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Fed expected to announce its first interest rate cut since 2020

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve is gearing up to announce its first interest rate cut for more than four years on...

Published 16 Sep, 2024 06:08am

World

Kamala Harris picks Minnesota’s Tim Walz for vice president

WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running...

Updated 06 Aug, 2024 10:58pm

World

Kamala Harris vice president choice narrows to Walz, Shapiro, sources say

WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has narrowed her search for a vice presidential running...

Published 06 Aug, 2024 10:09am

World

Biden says time to pass torch to ‘younger voices’

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden told Americans Wednesday he quit the 2024 election to unite the country, saying...

Published 25 Jul, 2024 01:12pm

World

NATO finds gaping holes in defences of Europe

BRUSSELS: The war in Ukraine and the looming US presidential election dominated a NATO summit in Washington this...

Published 25 Jul, 2024 07:08am

Business & Finance

IMF says US should raise taxes, wait until late 2024 to cut rates

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said the US Federal Reserve should not cut interest rates...

Published 22 Jul, 2024 05:39am

Pakistan

Imran among world leaders react to Trump rally shooting

WASHINGTON: World leaders and governments reacted with shock to the wounding of former US president Donald Trump in...

Published 15 Jul, 2024 06:25am

Pakistan

‘Shocking development’: PM Shehbaz condemns assassination attempt on Trump

Premier hopes for the former US president's early recovery

Updated 14 Jul, 2024 10:32pm

World

Biden mixes up Harris, Trump names as calls to end his campaign grow

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Joe Biden mixed up the name of his vice president, Kamala Harris, and his Republican ...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 06:44am

World

DeSantis ends election campaign, backs Trump

WASHINGTON: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, once the leading Republican rival to Donald Trump, ended his election...

Published 23 Jan, 2024 05:15am

World

US Senate Republican says Trump should drop out of presidential race

WASHINGTON: A prominent US Senate Republican on Sunday said former President Donald Trump should drop out of the ...

Published 21 Aug, 2023 06:43am

World

Republican Hutchinson to run for US president in 2024, urges Trump to drop out

WASHINGTON: Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced his 2024 US presidential candidacy on Sunday with a...

Published 03 Apr, 2023 06:36am

World

2020 presidential election: US charges Iranians for alleged cyber plot to meddle

WASHINGTON: The United States announced criminal charges on Thursday against two Iranians it accuses of launching a...

Published 20 Nov, 2021 03:58am

World

McAfee tells extradition hearing he faces politically-motivated charges

McAfee linked the charges filed by the Internal Revenue Service to his failed bid to run as a Libertarian Party candidate in the 2020 US presidential election, a second such attempt.
"I am hoping that the Spanish court will see the injustice of this," he said, adding "the United States wants to use me as an example."

Published 15 Jun, 2021 07:19pm

World

Russia calls US allegations over Putin-directed election meddling 'baseless'

"The document prepared by the US intelligence community is another set of baseless accusations against our country for interfering in American domestic political processes," Russia's embassy in the United States said in a statement on Facebook.

Published 17 Mar, 2021 12:54pm

Technology

Twitter sees jump in user base

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter said Tuesday its user base jumped to 192 million in the quarter marked by US presidential...

Published 12 Feb, 2021 04:54am

Business & Finance

Fox Corp quarterly revenue rises as ad spend strengthens

Fox's revenue was buoyed by higher affiliate fees, which refer to the fees collected from cable, satellite.
The network had its highest-rated November in history, drawing 3.9 million primetime viewers, beating all cable networks, not just cable news, according to Nielsen data.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 08:49pm

Technology

Twitter to fight misinformation with new fact-checking program Birdwatch

Twitter has launched a fact-checking program called Birdwatch to fight misinformation on its platform.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 04:35pm

World

Twitter suspends 70,000 accounts dedicated to sharing QAnon content

"These accounts were engaged in sharing harmful QAnon-associated content at scale and were primarily dedicated to the propagation of this conspiracy theory across the service," Twitter said.
Twitter has already permanently suspended Donald Trump's Twitter account.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 10:15am

World

U.S. appeals court rejects lawmaker's bid to have Pence overturn Biden's win

A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge’s decision on Friday to toss U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert’s lawsuit, which had argued that Pence had the power to invalidate Biden’s win
Under the U.S. system, the presidency is determined by the Electoral College, which allots electoral votes to states and the District of Columbia based on congressional representation

Published 03 Jan, 2021 11:22am

Markets

Rouble falls beyond 92 vs euro on lower oil and sanction fears

Brent crude oil, a global benchmark for Russia's main export, was down 1.7% at $50.05 a barrel as a new strain of the novel coronavirus in the United Kingdom triggered concerns over fuel demand recovery.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 01:06pm

World

Putin congratulates Joe Biden on U.S. election victory - Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. presidential election.
“For my part, I am ready for interaction and contact with you,” the Kremlin cited Putin as saying in a statement.

Published 15 Dec, 2020 01:01pm

World

'Democracy prevailed,' Biden says after U.S. Electoral College confirms his win

“In this battle for the soul of America, democracy prevailed,” Biden said in a prime-time speech from his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. “Now it’s time to turn the page, as we’ve done throughout our history – to unite, to heal.”

Published 15 Dec, 2020 10:24am

World

Texas GOP chief suggests forming 'union of states' after U.S. Supreme Court tosses election challenge

The chairman of the Texas Republican Party suggested the formation of a “Union of states that will abide by the constitution” on Friday.
Texas GOP Chairman Allen West said the Supreme Court’s order had established “a precedent that says states can violate the U.S. Constitution and not be held accountable.”

Published 12 Dec, 2020 03:35pm

World

Supreme Court rejects Texas petition to nullify Biden's victory

On Friday, the United States Supreme Court rejected a widely-panned bid by Texas to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's electoral win.
The Supreme Court, in a brief order on Friday, rejected the petition, stating that Texas lacked the legal right to litigate over how other states conduct their elections.

Updated 12 Dec, 2020 03:03pm

World

Biden solidifies U.S. election win, Trump says 'time will tell' if he stays in power

Edison Research, which made the Georgia call, also projected that North Carolina, the only other battleground state with an outstanding vote count, would go to Trump, finalizing the electoral vote tally at 306 for Biden to 232 for Trump.

Published 14 Nov, 2020 01:26pm

World

Erdogan congratulates Biden, thanks Trump

Erdogan's statement came a full three days after US media called the election in Biden's favour, underscoring the close personal bond the Turkish leader enjoyed with Trump.

Published 11 Nov, 2020 01:03am

World

Joe Biden beats Donald Trump to become 46th President of the United States

Pennsylvania was enough to get Biden over that halfway line. With leads in Georgia, Arizona and Nevada, he may well end up winning far more than needed - taking those three states would give him a total of 306.

Updated 07 Nov, 2020 10:17pm

World

US election results show Biden closing in on victory

In addition to Pennsylvania, Biden has pulled ahead in the southeastern state of Georgia, which has 16 electoral votes, but it remains too close to call.

Updated 07 Nov, 2020 02:13am

Markets

Bettors stampede back in favor of Biden as results stream in

The shift, according to data from three odds aggregators, came after Biden overtook Trump in the battleground state of Wisconsin.
Taking the lead in Wisconsin could be the turning point with the Democrat now also projected to win Nevada and Arizona.

Published 04 Nov, 2020 07:35pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 17	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 17	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 17	149.91
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 17	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 17	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 17	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 17	5,841.47
India Sensex / Oct 17	81,006.61
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 17	39,049.37
Nasdaq / Oct 17	18,373.61
Hang Seng / Oct 17	20,275.40
FTSE 100 / Oct 17	8,385.13
Dow Jones / Oct 17	43,239.05
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 17	19,583.39

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 17	70.80
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 17	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 17	238,254
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 17	2,709.16
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 17	71.02
Petrol/Litre / Oct 18	247.03

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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