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At NATO allies summit, Latvia touts coordinated Ukraine approach, without Hungary

RIGA: NATO’s eastern flank leaders will have a more coordinated approach towards supporting Ukraine after the...

Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:01pm

World

Saudi FM thanks European nations for recognition of Palestinian state

MADRID: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Wednesday thanked Ireland, Norway and Spain for...

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

World

Leaders tout nuclear power as climate tool at Brussels summit

BRUSSELS: More than 30 countries — including European nations, the United States, Brazil and China — took part ...

Published 22 Mar, 2024 04:57am

World

India says Europe trade group commits to $100bn 15-year deal

NEW DELHI: India and a trade group of four European nations signed an economic agreement on Sunday aimed at...

Updated 10 Mar, 2024 09:44pm

World

Scholz warns EU weapons support for Ukraine ‘not big enough’

BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday urged European nations to step up weapons pledges to Ukraine,...

Published 24 Jan, 2024 10:20pm

World

Amnesty urges halt to North Caucasus refugee returns

PARIS: European nations including France should stop sending refugees from the North Caucasus back to Russia as they...

Published 18 Jan, 2024 11:48am

World

Global aid effort intensifies for flood-stricken Libya

BENGHAZI: A global effort to assist stricken Libya gathered pace Thursday after a tsunami-like flood killed nearly...

Published 14 Sep, 2023 11:23am

World

Brazil’s Embraer to build NATO-approved aircraft in Portugal

LISBON: Brazil’s Defence Minister Jose Mucio said on Friday his country’s planemaker Embraer SA would manufacture...

Published 22 Apr, 2023 11:19am

World

East Europe govts urge tech firms to fight disinformation

PRAGUE: Ukraine and seven other central and eastern European nations have called on the world’s top tech firms to...

Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am

Sports

Indian samba greeting for Neymar and co at World Cup

DOHA: Hundreds of fans from South Asia and South America greeted Neymar and his teammates as the Brazil squad landed...

Published 20 Nov, 2022 12:28pm

World

Gas rationing risk means French yoghurt factory faces sour future

JOUY: Tanker trucks filled with milk collected from across northern France waited in line to unload their precious...

Published 11 Sep, 2022 11:28am

World

First same-sex couples get married in Switzerland

GENEVA: The first same-sex couples tied the knot in Switzerland on Friday following a referendum that changed the...

Published 02 Jul, 2022 04:10am

World

Russia and Saudi foreign ministers praise OPEC+, says Moscow

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh on Tuesday...

Published 01 Jun, 2022 12:07pm

World

15 European nations urge Israel to reverse plans for more settler homes

BERLIN: Fifteen European nations on Friday urged Israel to drop plans for thousands more settler homes in the West...

Published 14 May, 2022 04:05am

World

Ukraine tells EU: ‘Prove that you are with us’

BRUSSELS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the EU on Tuesday via video link to an emergency session of...

Published 02 Mar, 2022 04:35am

World

EU still mulling cutting Russia from SWIFT after fresh Zelensky appeal

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday again asked European nations to sever Russia from the SWIFT...

Published 27 Feb, 2022 06:39am

World

EU urges Mali to reconsider troop withdrawal demand

PARIS: European nations pushed back Wednesday against the Malian military government's demands that newly arrived...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 10:01am

World

Europe kicks off Covid vaccine drive for kids

FRANKFURT: Several European nations start vaccinating children aged five to 11 against Covid-19 on Wednesday in an...

Published 15 Dec, 2021 12:33pm

World

US, West condemn reported 'summary killings' of ex-security forces

Want Taliban to ensure announced amnesty is enforced and 'upheld across the country and throughout their ranks'

Updated 05 Dec, 2021 10:03pm

World

World races to contain new Covid variant

SCHIPHOL: Several European nations on Saturday announced their first cases of a highly infectious new coronavirus...

Published 28 Nov, 2021 11:09am

World

Spanish government feels heat as economic recovery lags

MADRID: Spain's leftist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez started the year with a bullish economic outlook. Months later,...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 10:45am

World

Delta variant forces new lockdowns as Europe eases curbs

SAINT PETERSBURG/ SYDNEY: Australia's largest city Sydney entered a two-week lockdown Saturday to contain a sudden...

Published 27 Jun, 2021 03:56am

World

Digital tax dispute: US suspends tariffs on UK, India, European nations

WASHINGTON: The US government announced Wednesday it is suspending for six months punitive tariffs on Britain, India...

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:13am

US suspends tariffs on UK, India, EU nations in digital tax dispute: USTR

Biden's administration is pushing for a 15 percent global minimum corporate tax that aims to resolve the issue of corporations sheltering profits in low-tax nations.

Published 02 Jun, 2021 08:28pm

World

Belarus leader flies into Russia for talks with Putin amid uproar over 'air piracy'

The talks in the Black Sea city of Sochi were organised before the plane incident, but come as the West has accused Belarus of piracy over the way the plane was made to land.
Both are now languishing in jail. Accused of orchestrating mass riots, Protasevich could be jailed for up to 15 years.

Published 28 May, 2021 06:52pm

Business & Finance

Norway central bank rate hike beckons as recovery continues

Norway rates on hold at record low 0.0%.
Hike likely in 2nd half of 2021 amid rebound from pandemic.
Economic uncertainty remains, but is no longer "substantial".
Norges Bank could become first in G10 to hike.

Published 06 May, 2021 05:51pm

World

Relentless new wave sends India Covid death toll past 200,000

NEW DELHI: India’s coronavirus death toll shot past 200,000 Wednesday as a relentless wave of new cases swamped...

Updated 29 Apr, 2021 10:07am

World

Indian Covid variant detected in Greece

ATHENS: Greece has become the latest European nation to detect a case of the Covid-19 variant that has helped drive...

Updated 26 Apr, 2021 10:15am

World

London trails Europe on green bonds: lawmakers

"For example, France's first green sovereign bond was issued in January 2017 and Germany's was in September 2020."

Published 22 Apr, 2021 10:47am

World

WHO blasts Europe’s slow vaccine rollout, as France sees new lockdown

COPENHAGEN: The WHO on Thursday slammed Europe’s “unacceptably slow” vaccine rollout, warning of a worrying...

Updated 02 Apr, 2021 09:06am

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 24	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 24	278.33
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
India Sensex / Dec 24	78,472.87
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 24	38,986.40
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 24	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Petrol/Litre / Dec 25	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 24 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	5.99 ▲ 1.00 (20.04%)
Next Capital / Dec 24 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	8.90 ▲ 1.00 (12.66%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Dec 24 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	9 ▲ 1.00 (12.50%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 24 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.13 ▲ 1.47 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 24 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	14.37 ▲ 1.31 (10.03%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 24 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.58 ▲ 1.42 (10.03%)
Mandviwala / Dec 24 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	16.59 ▲ 1.51 (10.01%)
Blessed Tex. / Dec 24 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.77 ▲ 27.43 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Dec 24 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	55 ▲ 5.00 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
S.G.Power / Dec 24 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	10.58 ▼ -1.18 (-10.03%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 24 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36 ▼ -4.00 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 24 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	33.95 ▼ -3.77 (-9.99%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 24 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	26.16 ▼ -2.90 (-9.98%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Dec 24 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	9.85 ▼ -1.07 (-9.80%)
National Silk / Dec 24 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	50.01 ▼ -5.43 (-9.79%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 24 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.10 ▼ -0.40 (-8.89%)
Crescent Fib. / Dec 24 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	40.16 ▼ -3.81 (-8.66%)
Reliance Ins. / Dec 24 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	11.55 ▼ -1.05 (-8.33%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	126,573,463 ▲ 0.05
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	66,984,381 ▲ 0.49
Cnergyico PK / Dec 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,471,663 ▼ -0.27
Pak Elektron / Dec 24 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,651,653 ▼ -1.53
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,108,956 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Dec 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,467,532 ▼ -0.50
P.T.C.L. / Dec 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,030,118 ▼ -1.31
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 24 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,441,264 ▲ 3.35
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 24 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	28,106,970 ▼ -0.18

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