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World - 2020-09-18

Europe

Coronavirus deaths on rise in France

While a recent surge of infections mostly affected the young, infections are also growing fast among people over 75.

Published 18 Sep, 2020 11:19pm

Europe

Covid-19 death toll unacceptably high: WHO

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus meanwhile lamented the recurring pattern of money being thrown at virus outbreaks -- only after the event.

Published 18 Sep, 2020 11:01pm

Trump to award Kuwaiti emir US Legion of Merit: White House

The emir arrived in the United States in July to complete his medical treatment.
The emir's eldest son, Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, will accept the award on behalf of his father at a private ceremony.

Updated 18 Sep, 2020 09:00pm

USA

Fed begins tussle over practical meaning of new inflation policy

The new policy, laid out in a strategic document last month and incorporated into a policy statement issued on Wednesday.
Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said, for example, that he'd be paying closer attention to how fast inflation rises rather than on its quarter-to-quarter level in implementing the new approach.

Published 18 Sep, 2020 08:12pm

South Asia

India's Modi defends new law as critics warn of risks to farmers

This includes a rule that forces growers to sell their produce only at India's more than 7,000 regulated wholesale markets.
"It will also remove middlemen and let farmers sell their produce directly to buyers," Modi said.

Published 18 Sep, 2020 08:02pm

South Asia

China slams Pompeo for 'arrogance' during South America trip

We've watched the Chinese Communist Party invest in countries, and it all seems great at the front end and then it all comes falling down when the political costs connected to that becomes clear.
Any attempt to sow discord between China and Suriname is doomed to fail.

Published 18 Sep, 2020 07:59pm

Africa

South Africa to allow travel from all of Africa from Oct 1

Travel to and from within continent allowed.
Travel restricted from high infection countries.
Govt yet to say which countries on restricted list.
Business travel to be allowed under certain conditions.

Published 18 Sep, 2020 07:51pm

Turkey upset by Sarraj's plan to step down in Libya: Erdogan

Sarraj announced on Wednesday his intention to step down by the end of October
A development like this, hearing such news, has been upsetting for us," Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul.

Published 18 Sep, 2020 06:58pm

Europe

Second UK lockdown? England COVID-19 cases rising by 6,000 per day

UK ponders second lockdown.
England local lockdowns widened.
England COVID-19 cases rising by 6,000 per day.

Published 18 Sep, 2020 06:40pm

USA

Canadian home prices rise in August as market shows signs of firming

The number of repeat sales used to derive indexes was down 1.3% year-over-year.
Compared with the same month a year ago, the index climbed 5.7%, a faster pace than in July.

Published 18 Sep, 2020 06:36pm

USA

US current account deficit surges 52.9pc in second quarter

The Commerce Department said on Friday the current account deficit, which measures the flow of goods, services and investments into and out of the country.
Data for the first quarter was revised higher to show a $111.5 billion shortfall, instead of $104.2 billion as previously reported.

Published 18 Sep, 2020 06:27pm

Europe

Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for Democratic emails

Assange's lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, said she observed a meeting where former Republican US Representative Dana Rohrabacher and Charles Johnson.
Robinson said Assange was told that Trump approved of the meeting and that Rohrabacher would later meet with the president to discuss the reaction to the proposed deal.

Published 18 Sep, 2020 06:06pm

Fed's Kashkari wanted stronger commitment to delay rate hikes

The US central bank earlier this week signaled it would keep interest rates in their current range of 0% to 0.25%.
I would have preferred the Committee make a stronger commitment to not raising rates until we were certain to have achieved our dual mandate objectives.

Published 18 Sep, 2020 06:05pm

Trump to block U.S. downloads of TikTok, WeChat on Sunday: Officials

ByteDance has been in talks with Oracle Corp and others to create a new company, TikTok Global, that aims to address U.S. concerns about the security of its users' data

Published 18 Sep, 2020 05:26pm

Australia to ease border limits and allow more citizens home

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the cap on the number of people allowed into Australia each week would increase by 2,000 by mid-October

Updated 18 Sep, 2020 10:43am

Aid worker killed in DR Congo

BENI, (DR Congo): A worker with the British charity World Vision has been killed in an ambush on a humanitarian...

Updated 18 Sep, 2020 03:21am

South Asia

Indian journalist attacked and newspaper threatened in Tripura state

New Delhi: Authorities in India's Tripura state should drop any legal threats against publications there, thoroughly...

Updated 18 Sep, 2020 04:07am

Erdogan lashes out at 'incapable' Macron

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said France was being led by an "incapable" president as...

Published 18 Sep, 2020 02:59am

Exchange

US sends top-level diplomat to Taiwan, angering China

TAIPEI: A top US diplomat landed in Taiwan on Thursday, the highest-ranking State Department official to visit in 40...

Published 18 Sep, 2020 02:59am

China

Coronavirus epicentre Wuhan re-opens for international flights

BEIJING: China's Wuhan, ground zero for the coronavirus outbreak sweeping the globe, has re-opened for international...

Published 18 Sep, 2020 02:59am

Europe

WHO warns of 'alarming' virus spread in Europe

COPENHAGEN: The World Health Organization on Thursday warned of "alarming rates of transmission" of Covid-19 across...

Published 18 Sep, 2020 02:59am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 1	277.78
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 1	277.53
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 1	144.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 1	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 1	1.34
Euro to USD / Oct 1	1.11

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 30	5,762.48
Nasdaq / Sep 30	18,189.17
Dow Jones / Sep 30	42,330.15
India Sensex / Oct 1	84,357.96
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 1	38,651.97
Hang Seng / Oct 1	21,133.68
FTSE 100 / Oct 1	8,261.66
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 1	19,383.63

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 30	18,235
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	247.03
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 1	68.22
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 1	235,682
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 1	2,644.91
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	246.29

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 1 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 1 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 1 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 1 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 1 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 1 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 1 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 1 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 1 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 1 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 1 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 1 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 1 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 1 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 1 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 1 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 1 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 1 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 1 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 1 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 1 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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