News Archives for World - 2021-05-23

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Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT Sunday

At least 166,271,160 cases of coronavirus have been registered.

Published 23 May, 2021 05:29pm

Europe

UK to unveil plans for 'digital border'

"Our new approach will make it easier to identify potential threats before they reach the border," she added.

Published 23 May, 2021 05:25pm

World

Floyd family emerges as powerful voices against police brutality

The Floyd family has worked closely over the past year with other families, lawyer Ben Crump and civil rights leader Al Sharpton to push their anti-racism message.

Updated 23 May, 2021 05:25pm

World

Court rules bid to block Samoa government change 'unlawful'

He then persuaded Sualauvi to call a second election for May 21.

Updated 23 May, 2021 05:25pm

World

Iran's polls set to split divided conservatives in two

But only a handful will be allowed to run after vetting by the Guardian Council, a conservative-dominated, unelected body in charge of overseeing elections.

Updated 23 May, 2021 05:24pm

World

India start-ups eye pandemic profits

Anthyesti -- which means "last sacrifice" in Sanskrit -- was founded in 2016 by former software engineer Shruthi Reddy Sethi, who wanted to clean up India's unregulated funeral industry.

Updated 23 May, 2021 05:24pm

World

Ex-BBC chief steps down from high-profile job over Diana probe

In particular, it did not ask Diana's brother for his version of events, Dyson said, lambasting it for failing to scrutinise Bashir's actions properly.

Updated 23 May, 2021 05:24pm

World

One dead in Amsterdam stabbings, no terror link seen

AMSTERDAM: Dutch police on Saturday probed a spate of stabbings in Amsterdam in which one person died and four were...

Updated 23 May, 2021 10:38am

World

Covid spreads to rural India as deaths again rise above 4,000

MUMBAI: India’s Covid-19 outbreak has stabilised in parts of the country, a government official said, but deaths...

Updated 23 May, 2021 10:38am

World

Bolsonaro fined for breaking Covid-19 restrictions

RIO DE JANEIRO: President Jair Bolsonaro must pay a fine for failing to adhere to state health safety regulations at...

Updated 23 May, 2021 10:38am

World

Latin America passes 1m Covid deaths as IMF proposes $50bn plan

MONTEVIDEO: Latin America and the Caribbean passed one million coronavirus deaths on Friday as the IMF proposed a ...

Updated 23 May, 2021 10:38am

World

Countries urge broader patent waivers than just Covid vaccines

GENEVA: Dozens of countries have revised a proposal at the WTO for patent waivers for medical tools needed to combat...

Updated 23 May, 2021 10:38am

World

Animal rights group blocks UK McDonald’s sites

LONDON: Animal rights protesters on Saturday blockaded four British distribution centres for fast-food chain...

Updated 23 May, 2021 10:38am

World

Algerian authorities prevent protests, detain hundreds

ALGIERS: Algerian authorities put down weekly pro-democracy protests in the capital Algiers and across the country ...

Updated 23 May, 2021 10:38am

World

Nigeria buries army chief after air crash

ABUJA: Nigeria’s top-ranking army commander Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru was laid to rest in the capital...

Updated 23 May, 2021 10:38am

World

App Store would be ‘toxic’ mess without control, says Apple CEO

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple’s online marketplace would become a “toxic” mess if the iPhone maker were forced to allow...

Updated 23 May, 2021 10:38am

World

MI5 chief warns Facebook encryption gives ‘free pass’ to suspects

LONDON: Extremism on social media is as much a national security risk now as terrorism from Afghanistan or Syria, ...

Updated 23 May, 2021 10:38am

World

US hedge fund wins deal for Tribune Publishing newspaper chain

WASHINGTON: A hedge fund won approval Friday after a bitter campaign to acquire Tribune Publishing to create the...

Updated 23 May, 2021 10:38am

World

Firefighters control main front of forest fire near Athens

ATHENS: Hundreds of Greek firefighters battled a forest fire near Athens for a third day on Saturday, but brought ...

Updated 23 May, 2021 10:38am

World

Musk says he supports crypto in battle with fiat money

NEW YORK: Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted on Saturday that in a battle between fiat and...

Published 23 May, 2021 03:06am

World

Turkish state media journalist fired for awkward question

ISTANBUL: A journalist for Turkey's state news agency Anadolu was fired Friday after raising embarrassing ...

Updated 23 May, 2021 05:15pm

World

Palestinians pick up pieces in ravaged Gaza after Israel ceasefire

GAZA CITY, (Palestinian Territories): Gazans tried to piece back their lives Saturday after a devastating 11-day...

Updated 23 May, 2021 05:15pm

World

Nepal calls new elections amid pandemic crisis

KATHMANDU: Nepal's parliament was dissolved for the second time in five months Saturday and new elections called for...

Updated 23 May, 2021 05:15pm

World

Ex-BBC chief steps down from high-profile job over Diana probe

LONDON: A former BBC chief who was criticised for his "woefully ineffective" probe into Martin Bashir's deception in...

Updated 23 May, 2021 05:15pm

World

Air India says data on 4.5m passengers stolen

MUMBAI: Hackers have stolen data on about 4.5 million Air India passengers around the world in the latest breach...

Updated 23 May, 2021 05:15pm

World

Ethiopia grants telecoms licence to Safaricom-led consortium

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia has granted an operating licence to a consortium of firms including Kenya’s Safaricom,...

Updated 23 May, 2021 05:15pm

World

International airliners in near-miss over DR Congo

KINSHASA: Passenger planes from Portuguese carrier TAP and Ethiopian Airlines were involved in a near-miss over the...

Published 23 May, 2021 03:06am

World

China’s Mars rover starts roaming the Red Planet

SHANGHAI: China’s Mars rover drove from its landing platform and began exploring the surface on Saturday, ...

Published 23 May, 2021 03:06am

World

Six-year-old dies in US road-rage shooting

LOS ANGELES: A six-year-old boy in Los Angeles was killed in a “road rage” incident as he was being driven to...

Published 23 May, 2021 03:06am

World

Poland to become first NATO country to buy Turkish drones

WARSAW: Poland will buy 24 armed drones from Turkey, the Polish defence minister said on Saturday, becoming the ...

Published 23 May, 2021 03:06am

World

US seizes $90,000 from man who sold footage of US Capitol riot

WASHINGTON: US authorities have confiscated roughly $90,000 from a Utah man who sold footage of a woman being ...

Published 23 May, 2021 03:06am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 30	276.95 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 30	276.75 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 2	157.81 ▲ 0.25
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 2	0.82 ▼ -0.0016
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 2	1.34 ▲ 0.0008
Euro to USD / Nov 2	1.12 ▲ 0.0023
SOFR % / Oct 29	3.94 -

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 2	75,317.25
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 2	63,121.49
Hang Seng / Nov 2	23,412.78
FTSE 100 / Nov 2	10,720.19
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 2	25,787.71
France CAC40 / Nov 2	7,959.64
S&P 500 / Oct 30	7,580.07
Nasdaq / Oct 30	25,437
Dow Jones / Oct 30	51,770.31

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 2	377.91
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 2	100.58
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 2	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 2	353,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 2	3,911.11
Diesel/Litre / Nov 2	402.96
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 2	78.20

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
F.Credit & Inv / Nov 2 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	141.10 ▲ 12.83 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Nov 2 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	86.92 ▲ 7.9 (10%)
Pak Leather Crafts / Nov 2 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	54.45 ▲ 4.95 (10%)
Popular Islamic / Nov 2 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	131.54 ▲ 11.96 (10%)
Pakistan Services / Nov 2 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,083.71 ▲ 98.52 (10%)
Pak Synthetics / Nov 2 Pakistan Synthetics Limited(PSYL)	212.73 ▲ 19.34 (10%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 2 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	23.10 ▲ 2.1 (10%)
Burshane LPG / Nov 2 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	54.15 ▲ 4.92 (9.99%)
Grays Leasing / Nov 2 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	55.04 ▲ 5 (9.99%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Nov 2 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	25.32 ▲ 2.3 (9.99%)

Stock	Price
Premier Insurance (R) / Nov 2 Premier Insurance Limited (RIGHT)(PINLR)	0.66 ▼ -0.82 (-55.41%)
Bawany Air Products (R) / Nov 2 Bawany Air Products Limited Right(BAPLR1)	3.62 ▼ -1 (-21.65%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 2 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	14.18 ▼ -1.58 (-10.03%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 2 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	15.35 ▼ -1.71 (-10.02%)
Attock Refinery / Nov 2 Attock Refinery Limited(ATRL)	979.95 ▼ -108.83 (-10%)
Bawany Air Products / Nov 2 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	17.10 ▼ -1.9 (-10%)
National Refinery / Nov 2 National Refinery Limited(NRL)	499.90 ▼ -55.54 (-10%)
Pakistan Refinery / Nov 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	87.26 ▼ -9.7 (-10%)
Cnergyico PK / Nov 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	12.28 ▼ -1.36 (-9.97%)
Cordoba Logistics / Nov 2 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	26.13 ▼ -2.86 (-9.87%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Nov 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	93,109,988 ▼ -1.36
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 2 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	45,177,237 -
TPL Properties / Nov 2 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	30,105,241 ▼ -0.44
Clover Pakistan / Nov 2 Clover Pakistan Limited(CLOV)	19,800,893 ▲ 0.43
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,506,278 -
Pakistan Refinery / Nov 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	10,902,027 ▼ -9.7
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	8,179,588 ▼ -0.15
Bawany Air Products / Nov 2 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	7,474,382 ▼ -1.9
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 2 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	7,269,715 ▲ 0.58
Pak Int.Bulk / Nov 2 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	7,110,000 ▼ -0.15

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