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Tragedy of Madrid street sweeper highlights how heatwaves kill

MADRID: Three hours into his shift as a street sweeper in Madrid on a summer afternoon when temperatures went above...

Published 08 Oct, 2024 12:08pm

World

Senegal tightens anti-Covid controls after Makkah deaths

DAKAR: Senegal said Monday it had implemented voluntary Covid-19 screening tests and reimposed the wearing of masks...

Published 25 Jun, 2024 06:42am

World

Indian heatwaves, floods kill 11, with four buried alive

GUWAHATI: India was battling on Wednesday extreme weather that caused severe heatwaves, landslides and floods,...

Published 20 Jun, 2024 06:01am

World

Bangladesh children sweat at home as heatwave shuts schools

DHAKA: Classes are cancelled across Bangladesh due to searing heat, but high school student Mohua Akter Nur found...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 11:33am

World

Heatwaves put millions of children in Asia at risk: UN

BANGKOK: Massive heatwaves across East Asia and the Pacific could place millions of children at risk, the UN warned...

Published 15 Apr, 2024 03:56am

World

India’s weather office forecasts more heat wave days during April-June

MUMBAI: India is likely to experience more heat wave days than normal between April and June, the weather office...

Published 01 Apr, 2024 04:46pm

World

Global warming to raise food prices, inflation: study

PARIS: Global warming and heatwaves are expected to further increase food prices and overall inflation across the...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

World

Europe, US heatwaves ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change

PARIS: Blistering heat that has baked swathes of North America and Europe this month would have been “virtually...

Published 25 Jul, 2023 11:28am

World

World must prepare for more intense heatwaves: UN

GENEVA: The world should get ready to face increasingly intense heatwaves, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as...

Published 18 Jul, 2023 05:30pm

World

Scorching heatwaves set to break records around the globe

ROME: Unforgiving heat scorched parts of the Northern Hemisphere on Monday, triggering health warnings and fanning...

Published 17 Jul, 2023 05:22pm

World

China reports record temperature for mid-July at 52.2C

BEIJING: China on Monday said the mercury hit 52.2 degrees Celsius (126 degrees Fahrenheit) in the northwest of the...

Updated 17 Jul, 2023 05:41pm

Savage heatwaves strike globe as wildfires rage

ROME: Scorching weather gripped three continents on Sunday, whipping up wildfires and threatening to topple...

Updated 17 Jul, 2023 08:38am

World

Record heatwaves sweep the world from US to Japan via Europe

ROME: Record heat is forecast around the world from the United States, where tens of millions are battling...

Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:10pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s geography makes it extremely vulnerable to climate change: expert

PESHAWAR: Highly vulnerable to climate change vulnerabilities, Pakistan was also facing a looming threat to an...

Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:47am

World

India's heatwaves putting economy, development goals at risk

SINGAPORE: Killer heat waves are putting "unprecedented burdens" on India's agriculture, economy and public health,...

Published 19 Apr, 2023 11:57pm

Pakistan

Heatwaves predicted for Mar-May period

KARACHI: The Met Office has forecast a series of heat waves spells for the most parts of the country during March to...

Published 05 Mar, 2023 03:36am

World

After year of climate disasters, world off-track to curb warming

PARIS: Catastrophic floods, crop-wilting droughts and record heatwaves this year have shown that climate change...

Published 28 Dec, 2022 12:26pm

World

Europe's heatwave may have caused more than 20,000 'excess' deaths

Summer heatwaves in France, Germany, Spain and Britain led to more than 20,000 "excess" deaths, a report compiling...

Published 25 Nov, 2022 12:58am

World

India at 75: Melting glaciers, heatwaves and climate crisis

GAUMUKH: From prime ministers and millionaires to labourers and ascetics, Hindu faithful dream of trekking at least...

Published 10 Nov, 2022 11:19am

Opinion

Heat, then floods ruin Pakistani farmers’ livelihoods

Generations of Rahim Buksh’s ancestors have laboured in the rice paddies and wheat fields surrounding Pakistan’s...

Published 25 Oct, 2022 05:51am

World

‘Dangerous’ heatwaves may grip the tropics daily by 2100: study

PARIS: Many millions of people in the tropics could be exposed to dangerous heat for half the year by 2100 even if...

Published 26 Aug, 2022 05:35am

World

2022 sees record Europe wildfire destruction: EU

PARIS: Europe’s blistering summer may not be over yet but 2022 is already breaking records, with nearly 660,000...

Published 14 Aug, 2022 10:20am

Opinion

Volunteer firefighters key in France’s fight against wildfires

Volunteer firefighters have been called up from their day jobs all over France this summer to help battle ...

Published 14 Aug, 2022 06:17am

World

Wildfires rage in France, thousands evacuated from homes

HOSTENS: Wildfires tore through the Gironde region of southwestern France on Wednesday, destroying homes and forcing...

Published 10 Aug, 2022 10:43pm

World

Heatwaves increasing in India but related deaths fall

NEW DELHI: Temperatures during India’s monsoon season have risen this century and the country could see more...

Published 03 Aug, 2022 03:40pm

Pakistan

'Climate colonialism': Sherry Rehman says climate change apocalyptic

Pakistan, where Rehman serves as climate change minister, has a front-row seat for the cascading catastrophe of global warming

Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:45pm

World

France braces for record temperatures

PARIS: France was bracing Monday for the peak of the heatwave gripping the country, with crushing temperatures...

Published 18 Jul, 2022 12:45pm

World

Wildfires rage in France and Spain as heatwaves sear Europe

PARIS: Wildfires raged in southwestern France and Spain on Saturday, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated ...

Published 16 Jul, 2022 10:56pm

World

China heatwaves drive up power demand to record levels, southern floods swamp cities

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Heatwaves in northern and central China drove up electricity demand to record levels as millions...

Published 22 Jun, 2022 01:02pm

Markets

Deadly heatwaves threaten economies too

PARIS: More frequent and intense heatwaves are the most deadly form of extreme weather made worse by global warming,...

Published 15 Jun, 2022 10:58pm

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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