US natural gas futures edged higher on Tuesday on forecasts for more air conditioning demand this week than previously expected as warmer than normal weather lingers over much of the country. Front-month gas futures for

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The Karachi Port handled 142,191 tonnes of cargo comprising 78,596 tonnes of import cargo and 63,595 tonnes of export cargo including 7,580 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours

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Steady trend prevailed on the cotton market on Wednesday in the process of brisk trading activity, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 8600, they added. In ready session, over 18,000 bales

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Chicago Board of Trade corn futures closed firm on Tuesday, recovering from early weakness on technical buying, traders said. Gains were kept in check by the US Agriculture Department's report on Monday afternoon that crop

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Chicago Board of Trade soyabean futures rose on Tuesday, buoyed by fresh optimism about demand from China, the world's top buyer of the oilseed. China has given new waivers to several importers to buy US

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Candidates in Afghanistan's presidential election pushed their messages for the last time Wednesday as campaigning for weekend polls wrapped up amid deadly violence. The bloodshed that has marred the election since day one showed no

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China was behind a major cyber attack at a key government institution in the Czech Republic last year, the EU member's intelligence agency said in a report Wednesday. Without providing details, the agency known as

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday challenged opposition MPs to call a confidence vote in his government, after the Supreme Court struck down his decision to suspend parliament in the run-up to Brexit. The

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A Soyuz rocket blasted off on Wednesday from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan carrying an Emirati who is set to make history as the first Arab on the International Space Station. The Russian rocket

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An Algerian military court on Wednesday sentenced the brother of deposed president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and three co-defendants to 15 years in prison in a swift verdict delivered out of sight of the media. Said Bouteflika,

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