Archive for the January 10, 2019
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The Karachi Port handled 170,123 tonnes of cargo comprising 100,700 tonnes of import cargo and 69,423 tonnes of export cargo including 8,798 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours
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Prices held present levels on the cotton market on Wednesday in process of modest trading, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 8,7oo, they added. Price of seed cotton in Sindh were
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Following are US trade expectations for the opening of grain and soy complex trading at the Chicago Board of Trade at 8:30 a.m. CST (1430 GMT) on Wednesday. Wheat future seen firmer on improving export
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday Turkey had committed to protecting Washington's Kurdish allies fighting jihadists, during a surprise visit to Iraq to soothe concerns over the US troop withdrawal from Syria. The
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Tesla was sued Tuesday by the family of a passenger killed in a 2018 crash which they allege was due to a defective car battery, attorneys said. Tesla has come under scrutiny, and faced multiple
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Mexico's Supreme Court said Tuesday its judges were cutting their own salaries by 25 percent, after austerity-crusading President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized their pay as overly lavish. "As a means of ensuring the rational
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Phil Chetwynd was named global news director of Agence France-Presse (AFP) Wednesday, the first non-French person to hold the key post. British-born Chetwynd's appointment comes as AFP - one of the world's big three news
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Bangladeshi police on Wednesday used water cannon to disperse 10,000 striking garment workers who were blocking a major highway in a fourth day of industrial action, an official said. Authorities meanwhile confirmed that one worker
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Britain on Wednesday announced it would immediately end its policy of asking women rescued from forced marriages abroad to take out loans to cover the cost of helping them, following a backlash. The practice came
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Three hulking Chinese warships docked in Cambodia Wednesday for a four-day visit, as Beijing parades its naval prowess alongside its staunch Southeast Asian ally. China is the largest investor in Cambodia and has pumped billions
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