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KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will likely raise its key interest rate again on Monday to tackle persistently high inflation, giving in to pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), analysts said. Pakistan must continue its monetary tightening cycle, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a staff report earlier in July, a week after the lender approved a new bailout arrangement …

MOSCOW: Russian oil output could fall by 500,000 to one million barrels per day (bpd) early next year after the European Union imposes a ban on seaborne imports from Monday, two sources at major Russian producers said. The estimate is at the lower end of market analysts’ forecasts of the combined impact of the ban and a proposed price cap …

PARIS: The Panjshir Valley north of Afghanistan’s capital is the final major centre of resistance to the Taliban, but analysts say the fighters gathered there will struggle if the hardliners launch a full-scale attack. Surrounded by the high peaks of the Hindu Kush north of Kabul, the Panjshir has long had a reputation as a bastion of resistance — legendary …

SEOUL: The gargantuan new missile North Korea put on show at a military parade is an explicit threat to US defences and an implicit challenge to both the current and next American president, analysts say, warning Pyongyang could test the weapon next year. Leader Kim Jong Un watched the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) roll through Kim Il Sung square — named after …

PARIS: Posturing, repression and a distaste for facts: the world’s strongman regimes have dealt with the Covid pandemic in much the same way they deal with everything else, analysts say. But the sometimes blatant disregard for the well-being of populations, coupled with sheer incompetence, has undermined whatever trust citizens have in such leaders, they say. “They all have a similar …

LOS ANGELES:  While coronavirus has brought Hollywood to a halt, Netflix has enjoyed record success. But will the streaming giant’s well-stocked slate of future shows be enough to maintain that growth? Netflix announced this week that it has finished filming the majority of movies and series due for release this year, playing down concerns that its flow of hit shows …

China’s smartphone sales may plunge by as much as 50 per cent in the first quarter, as many retail shops have closed for an extended period and production has yet to fully resume due to the fast spread of a new coronavirus, according to research reports. The virus outbreak, which has killed more than 900 people and roiled China’s manufacturing …