Gold prices saw a significant decline in both international and local markets on Monday. According to reports, the international bullion market price of gold per ounce fell by $36 to $3,361. The drop in global prices led to a decline in domestic rates, with the price of 24-karat gold falling by Rs 3,600 per tola […]
The Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has forecast the next spell of monsoon rains from August 13 and issued a flood advisory. According to a PDMA spokesperson, advisories have been issued for the Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum rivers, as well as adjacent streams and nullahs, warning of potential flooding due to the rains. […]
Delhi police detained on Monday Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and other opposition members during a protest march to the Election Commission’s office in the Indian capital. Gandhi, who is also the opposition leader in the Indian parliament, was arrested along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Shiv Sena leaders Sanjay Raut […]
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) opened the week on a positive note on Monday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index rising 1,274.79 points, or 0.88%, current index at 146,657.58 during intra-day trading. The index touched an intra-day high of 146,762.78 and a low of 145,258.49, compared with the previous close of 145,382.79. Market volume was recorded […]
Liverpool have splashed out to defend their Premier League title as champions but face stiff competition from an Arsenal side desperate to shake off their tag as nearly men and a rejuvenated Manchester City. After storming to a record-equalling 20th English top-flight title in Arne Slot’s first season in charge, Liverpool have looked to build […]
Anas Al Sharif, 28, was among a group of four Al Jazeera journalists and an assistant who were killed in an Israeli strike on a tent near Shifa Hospital in eastern Gaza City. An official at the hospital said two other people were also killed in the strike. Israel bombed the journalists’ tent in Gaza […]
At least eight volunteers were killed and several others feared trapped when a landslide hit a flood-damaged water channel in Gilgit’s Danyor Nullah during repair work, police said on Monday. The volunteers were restoring the channel when a mass of earth collapsed, burying them under debris, said police. Hospital sources confirmed all the dead were […]
Euro zone bond yields opened steady on Monday ahead of a week of major events, including a US-Russia summit on Ukraine peace and a deadline on a US-China trade truce, as market liquidity thins. US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on Friday in Alaska to try to broker peace in […]
Justin Rose reeled off four straight back-nine birdies to force a playoff then birdied the third hole of sudden death to beat J.J. Spaun for the St. Jude Championship on Sunday as Tommy Fleetwood endured more PGA Tour agony. England’s Rose, the 2013 US Open champion, had six birdies over his last eight holes including […]
A trade deal between the world’s two largest economies is in sight as a 90-day truce between China and the United States is set to expire on Tuesday. “Last month’s negotiations in Stockholm have advanced our talks with China, and I believe that we have the makings of a deal that will benefit both of […]