Europe

Valneva says UK rollout of COVID-19 vaccine could start in July-Sept

Valneva said in September that its vaccine would be available for use in Britain in the second half of 2021.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 08:58pm

Europe

Coronavirus toll at 1100 GMT Sunday

At least 94,450,660 cases of coronavirus have been registered. Of these, at least 57,561,300 are now considered recovered.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 07:38pm

Europe

Europe seeks to ease vaccine concerns as virus curbs intensify

US drugmaker Pfizer said it was working to "significantly" scale up production at its plant in Belgium in the second quarter.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 07:28pm

Europe

UK vows to leave 'no stone unturned' to free Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Unless Iran finds new grounds to extend her detention, the official release date is March 7, Richard Ratcliffe told AFP.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 07:24pm

Europe

Two dead as cargo ship sinks off Turkey

"The crew numbered 13. As of now, five people have been rescued and two bodies recovered," Guner said.

Updated 17 Jan, 2021 07:27pm

Europe

Swiss to get Moderna vaccine in tranches until mid-year

Switzerland has ordered 15 million vaccine doses in total after setting aside 400 million Swiss francs ($449 million) for shots.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 05:20pm

Europe

German minister says COVID curbs should be eased for vaccinated people

Germany has extended lockdown measures until at least the end of January.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 05:12pm

Europe

Austria extends third COVID-19 lockdown to Feb 8

The government said it wants to get new infections to below 700 per day.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 05:00pm

Europe

UK must not do trade deals with rights abusers, foreign minister says

Raab said Britain would introduce new rules for its companies to try to prevent goods linked to Xinjiang region entering their supply chains.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:42pm

Europe

Russian freight ship sinks off Turkey's Black Sea coast: governor

Bartin Governor Sinan Guner said the dry cargo ship, ARVIN, had sunk off the coast of the Inkumu region.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:49pm

Europe

Kremlin foe Navalny to fly back to Russia risking arrest

Navalny fell violently ill on a flight over Siberia in August and was flown out to Berlin by medical aircraft in an induced coma.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:35pm

Europe

Alexei Navalny: Russia's charismatic anti-Putin campaigner

Navalny has won a young fan base through viral videos exposing corruption among the elites and has more than two million followers on Twitter.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:31pm

Europe

Italy suspends flights from Brazil in response to new coronavirus variant

Such rules will remain in place until Jan. 31, the order issued on Saturday by the health minister showed.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 12:49am

Europe

Italy reports 475 more coronavirus deaths, 16,310 new cases

Health Ministry warnings that the epidemic was getting worse prompted the government on Friday to issue a new decree extending curbs aimed at keeping a lid on infections.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 12:45am

Europe

France's coronavirus death toll tops 70,000

It also reported 21,406 new confirmed coronavirus infections over the previous 24 hours, up slightly from 21,271 on Friday.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 12:31am

Europe

Argentina receives second batch of Russia's Sputnik vaccine

Some 300,000 doses of the vaccine arrived from Moscow on a special flight of flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas.
They will be used to complete the Sputnik treatment program that began in late December.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 09:22pm

Europe

France starts 6 p.m. curfew to slow coronavirus

The virus has killed 70,000 people in France, the seventh highest toll in the world,
These measures were necessary given the situation. While worsening, it remains relatively better than many countries around us.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 09:21pm

Europe

Portuguese hospitals under pressure as COVID-19 cases reach record

The cases, which come a day after a new lockdown was put in place, bring the total number of cases in a country of just over 10 million people to 539,416.
The health system, which prior to the pandemic had the lowest number of critical care beds per 100,000 inhabitants in Europe.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 08:32pm

Europe

Belgian court postpones verdict in Iran diplomat case

The verdict was initially due on January 22 but the Antwerp court deferred it to February 4, without giving any reason for the delay.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 08:25pm

Europe

Rocky road beckons as new CDU chair Laschet seeks to fill Merkel's shoes

Laschet is the person she has come closest to endorsing as her successor as national leader, saying he has "the tools" to run for that job too.
Laschet would be well suited to negotiating a possible coalition government with the Greens after September's ballot.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 08:04pm

Europe

Thousands march in Vienna against coronavirus restrictions

Chanting demonstrators - many without masks - held signs including "Kurz Must Go" and "Make Influenza Great Again" during marches through the city centre. * Austria, a country of 8.9 million people, is in its third lockdown, with only essential shops open.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 09:15pm

Europe

New German conservative leader pledges to fight democracy's enemies

Especially in these days that we are experiencing in the world, the phrase 'unity, justice and freedom' is more topical than ever.
Let us fight together for these principles against all those who want to endanger them.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 07:44pm

Europe

Serbia receives million doses of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

I would like to thank President Xi Jinping and Chinese leadership for sending us one million doses of the vaccine.
Hungary expects its medical regulator to approve use of the Sinopharm vaccine for mass inoculation.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 06:43pm

Europe

Denmark logs 256 cases of more contagious coronavirus variant

Between mid-November and Jan 10, 256 Danes were infected with the new variant.
In the first week of January, the percentage share of positive tests with the mutation was 3.6%.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 07:42pm

Europe

Greece starts COVID-19 vaccinations among the elderly

I couldn't wait. It will save people," a 91-year-old woman, who gave her name as Kassiani.
Greece aims to have 2 million people inoculated by March. The country has a population of about 11 million.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 07:04pm

Europe

Russia to reopen air travel with Finland, Vietnam, India and Qatar

The early weeks of the pandemic, would restart from Jan 27, after certain epidemiological criteria were met.
The four countries were seeing fewer than 40 new cases per fortnight per 100,000 people.

Updated 16 Jan, 2021 05:55pm

Europe

France, Britain, Germany rebuke Iran over uranium metal work

We strongly encourage Iran to end this activity, and return to full compliance with its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (Iran nuclear deal) without delay.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 06:11pm

Europe

UK eyes one-off COVID-19 grant instead of permanent benefit hike

British welfare benefits for working-age adults are low compared with elsewhere in Europe.
The weekly increase to Universal Credit, which is paid to nearly six million working-age households affected by unemployment or low income.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 05:56pm

Europe

Turkey says it will renew offer for joint working group on S-400s to Biden

We will show sincere efforts to improve our ties. We expect the same approach from the Biden administration.
Washington says the S-400s pose a threat to its F-35 fighter jets and to NATO's broader defence systems. Turkey rejects this, saying S-400s will not be integrated into NATO.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 07:08pm

Europe

Centrist Laschet picked to lead Merkel's divided CDU party

Centrist beats arch-conservative Merz in runoff.
On course to run as chancellor candidate in Sept.
Merkel to stand down after that vote.
Her conservatives yet to unify around a successor.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 06:04pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Pak Modaraba / Jan 17 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	2.20 ▲ 0.32 (4.27%)
Thatta Cement / Jan 17 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	21.04 ▲ 0.94 (2.89%)
Pakistan Cables / Jan 17 Pakistan Cables Limited(PCAL)	140.30 ▲ 3.92 (2.45%)
Crescent Star / Jan 17 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	2.80 ▲ 0.10 (1.45%)
First Cap. Sec. / Jan 17 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	1.64 ▲ 0.12 (1.23%)
Berger Paints / Jan 17 Berger Paints Pakistan Limited(BERG)	115.00 ▲ 4.79 (0.86%)
Nishat (Ch) / Jan 17 Nishat Chunian Limited(NCL)	50.90 ▲ 1.60 (0.77%)
Friends Sp. / Jan 17 Friends Spinning Mills Limited(FRSM)	42.30 ▼ -0.02 (0.71%)
Ghani Auto Ind. / Jan 17 Ghani Automobile Industries Limited(GAIL)	6.30 ▼ -0.08 (0.64%)
Friesland. Engro / Jan 17 Frieslandcampins Engro Foods Limited(FCEPL)	78.99 ▲ 1.19 (0.62%)

Stock	Price
Quice Food / Jan 17 Quice Food Industries Limited(QUICE)	4.81 ▼ 0.13 (-3.41%)
Telecard / Jan 17 Telecard Limited(TELE)	2.72 ▼ 0.33 (-2.86%)
Nimir Resins / Jan 17 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	12.87 ▼ 0.62 (-1.76%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 17 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	9.89 ▼ 0.67 (-1.40%)
Power Cement / Jan 17 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	11.74 ▼ 0.89 (-1.34%)
Emco Ind. / Jan 17 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	38.00 ▼ 1.76 (-1.30%)
Kohinoor Sp. / Jan 17 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.09 ▼ 0.05 (-1.17%)
First Prud Mod. / Jan 17 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	1.78 ▼ 0.36 (-1.11%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Jan 17 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	3.61 ▲ -0.11 (-1.10%)
Al Shaheer Corp. / Jan 17 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	16.62 ▼ 0.35 (-1.07%)

Stock	Volume
Hum Network / Jan 17 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	38,439,000 ▼ 0.50
Power Cement / Jan 17 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	29,144,000 ▼ 0.89
Fauji Fert. Bin / Jan 17 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	18,354,500 ▼ 0.24
Gul Ahmed / Jan 17 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	13,493,000 ▼ 3.27
TRG Pak. / Jan 17 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	12,387,000 ▼ 1.90
Kohinoor Sp. / Jan 17 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	12,017,000 ▼ 0.05
Fauji Foods / Jan 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	7,183,500 ▼ 0.20
Hira Tex. / Jan 17 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	6,696,000 ▼ 0.65
Maple Leaf / Jan 17 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	5,749,000 ▲ -0.17
Dewan Cem. / Jan 17 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	5,607,000 ▼ 0.52

Markets →

Forex
World
Econ

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 16	160.35
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 16	160.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 16	103.90
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 16	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 16	1.36
Euro to USD / Jan 16	1.21

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 16	3770.02
India Sensex / Jan 16	49034.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 16	28519.18
Nasdaq / Jan 16	12998.50
Hang Seng / Jan 16	28573.86
FTSE 100 / Jan 16	6735.71
Dow Jones / Jan 16	30814.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 16	13787.73
France CAC40 / Jan 16	5611.69

Indicator	Value
Weekly Foreign Reserves / Jan 8	20512.10
GDPGROWTH / Jan 8	1.00
Foreign Debt (PKR billions) / Jan 8	17000.00
Average CPI % / Jan 8	11.11
UK LIBOR % / Jan 16	0.09

Europe

Valneva says UK rollout of COVID-19 vaccine could start in July-Sept

Coronavirus toll at 1100 GMT Sunday

Europe seeks to ease vaccine concerns as virus curbs intensify

UK vows to leave 'no stone unturned' to free Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Two dead as cargo ship sinks off Turkey

Swiss to get Moderna vaccine in tranches until mid-year

German minister says COVID curbs should be eased for vaccinated people

Austria extends third COVID-19 lockdown to Feb 8

UK must not do trade deals with rights abusers, foreign minister says

Russian freight ship sinks off Turkey's Black Sea coast: governor

Kremlin foe Navalny to fly back to Russia risking arrest

Alexei Navalny: Russia's charismatic anti-Putin campaigner

Italy suspends flights from Brazil in response to new coronavirus variant

Italy reports 475 more coronavirus deaths, 16,310 new cases

France's coronavirus death toll tops 70,000

Argentina receives second batch of Russia's Sputnik vaccine

France starts 6 p.m. curfew to slow coronavirus

Portuguese hospitals under pressure as COVID-19 cases reach record

Belgian court postpones verdict in Iran diplomat case

Rocky road beckons as new CDU chair Laschet seeks to fill Merkel's shoes

Thousands march in Vienna against coronavirus restrictions

New German conservative leader pledges to fight democracy's enemies

Serbia receives million doses of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

Denmark logs 256 cases of more contagious coronavirus variant

Greece starts COVID-19 vaccinations among the elderly

Russia to reopen air travel with Finland, Vietnam, India and Qatar

France, Britain, Germany rebuke Iran over uranium metal work

UK eyes one-off COVID-19 grant instead of permanent benefit hike

Turkey says it will renew offer for joint working group on S-400s to Biden

Centrist Laschet picked to lead Merkel's divided CDU party

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