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Sports
Four different scorers, a late Botman consolation and a jump of five places: Frank Lampard's promoted side had their best night of the season while Newcastle missed the chance to go fourth.
13 Oct 2026
Cricket
England's former white-ball captain posted from his hospital bed on Monday, the same day the ECB gave him a one-year extension. No return date has been given.
12 Oct 2026
United States
The Cleveland Fed president, a voter this year, wants small, quick hikes rather than waiting. Markets see a December hike as likely; what a stronger dollar means in Pakistan.
12 Oct 2026
Crypto
Attacks on Ukrainian energy sites and a Hormuz tanker fire lifted Brent to $107, and bitcoin gave back its Monday gain. A coin is about Rs 2.29 crore; US inflation data on Wednesday is next.
12 Oct 2026
Pakistan
Sayyid Badr Albusaidi co-chairs the 8th Pakistan-Oman JMC with Ishaq Dar, with trade, oil and gas and labour on the agenda, as Russia's interior minister makes a first-ever visit.
12 Oct 2026
AI
Meta has put its most advanced assistant model behind a paywall in the Muse app, with a stronger Wonder Full version for coders at $50 or $200. What you get and what Meta says about privacy.
12 Oct 2026
AI
Microsoft's third-generation chip packs 96 to a rack and claims 40% more output per megawatt than GPUs. Nvidia still trains its models, and analysts put Maia at about a tenth of its AI chip spending.
12 Oct 2026
Pakistan
Tractor-mounted fire bowsers, drones and motorway patrols are now hunting stubble fires across Punjab's rice belt. Here is what it means for Lahore's air and what residents can do.
12 Oct 2026
Entertainment
Alejandro G Inarritu's black comedy has taken about $35m worldwide against a $280m cost, and Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning also stumbled on its opening weekend.
12 Oct 2026
