Sports West Indies legend Lara discharged from Mumbai hospital MUMBAI: West Indies batting legend Brian Lara was given the all-clear and discharged from a Mumbai hospital on Wedne Updated 26 Jun, 2019 12:22pm
Markets Saudi extends gains while most Gulf markets drop Saudi Arabia's stock market rose on Wednesday, lifted by Advanced Petrochemical, while political concerns continued Published 26 Jun, 2019 11:35am
Markets Fed's Powell resists pressure for hefty rate cut, sends global stocks down LONDON: Global stocks fell while the dollar rose on Wednesday as comments from U.S. Federal Reserve dampened excitem Published 26 Jun, 2019 11:33am
Markets Gold falls 1 percent as US Fed tempers aggressive rate cut hopes Gold fell more than 1% on Wednesday, retreating from a 6-year peak scaled in the previous session, on signs the U.S. Published 26 Jun, 2019 11:32am
Markets TOCOM snaps 4-session losing streak, US-China talks eyed TOKYO: Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) futures inched higher in thin trade on Wednesday, snapping a four-session lo Published 26 Jun, 2019 11:30am
Markets Copper hits 5-week high on hopes for end to US-China trade dispute LONDON: Copper prices hit five-week highs on Wednesday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said a U.S.-China Published 26 Jun, 2019 11:28am
Markets Oil prices rise on drop in US crude stocks, refinery outage LONDON: Oil prices rose on Wednesday, buoyed by an outage at a major refinery on the U.S. East Coast and industry da Published 26 Jun, 2019 11:25am
Markets Euro zone bond yields up as Fed tempers big rate cut bets, Austria taps 100-year bond LONDON: Germany's 10-year bond yield nudged off record lows on Wednesday as comments from U.S. Federal Reserve offic Published 26 Jun, 2019 11:24am
Top News Pompeo pledges close cooperation with India but trade, defence issues unresolved NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sought to reduce heightened trade tension with India on Wednesday, prom Published 26 Jun, 2019 11:22am
Markets Russian rouble slips as risk-off sentiment grows MOSCOW: The Russian rouble slipped on Wednesday as market hopes for a rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve faded. Published 26 Jun, 2019 11:18am
Markets Bitcoin reaches 18-month high as Facebook's Libra spurs interest LONDON: Bitcoin jumped to an 18-month high on Wednesday, a surge analysts said was caused by nervous traders looking Published 26 Jun, 2019 11:17am
World Macron says France to be vigilant over Carlos Ghosn's rights TOKYO: President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday France would remain vigilant that Carlos Ghosn's presumption of i Published 26 Jun, 2019 11:16am
Markets Ahead of G20 summit, dollar bounces on Fed comments LONDON: The dollar bounced from a three-month low on Wednesday as traders dialled back expectations of aggressive in Published 26 Jun, 2019 11:14am
Sports Federer seeded second at Wimbledon, Nadal drops to three LONDON: Eight-time champion Roger Federer was confirmed as the second seed for Wimbledon on Wednesday, bumping Rafae Published 26 Jun, 2019 11:12am
Top News Pakistan poppy free country despite increased poppy production in Afghanistan: Shehryar Afridi ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for States and Frontier Region (SAFRON) and Narcotics Control Shehryar Khan Afridi Wedn Updated 26 Jun, 2019 12:36pm
Pakistan Pakistan prepared to cope with Monsoon floods: Zartaj Gul ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Climate Change Zartaj Gul Tuesday said the National Monsoon Contingency Plan (NMPC) 20 Published 25 Jun, 2019 04:27pm
Pakistan Fehmida terms CoD as charter of hypocrisy ISLAMABAD: Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Fehmida Mirza Tuesday termed Charter of Democracy signed by Pa Published 25 Jun, 2019 04:24pm
Business & Finance Hot weather to grip, rain at isolated places ISLAMABAD: The Met office Tuesday forecast hot and dry weather in most parts of the country, while dust-thunderstorm Published 25 Jun, 2019 04:23pm
Pakistan PTI govt determines for broadening tax-network: Fakhar ISLAMABAD: Chairman Kashmir Committee and member national assembly (MNA), Syed Fakhar Imam said that Pakistan Tehree Published 25 Jun, 2019 04:21pm
Business & Finance Govt fully committed to eliminate menace of drug: Imran Ismail KARACHI: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Tuesday said that the incumbent government was fully committed for eliminati Published 25 Jun, 2019 04:20pm