News Archives for World - 2020-07-14

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World - 2020-07-14

Europe

Baby infected with COVID-19 in the womb: study

Last week, researchers in Italy said that data on 31 pregnant women hospitalised with COVID-19 suggested the virus could be passed on to unborn infants.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 08:55pm

Middle East

Qatar wins air blockade case at top UN court

The Gulf states abruptly severed ties with Qatar in June 2017, accusing the gas- and oil-rich country of backing radical Islamists and Iran.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 08:52pm

US carries out first federal execution in 17 years

Lee, of Yukon, Oklahoma, and another man were convicted of murdering the Arkansas family during a robbery.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 07:16pm

Europe

Hagia Sophia will open outside prayer time, says Turkey

Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque in 1453 and later a museum.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:36pm

Middle East

Iran executes man convicted of spying for CIA: judiciary

Reza Asgari had worked at the defence ministry's aerospace division for years but retired around four years ago, the spokesman added.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:32pm

Europe

UK economy limps out of COVID-19 slump as dire 2020 unfolds

GDP +1.8% m/m in May, below all Reuters poll forecasts.
Britain's economy shrank 25.9% over March and April.
Budget watchdog forecasts up-to 14% fall in GDP.
Economists raise doubts over V-shaped recovery.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:32pm

Middle East

Several wounded in Syria attack on Russian-Turkish patrol

Syria's nine-year-old war has killed more than 380,000 people and displaced nearly half of the country's pre-war population.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:22pm

Africa

UN probe urges Burundi to break 'cycle of violence'

At least 1,200 people were killed and more than 400,000 displaced in violence between April 2015 and May 2017.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:18pm

South Asia

Indian state of Bihar to go into lockdown

Bihar recorded a record 1,432 cases, taking the impoverished state's total to almost 19,000 with 134 deaths.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:15pm

Africa

Libya's pro-Haftar assembly backs Egypt intervention if needed

Egypt's President, alarmed by Haftar's setback, warned last month that Cairo could send troops into Libya.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:14pm

Middle East

Iran reports 179 new virus deaths

2,521 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, raising the total cases confirmed to 262,173.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:11pm

South Asia

Flash floods kill 15 in Indonesia, dozens missing

Hundreds of houses as well as government offices and public facilities were engulfed in three to five metres of mud.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:08pm

Exchange

US pushes Taliban to reduce violence as deal enters 'next phase'

Talks between the Taliban and Kabul hinge on a nearly-completed prisoner exchange agreed in the deal.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:05pm

Europe

Virus-hit UK economy slumps almost 20pc in lockdown

Britain has been one of the countries worst hit by the virus, with nearly 45,000 deaths from positive coronavirus cases.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:02pm

South Asia

China to hit Lockheed Martin with sanctions over Taiwan deal

Taiwan's foreign ministry countered that it "strongly condemns" China's "irrational outbursts and crude threats" over the US announcement.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 05:37pm

US-Taliban deal entering second phase: Zalmay urges Taliban to reduce violence

He said US will press for completion of prisoner releases, reduction of violence and progress in intra-Afghan negotiations.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 02:55pm

Russia confirms more than 6,200 new coronavirus cases

175 people also died in the last 24 hours.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 01:37pm

Global super-rich call for wealthy to face coronavirus tax

LONDON: More than 80 millionaires on Monday urged governments around the world to tax the super-wealthy much more to...

Published 14 Jul, 2020 02:57am

Hunger worsening as coronavirus weighs and obesity rises: UN

ROME: Nearly one in nine people in the world are going hungry, with the coronavirus pandemic exacerbating already...

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 03:29am

Indian royal dynasty keep control of one of world's richest temples

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: India's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of a former royal dynasty to run the Sri...

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 03:29am

USA

Major fire breaks out on US Navy ship in California

LOS ANGELES: An explosion on a United States Navy ship moored at a base in California set off a major fire on Sunday...

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 03:34am

Taliban car bomb attack on Afghan intel office kills 11

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: At least 11 security personnel were killed Monday in an attack claimed by the Taliban on a rural...

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 03:29am

Africa

Ivory Coast vice president quits

ABIDJAN: The difficult waters of Ivory Coast politics became even more turbulent on Monday as Vice President Daniel...

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 03:31am

China

China warns citizens of 'arbitrary' searches in Australia

BEIJING: China stepped up a travel warning to Australia on Monday, telling its citizens of a risk of being searched...

Published 14 Jul, 2020 02:57am

China

China slaps tit-for-tat sanctions on US lawmakers, envoy over Xinjiang

BEIJING: China announced on Monday retaliatory sanctions against three senior Republican lawmakers and a US envoy in...

Published 14 Jul, 2020 02:57am

USA

US judge delays first federal execution in 17 years

WASHINGTON: A US judge ordered a delay on Monday of the first federal execution in the United States in 17 years -...

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 03:31am

Trudeau 'sorry' over controversial charity contract

OTTAWA: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Monday for not recusing himself from discussions about a...

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 03:24am

South Asia

Mandela's daughter Zindzi dies at 59

JOHANNESBURG: Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon...

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 03:36am

WHO says countries taking 'wrong direction' on virus

GENEVA: The World Health Organization warned Monday that too many countries were bungling their response to the...

Updated 14 Jul, 2020 03:24am

Middle East

7 children, 2 women killed in Yemen air strike: UN

The province near the capital Sanaa is a battlefront between Huthi rebels and pro-government forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition that provides air support.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 01:26am

USA

US deficit soars amid pandemic relief payments

With outlays in June surging to $1.1 trillion and receipts falling, the funding gap in the first nine months of the current fiscal year soared 267 percent compared to a year earlier, hitting $2.74 trillion, Treasury said.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 01:21am

Europe

Kiev says two soldiers, army medic killed in east

One soldier was killed in shelling and another died after stepping on an IED, the army said in a statement.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 01:16am

Africa

Sudan hands out cash to ease economic crunch

"The programme is based on supporting 80 percent of the country's population with direct cash support from the state," Essam Abbas, director of the finance ministry's digital transformation agency, told AFP.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 01:11am

Coronavirus toll at 1900 GMT Monday

China -- excluding Hong Kong and Macau -- has to date declared 83,602 cases (eight new since Sunday), including 4,634 deaths (0 new), and 78,648 recoveries.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 01:09am

Europe

Turkey court jails three for life over 2016 attack: report

Six of the victims in the bombing of a police bus in the heart of Istanbul were police officers and the other six were civilians.

Published 14 Jul, 2020 01:07am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 4	277.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 4	277.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 5	148.70
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 5	0.86
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 5	1.31
Euro to USD / Oct 5	1.10

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 5	5,751.07
India Sensex / Oct 5	81,688.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 5	38,635.62
Nasdaq / Oct 5	18,137.85
Hang Seng / Oct 5	22,736.87
FTSE 100 / Oct 5	8,280.63
Dow Jones / Oct 5	42,352.75
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 5	19,120.93

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 5	74.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 5	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 5	237,401.20
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 5	2,653.60
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 5	73.27
Petrol/Litre / Oct 7	247.03

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 7 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 7 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 7 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 7 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 7 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 7 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 7 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 7 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 7 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 7 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 7 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 7 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 7 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 7 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 7 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 7 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 7 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 7 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 7 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 7 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 7 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 7 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 7 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 7 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 7 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 7 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 7 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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