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World - 2021-06-14

EXCLUSIVE NATO approaches Qatar to seek training base for Afghan forces after withdrawal

"We are holding talks to earmark a base in Qatar to create an exclusive training ground for senior members of the Afghan forces," said a senior Western security official in Kabul.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 11:39pm

US will not support Afghanistan forces with airstrikes after troop withdrawal, reports VOA

CENTCOM head says such an endeavor will only be pursued when attack plans have been discovered to strike US or its allies

Updated 15 Jun, 2021 12:30am

Europe

Erdogan says he discussed Turkey's Russian missiles with Biden

At a press conference on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Brussels, Erdogan said the meeting with Biden was positive for the future. Biden told him he might come to Turkey, he added.

Updated 14 Jun, 2021 11:44pm

Pakistan elected as regular member of the governing body of the International Labour Organization

Becomes one of four newly-elected regular members from Asia-Pacific Group for the 2021-2024 term

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:49pm

Saudi Arabia allows women to register for Hajj without male guardian

Has limited this year’s pilgrimage to only its citizens

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:47pm

Africa

Zambia's former president Kaunda hospitalised: official

Kaunda ruled Zambia for 27 years, taking the helm after the country gained independence from Britain in October 1964.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:34pm

USA

US Supreme Court revives LinkedIn bid to shield personal data

The justices threw out a lower court ruling that had barred LinkedIn from denying hiQ access to the information that LinkedIn members had made publicly available.
LinkedIn, which has more than 750 million members, told hiQ in 2017 to stop scraping LinkedIn's public profiles or face liability under the anti-hacking law.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:16pm

South Asia

Philippines extends military deal with US: foreign minister

The two countries held scaled-down joint drills in April, after last year's war games were cancelled due to Covid-19.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:09pm

South Asia

Taj Mahal to reopen as India eases Covid-19 restrictions

The Taj Mahal is in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, which was badly hit during the massive wave of infections and deaths.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 06:48pm

South Asia

India's May retail inflation picks up to 6.30pc y/y, highest in six months

The Reserve Bank of India earlier this month warned that high energy prices could stoke inflation while cutting the growth forecast to 9.5% from 10.5% for the current fiscal year beginning April.
Annual retail inflation rose 6.30% year-on-year, up from 4.29% in April. Analysts had forecast retail inflation at 5.30%.

Updated 14 Jun, 2021 07:07pm

Europe

Ahead of summit, Putin denies Russia cyberattacks on US

US companies, including a major fuel pipeline network, have been hit by cyberattacks in recent months, often forcing temporary shutdowns until ransoms are paid.

Updated 14 Jun, 2021 06:49pm

Africa

Egypt upholds death penalty for 12 Brotherhood members: judicial sources

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood held power briefly for a year before their military ouster in 2013.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 06:10pm

Europe

Ukraine leader says Biden should have met him before Putin summit

The 43-year-old leader spoke to journalists as the US and Russian presidents prepare to hold their first summit meeting in Geneva on Wednesday.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 06:08pm

Europe

Biden says defence of Europe a ‘sacred obligation’

Biden arrives at NATO after G7 summit.
Tough NATO message on China follows G7 criticism.
China says West should not meddle in its affairs.
NATO also to discuss relations with Russia.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 05:56pm

Africa

World Bank approves $250mn loan to support Botswana's economic recovery

Botswana has registered relatively few cases, but lockdown restrictions disrupted economic activities and caused loss of income in key sectors such as diamond mining and sales.
The pandemic led to a real gross domestic product (GDP) contraction of 7.9% in Botswana in 2020 - the largest in the country's history.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 05:51pm

South Asia

Man with 39 wives dies in India

Aged 76, he leaves behind at least 127 children and grandchildren

Published 14 Jun, 2021 05:36pm

South Asia

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi goes on trial

Suu Kyi, 75, faces a slew of charges since being overthrown by the army in a Feb. 1 coup that cut short a decade of tentative democratic reforms and has plunged the Southeast Asian country into chaos.
She also faces charges of incitement - with hearings set for Tuesday - and more serious charges of violating the Official Secrets Act and under the Anti-Corruption Law.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 05:26pm

USA

Brazil 2021 inflation, GDP and interest rate forecasts surge to new highs: survey

The median forecast for 2021 inflation from more than 100 economists in the central bank's weekly FOCUS survey jumped to 5.8% from 5.4%, more than two percentage points above the bank's year-end goal of 3.75% and well above the 5.25% upper limit of its wider range.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 05:22pm

South Asia

Junta trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi gets underway

A mass uprising has been met with a brutal military crackdown that has killed more than 850 civilians, according to a local monitoring group.

Updated 14 Jun, 2021 05:38pm

Biden rallies NATO against 'new challenges' from Russia, China

"We have Russia that is not acting in a way that is consistent with what we had hoped, as well as China," he said.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 04:47pm

German president to visit Israel under new govt

Steinmeier aims to "honour and strengthen the friendship and special partnership between Germany and Israel".

Published 14 Jun, 2021 04:37pm

Middle East

Bodies of 25 migrants recovered off Yemen after boat capsized: official

"We found 25 bodies of Africans who drowned when a boat carrying dozens of them sank off the Yemeni shores," said one of the fishermen.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 04:32pm

Middle East

Iran's navy receives two new warships

It has the capacity to "cover long distances" and is equipped to "destroy all aerial threats", along with underwater threats.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 04:32pm

South Asia

US journalist detained in Myanmar released: lawyer

Maung had faced charges under a colonial-era law that criminalises encouraging dissent against the military, she added.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:47pm

Europe

Britain set to delay full lifting of virus restrictions

Johnson is due to announce the government's next step of its roadmap out of stay-at-home measures, after easing began in March.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:33pm

Europe

Putin expects 'constructive' cooperation with new Israeli PM

Their alliance ended Netanyahu's 12 years in power.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 01:47pm

Europe

UK's Johnson set to announce delay to end of COVID restrictions

Foreign minister Dominic Raab said the critical issue was data on the link between transmission of the virus and hospitalisations.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 01:07pm

Europe

NATO welcomes Biden in 'pivotal' post-Trump summit

A pledge to make NATO militaries carbon-neutral by 2050 is also expected.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 12:48pm

Asia

China reports 23 new coronavirus cases on June 13

China also reported 24 new asymptomatic infections, versus 18 a day earlier.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 12:37pm

Europe

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 549

The reported death toll rose by 10 to 89,844, the tally showed.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 12:20pm

Asia

India reports 70,421 new COVID-19 infections, 3,921 deaths

The South Asian country's total COVID-19 case load now stands at 29.51 million.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 12:11pm

Asia

Suu Kyi's trial set to start in Myanmar, junta rejects UN rights chief's statement

The junta has branded a rival National Unity Government set up by supporters of Suu Kyi as a terrorist group and blamed it for bombings, arson and killings.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 12:07pm

MENA

Algeria awaits results after voters snub election

Two prominent journalists detained on the eve of the election and released Saturday, Khaled Drareni and Ihsane El Kadi, condemned their "arbitrary" arrests.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 11:43am

USA

Judge dismisses vaccine lawsuit from Texas hospital workers

Across the United States, more than 173 million people -- over 50 percent of the population -- have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine so far.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 11:41am

USA

Biden to rebuild 'sacred' NATO bond shaken by Trump

And he clashed publicly with counterparts the last time leaders met in 2019, before abruptly heading home early.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 11:12am

Pacific islanders likely found Antarctica first: study

The study said that Maori carving and weaving also supported accounts of early Antarctic exploration.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 11:07am

Asia

Key facts about Iran's June 18 presidential vote

An elected council of vetted clerics, the Assembly of Experts oversees the work of the supreme leader.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 11:01am

New Zealand to apologise for 'racist' historic police raids

Sio fought back tears as he described his own family's experiences.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 10:35am

Asia

China slams G7 'manipulation' after Xinjiang, Hong Kong criticism

The coronavirus first emerged in central China in late 2019, and the World Health Organization sent a team of international experts in January to probe its origins.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 10:28am

Europe

For Putin, Biden summit is all about respect

With cooperation off the table, observers say, Biden and Putin will be happy to settle for moves towards a more predictable form of confrontation.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 10:26am

US can count on Turkey after Afghanistan troop pullout: Erdogan

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Turkey would be the “only reliable” country left to...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

EMA official suggests ditching AstraZeneca jab

ROME: A top official in the European Medicines Agency said it might be worth abandoning AstraZeneca’s coronavirus...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Pope mourns migrant dead in Med, ‘Europe’s biggest cemetery’

ROME: Pope Francis on Sunday warned the Mediterranean had become the “biggest cemetery in Europe”, as he...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Pope offers prayers for famine-hit Tigray

ROME: Pope Francis on Sunday offered his prayers to the people of Ethiopia’s conflict-wracked Tigray region, which...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Africa

Algeria cancels France 24’s operating licence

ALGIERS: Algeria cancelled the accreditation of France 24, the communications ministry said Sunday, a day after...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

China

Gas blast in China kills 12, rescue operation ongoing

BEIJING At least 12 people were killed and nearly 140 others injured when a gas line exploded in a residential...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Europe

Swiss snub synthetic pesticide ban plan

GENEVA: Switzerland on Sunday rejected proposals that would have made it the first European country to ban synthetic...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Partying youths defy Paris police for third night running

Europe

Two young boys among three killed in Rome shooting

ROME: A man shot and killed two children playing outside their home as well as an elderly man in a town near Rome...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 16	5297.10
Nasdaq / May 16	16698.32
Dow Jones / May 16	39869.38
India Sensex / May 17	73946.83
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Hang Seng / May 17	19525.75
FTSE 100 / May 17	8430.62
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18692.83

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 17	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210048
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Diesel/Litre / May 17	274.08

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Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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P.I.A.C.(A) / May 17 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 17 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 17 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 17 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 17 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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