defamation laws in Thailand

BANGKOK: Hundreds marched in Bangkok and lit ceremonial fires in front of a courthouse on Saturday to protest...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:20pm

World

Strong aftershocks rock NZ’s North Island

WELLINGTON: Earthquakes continued to rock New Zealand’s North Island on Saturday with the US Geological Survey...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:20pm

World

Pope, Sistani plead for peace, unity

UR, (Iraq): Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, one of Shia top clerics, told Pope Francis in a historic meeting in Iraq on...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:20pm

World

N Korea’s petroleum imports breached sanctions cap

SEOUL: North Korea illicitly imported far more refined petroleum products last year than allowed under an annual...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:20pm

World

US poet Amanda Gorman says followed by guard, called ‘suspicious’

NEW YORK: African-American poet Amanda Gorman, who became a star after her reading at President Joe Biden's...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:20pm

World

Protests continue in Myanmar as UN urged to hear ‘pleas’

YANGON: Anti-coup demonstrators returned to the streets of Myanmar Saturday, a day after a United Nations envoy ...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:20pm

World

AirAsia Group plans air taxi, drone delivery service

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's AirAsia Group Bhd plans to launch an air taxi service and the country's first drone ...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 05:20pm

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 3	276.91 ▼ -0.05
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 3	276.71 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 3	158.37 ▲ 0.52
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 3	0.82 ▲ 0.0001
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 3	1.34 ▲ 0.003
Euro to USD / Nov 3	1.12 ▲ 0.0024
SOFR % / Nov 2	3.95 -

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 3	7,568.92
India Sensex / Nov 3	76,917.85
Nasdaq / Nov 3	25,372.01
Hang Seng / Nov 3	23,525.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 3	10,638.43
Dow Jones / Nov 3	51,786.72
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 3	25,864.62
France CAC40 / Nov 3	8,020.31
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 2	63,081.86

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 4	369.06
Diesel/Litre / Nov 4	391.52
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 3	96.45
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 3	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 3	353,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 3	3,932.44
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 3	77.04

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 3 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	4.96 ▲ 1 (25.25%)
Premier Insurance (R) / Nov 3 Premier Insurance Limited (RIGHT)(PINLR)	0.80 ▲ 0.14 (21.21%)
Asia Ins. / Nov 3 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	38.14 ▲ 3.47 (10.01%)
Burshane LPG / Nov 3 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	59.57 ▲ 5.42 (10.01%)
Frontier Ceramics / Nov 3 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	86.31 ▲ 7.85 (10.01%)
Pak Leather Crafts / Nov 3 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	59.90 ▲ 5.45 (10.01%)
Arctic Textile / Nov 3 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	78.74 ▲ 7.16 (10%)
F.Credit & Inv / Nov 3 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	155.21 ▲ 14.11 (10%)
Int. Knit. / Nov 3 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	146.65 ▲ 13.33 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Nov 3 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	95.61 ▲ 8.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Bawany Air Products (R) / Nov 3 Bawany Air Products Limited Right(BAPLR1)	2.62 ▼ -1 (-27.62%)
Saif Power Ltd. / Nov 3 Saif Power Limited(SPWL)	7.65 ▼ -1.03 (-11.87%)
Sindh Modaraba / Nov 3 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	73.98 ▼ -8.22 (-10%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 3 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	13.82 ▼ -1.53 (-9.97%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 3 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	12.77 ▼ -1.41 (-9.94%)
Dewan Textile / Nov 3 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	9.92 ▼ -0.73 (-6.85%)
Dadex Eternit / Nov 3 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	121.50 ▼ -7.66 (-5.93%)
Fateh Ind. / Nov 3 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	302.17 ▼ -16.65 (-5.22%)
Suhail Jute / Nov 3 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	156.27 ▼ -7.94 (-4.84%)
EFU General / Nov 3 EFU General Insurance Limited(EFUG)	119.14 ▼ -5.85 (-4.68%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Nov 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,826,728 ▼ -0.54
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 3 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	64,936,122 ▲ 1
Pakistan Refinery / Nov 3 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	29,593,338 ▼ -2.92
Oilboy Energy / Nov 3 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	13,005,389 ▲ 0.83
Clover Pakistan / Nov 3 Clover Pakistan Limited(CLOV)	9,203,488 ▼ -0.16
Ist.Capital Sec / Nov 3 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	8,951,479 ▲ 0.12
Media Times Ltd / Nov 3 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	8,758,448 ▲ 0.37
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Nov 3 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	8,633,240 ▲ 0.41
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	8,560,633 ▲ 0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Nov 3 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	7,931,405 ▲ 1.02

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