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KARACHI: After a long Eid break, the stock market extended its record-breaking spree to a fifth session on the prevailing bullish sentiments stemming from Saudi investment prospects, propelling the benchmark KSE 100 index to close at a new all-time high above 70,500 on Monday. Ahsan Mehanti of Arif Habib Corporation attributed the market’s rally to speculations over the positive outcome …

KARACHI: The KSE-100 index continued its upward momentum on Fri­­­day to close at another record high on improving macroeconomic indicators. Topline Securities Ltd said the stock market responded favourably to the improvement in the country’s economic indicators, including foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan that increased by $77 million to $7.2 billion for the week ending on …

KARACHI: After almost a month gap, the All Pakistan Gem and Jewellers Association (APGJA) on Tuesday resumed issuance of daily gold rates. The association announced 10-gram and one-tola rates at Rs171,039 and Rs199,500 against Rs184,585 and Rs215,000 issued on Sept 12, showing a fall of Rs13,546 and Rs15,500, respectively. On Tuesday, the local rates were fixed based on the world …

LONDON: Half a million workers went on strike in Britain on Wednesday, calling for higher wages in the largest such walkout in over a decade, closing schools and severely disrupting transport. As Europe battles a cost-of-living crisis, Britain’s umbrella labour organisation the Trades Union Congress (TUC) called it the “biggest day of strike action since 2011”. The latest strikes come …

KARACHI: As the rupee depreciated by 13.7 per cent against the US dollar in the last two days, the one-tola gold rate for the first time crossed the Rs200,000 mark despite a $6 drop on world markets to $1,936 per ounce on Friday. According to the All Sindh Saraf Jewellers Association (ASSJA), the one-tola rate surged by Rs7,000 to Rs202,500 …

Dallas County surpassed 500,000 COVID-19 cases Wednesday, marking another bleak milestone of the pandemic. Across the state, 12,905 Texas were hospitalized with the virus, including more than 4,000 in North Texas. Both numbers are on the verge of previous record highs. Here’s what you need to know about COVID-19 today: The county’s milestone comes after nearly two years of disruptions and …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Temporary nurses started arriving at Houston-area hospitals on Wednesday to address the overwhelming staffing shortage as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to spike. Gov. Greg Abbott and the Department of State Human Services (DSHS) announced they would work with out-of-state staffing agencies to bring in 2,500 nurses to Texas. While Houston-area hospitals appreciate the help, more help is …

  PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has blocked access to around 500,000 objectionable videos on the popular video-sharing application TikTok in the country, a single-member Peshawar High Court bench was told on Monday. During the hearing into a case regarding the court’s recent ban on TikTok in the country, PTA lawyer Jehanzeb Mehsud also told Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan …

Dallas County on Tuesday reported 2,366 more coronavirus cases, all of them considered new. Thirty new COVID-19 deaths also were reported. Dallas medics will be among the first city workers to get COVID-19 vaccines The city will get 2,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine by Christmas Day, officials said. Seven of the victims were Dallas residents: two men in their …

SALEM: Around half a million people in Oregon were ordered to evacuate as dozens of extreme, wind-driven wildfires scorched US West Coast states on Friday, destroying thousands of homes and killing at least 24 people, state and local authorities said. In southern Oregon, an apocalyptic scene of burned residential subdivisions and trailer parks stretched for miles along Highway 99 south …