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World - 2020-10-10

Europe

Ukraine reports record daily jump in coronavirus deaths

The council said a total of 256,266 cases had been registered in Ukraine as of Oct. 10, with 4,887 deaths and 112,570 people recovered.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 05:21pm

Trump plans return to campaign with first public event since COVID-19 diagnosis

Trump has been sidelined for more than week since his COVID-19 diagnosis during a critical juncture in campaigning for the Nov. 3 election.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 05:18pm

Europe

Russia reports new all-time record of daily coronavirus cases

Russia's coronavirus crisis center said 197 more deaths were confirmed in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 22,454.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 05:17pm

South Asia

Philippines records 2,249 new coronavirus cases, 87 more deaths

In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed cases in the Philippines have increased to 336,926, the highest in Southeast Asia, while deaths have reached 6,238.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 05:15pm

Asia

Indonesia reports 4,294 new coronavirus infections

The Southeast Asia country also reported 88 more people have died from the virus, the lowest daily number in a week.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 05:13pm

Europe

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases up 4,721 to 319,381

The reported death toll has risen by 15 to 9,604, the tally showed.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 05:08pm

Europe

Poland faces new restrictions as daily coronavirus cases hit fifth consecutive high

Poland, a country of 38 million, has so far recorded 121,638 confirmed cases and 2,972 deaths.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 05:06pm

USA

US COVID-19 cases hit two-month high, 10 states report record increases

Ten of the 50 states reported record one-day rises in cases on Friday, including the Midwestern states of Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri and Ohio.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 05:04pm

Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 36.85 million, death toll at 1,067,129

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 05:02pm

South Asia

Taiwan president calls for 'meaningful dialogue' with China

China says it is responding to "collusion" between Washington and Taipei, angered at growing US support for the self-governed island.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 04:59pm

Asia

Malaysia reports 374 new coronavirus cases, 3 deaths

The new cases raise the cumulative tally to 15,096 cases, according to the health ministry.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 04:58pm

Exchange

Turkish business groups call for Saudi action to resolve trade problems

Saudi Arabia's government media office has said authorities have not placed any restrictions on Turkish goods.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 04:55pm

South Asia

North Korea's Kim attends military parade, thanks troops for stopping coronavirus

Sometimes appearing emotional, Kim thanked the military for working hard to respond to natural disasters and to prevent a coronavirus outbreak.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 04:51pm

Exchange

Face masks made compulsory in public in Tehran as COVID toll rises

The daily death toll from COVID-19 reached a record of 239 this week in Iran, the worst hit country in the Middle East.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 04:46pm

Trump to make first in-person address to supporters since COVID-19 diagnosis today

The president's doctors have cleared him to hold public events.

Updated 10 Oct, 2020 01:49pm

China

China tourism rebounds

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Domestic tourism in China saw a robust rebound over the just-ended Golden Week holiday, encouraged...

Published 10 Oct, 2020 03:02am

Middle East

Israelis flee fires as heatwave hits

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Several fires spread across northern and central Israel and the occupied West Bank as...

Updated 10 Oct, 2020 03:31am

Europe

Virus measures strand almost 3 million migrants: UN

GENEVA: More than 2.7 million migrants who wished to return home have been stranded abroad because of restrictions...

Updated 10 Oct, 2020 03:31am

Asia

Twitter shuts Iran-based network fanning flames of US race protests

BANGKOK: Twitter said it has closed an Iran-based network of accounts fanning the flames around racial justice...

Published 10 Oct, 2020 03:02am

USA

Hurricane Delta bears down on storm-battered US south coast

LAKE CHARLES, (United States): Hurricane Delta churned toward the Louisiana coast Friday packing ferocious winds and...

Published 10 Oct, 2020 03:02am

Singaporean jailed in US for spying for China

WASHINGTON: A Singaporean academic who recruited US officials to provide classified political and defense ...

Updated 10 Oct, 2020 03:31am

Europe

EU agrees common virus rules in bid to end travel chaos

BRUSSELS: EU members agreed Friday on a method to determine safe travel destinations within Europe, hoping to unify...

Published 10 Oct, 2020 03:02am

USA

Trump complains of delays in results of probe into origins of Russia investigation

Trump has been pushing for the investigation to move forward more quickly to give him a boost among his base of supporters.
Trump has said repeatedly he believes the investigation into the origins of the Russia probe would lead to evidence.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 01:35am

Pelosi, Mnuchin fail to reach COVID-19 stimulus deal, but talks go on amid Republican doubts

Mnuchin floated a new $1.8 trillion proposal in a 30-minute Friday afternoon phone conversation.
We are still awaiting language from the administration as negotiations on the overall funding amount continue,

Published 10 Oct, 2020 01:25am

Currency

IMF chief sees $345bn financing gap for African states

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told a conference that African states had spent an additional 2.5% of gross domestic product.
The pandemic will not be over anywhere until it is over everywhere," Georgieva said.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 12:52am

Exchange

Lebanon's caretaker PM says lifting subsidies would cause 'social explosion'

In a televised address, Diab, who resigned two months ago after a huge explosion damaged much of Beirut and worsened the country's economic crisis.
Lebanon has $1.8 billion of foreign exchange reserves left for subsidising food and other imports.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 12:43am

Europe

French coronavirus infections set new record above 20,000 per day

The ministry reported 20,330 new infections, taking the cumulative total to 691,977 since the start of the year.
The number of people in hospital jumped by another 240 to 7,864 nationwide and the number of people in intensive care units

Published 10 Oct, 2020 12:35am

USA

Canada at a tipping point in fight against coronavirus, says frustrated Trudeau

He spoke after health officials said authorities needed to do more now to fight the pandemic since forecasts suggest the number of new infections will continue to accelerate.
We are at a tipping point in this pandemic. Not only is the second wave under way, (but) yesterday we hit the highest daily record for cases.

Updated 10 Oct, 2020 03:05pm

Currency

South Sudan to change currency to improve economy

The cabinet has decided that the current currency should be changed....This is to improve our economic situation.
The country's currency is the South Sudanese pound, adopted when the country gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a long civil war.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 12:29am

USA

Trump aims to hit campaign trail as soon as Monday, awaits more testing

Trump said on Thursday night he hoped to hold campaign rallies in the crucial swing states of Florida on Saturday and Pennsylvania on Sunday.
White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said the president was hard at work and ready to go as soon as he got approval from his doctor.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 12:27am

USA

US COVID-19 aid talks go on but Republican leader says deal unlikely before election

"I do hope that we will have an agreement soon," she said on MSNBC.
The proximity to the election and the differences of opinion over what is needed at this particular juncture are pretty vast.

Published 10 Oct, 2020 12:22am

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 27	277.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 27	277.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 27	146.23
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 27	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 27	1.34
Euro to USD / Sep 27	1.12

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 27	5,738.17
India Sensex / Sep 27	85,571.85
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 27	39,829.56
Nasdaq / Sep 27	18,119.59
Hang Seng / Sep 27	20,632.30
FTSE 100 / Sep 27	8,320.76
Dow Jones / Sep 27	42,313
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 27	19,473.63

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 27	67.47
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 27	240,144.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 27	2,665.83
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 27	73.60
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 28	18,235
Petrol/Litre / Sep 29	249.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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