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Donald Trump win to test limit of presidential power; Harris concedes but vows to ‘fight’

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA/WASHINGTON: Donald Trump recaptured the White House with a sweeping victory on Wednesday as tens...

Updated 07 Nov, 2024 04:52pm

World

Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after conviction verdict

Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury,...

Updated 31 May, 2024 11:23pm

Technology

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to meet US House Speaker Mike Johnson

WASHINGTON: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will meet with Republican US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on...

Published 11 Jan, 2024 11:36am

World

Colorado court blocks Trump from presidential primary ballot

LOS ANGELES: An appeals court in Colorado on Tuesday ruled Donald Trump cannot appear on the state’s presidential...

Published 20 Dec, 2023 11:02am

Technology

Musk, Zuckerberg, Gates to join US senators for AI forum

WASHINGTON: The US Senate’s top Democrat is bringing US technology leaders including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta...

Published 13 Sep, 2023 02:12pm

World

US congressional committee set to weigh crypto bills By Hannah Lang

WASHINGTON: A key congressional committee is set to vote this week on several bills that would develop a regulatory...

Published 26 Jul, 2023 10:25am

World

France says ‘worried’ about ‘delays’ to Iran nuclear deal

PARIS: France warned Tuesday that further delays could stymie a revived nuclear agreement between world powers and...

Published 09 Mar, 2022 12:32pm

Life & Style

Angelina Jolie, at US Capitol, presses for domestic violence law

WASHINGTON: Film star Angelina Jolie was back on Capitol Hill Wednesday pleading with US lawmakers to immediately...

Published 10 Feb, 2022 10:38am

World

US Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to block Capitol attack document release

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid by former president Donald Trump to block the release ...

Published 20 Jan, 2022 10:20am

World

Biden to call out Trump's 'singular responsibility' for Jan. 6 attacks

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden will tell Americans that his predecessor, Donald Trump carries "singular...

Published 06 Jan, 2022 09:47am

World

Trump White House chief held in contempt for defying Capitol riot probe

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers voted Tuesday to recommend criminal contempt charges against Donald Trump's former top aide...

Published 15 Dec, 2021 10:09am

World

2021: events that marked a tumultuous year

PARIS: From the Covid pandemic to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and extreme weather, we look back on the key...

Updated 30 Nov, 2021 11:50am

World

Empty seats, historic turns: Biden delivers unique speech to Congress

Biden used a strikingly personal tone, at times whispering as he did, when he urged corporate America and the nation's wealthiest to "pay their fair share" of taxes.

Published 29 Apr, 2021 10:22am

World

Without Trump, political disinformation dips -- for now

"It has removed a daily blizzard of misinformation from the ecosystem," Muirhead told AFP. "Not being bombarded is helping people's misinformation immune systems to reset themselves and recover."

Updated 28 Mar, 2021 05:32pm

World

FBI releases new footage of Washington pipe bomb suspect

Five people died in the course of the Capitol attack January 6, and more than 300 people have been arrested for their participation so far, including some charged with conspiracy.

Published 10 Mar, 2021 10:29am

World

US Senator Mitt Romney recovering after fall that led to a 'lot of stitches'

Romney told reporters he went to a hospital to get stitches.

Published 02 Mar, 2021 09:48am

World

US Capitol riot probe planned as Trump's legal woes mount

Last week, a prosecutor in Georgia revealed she was investigating Trump's efforts to subvert the state's results in the November 3 election by pressuring local officials to alter the vote count.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 09:54am

World

With Republican firewall, Senate acquits Trump of inciting deadly Capitol riot

WASHINGTON: The US Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday of inciting the mob that stormed the Capitol last ...

Published 15 Feb, 2021 04:53am

World

Senators vote to proceed with Trump's impeachment trial, but conviction may prove elusive

Senator Josh Hawley, who helped lead the opposition in the Senate to the presidential election results, predicted that Tuesday's vote would ultimately reflect the chamber's final decision.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 12:10pm

World

Trump refuses to testify in 'unconstitutional' impeachment trial

The Justice Department has suggested they could build a case for seditious conspiracy by some Trump-supporting extreme right groups in the attack.

Published 05 Feb, 2021 10:26am

Markets

Gold inches lower on firmer dollar, US stimulus worries

The US Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting is scheduled to begin later in the day.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 10:13am

World

FBI says Capitol rioter allegedly hoped to sell Pelosi laptop to Russia

The complaint says that after Williams returned home, she packed a bag and told her mother she was leaving "for a couple of weeks."

Published 19 Jan, 2021 09:46am

World

Trump condemns Capitol Hill violence in video that does not mention impeachment

The article now will go to the Senate for an impeachment trial.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 12:48pm

World

With some Republicans on board, U.S. House Democrats press forward on impeachment vote

With at least five Republicans joining their push to impeach President Donald Trump over the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Democrats in the House of Representatives stood poised for a history-making vote to try to remove the president from office.
That would trigger a trial in the still Republican-controlled Senate, although it was unclear whether enough time or political appetite remained to expel Trump.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 12:20pm

World

Pence rejects calls to oust defiant Trump, but impeachment looms

"I do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our nation," Pence wrote in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shortly before the House was set to vote on a measure calling on Pence to use the amendment to strip Trump of power.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 10:02am

World

After Capitol siege, majority of Americans believe Trump should be removed from office before term: Poll

Over half of surveyed Americans in a new poll have indicated that they believe that President Trump should be removed from office, following the attack on the Capitol by his supporters.
56 percent polled in favour of the removal of President Trump from office, while 67 percent polled that the outgoing President deserves a significant degree of the blame for the rioting that took place in the Capitol.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 04:02pm

Business & Finance

JPMorgan halts all political donations after US Capitol attack

Hospitality giant Marriott International said it will halt donations to "those who voted against the certification of the election," a spokesperson told AFP Sunday.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 10:14am

World

Pelosi consults top general on curbing Trump’s military power, as House considers impeachment

Amidst mounting pressure for the removal of President Trump from office, House speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke to the nation's top military leader to curb the President's authority to take military action - at home and abroad.
In the aftermath of the chaotic events on Wednesday, in which the President urged thousands of his supporters to flock to the Capitol building, which resulted in an insurrection to repeal the results of the election; leaving five dead.

Published 09 Jan, 2021 01:06pm

World

'Looking at possibilities of building our own platform', Trump says after Twitter account suspension

"Tonight, Twitter employees have coordinated with the Democrats and Radical Left in removing my account from their platform, to silence me," Trump tweeted from POTUS account.
The tweets were deleted almost instantly.

Updated 09 Jan, 2021 10:49am

World

China draws comparison between storming of U.S. Capitol, HK protests

China drew a comparison on Thursday between the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump and last year’s often-violent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
Around the world, leaders expressed shock and concern, condemning the attempted subversion of democracy.

Published 07 Jan, 2021 02:50pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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