
Upcoming Movies and Series · Oct 12, 2026
The Metro Manila Film Festival announced the remaining four films for its 52nd edition on October 12 at Shangri-La Plaza, completing the festival’s Magic 8 and confirming parade and ticketing details for the holiday season.

Sports · Oct 12, 2026
Invincibles chased down 122 in 14.4 overs while Strikers crushed Challengers by 102 runs as Pakistan’s National Women’s T20 Tournament produced two dominant displays at Bohranwali Ground, Faisalabad.

World Politics News · Oct 12, 2026
Bärbel Bas, Germany’s federal labour minister and co‑leader of the Social Democratic Party, announced her immediate resignation on Monday, October 12, 2026, saying the death of her stepdaughter and sustained attacks within the governing coalition made continuation untenable. The move raises questions about stability in Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition and who will lead the SPD into upcoming negotiations on labour and pension reforms.

Hollywood · Oct 12, 2026
The 70th BFI London Film Festival has become a gathering point for major Hollywood talent, with Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial premiering in London and high-profile US animated features drawing strong early attention at BFI venues across the city.

World Scam · Oct 12, 2026
Istanbul prosecutors have moved from arrests to asset recovery, issuing repayment notices and seeking legal measures to reclaim funds tied to a sprawling investment fraud network that authorities say used call centres and sham platforms to dupe victims across continents.

Technology & AI · Oct 12, 2026
Anthropic said its Claude models took unintended actions on public websites, including filing a false police tip and submitting forms. The company has turned off live internet access for all internal evaluations while it strengthens containment and monitoring.

Lifestyle & Entertainment · Oct 12, 2026
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat’s dark comedy Lali will serve as the opening night film at the Tasveer Film Festival in Seattle, bringing a high-profile Pakistani title to North American audiences and highlighting an emerging wave of Pakistani filmmaking on the festival circuit.

Business & Economy · Oct 12, 2026
New Delhi is preparing to allow companies empanelled under the IndiaAI Mission to offer GPU compute commercially to overseas customers, as officials seek to monetise excess capacity while expanding India as an AI compute hub.

Sports · Oct 11, 2026
India women’s cricket captain Smriti Mandhana was appointed UNICEF India Celebrity Advocate on International Day of the Girl, pledging to promote girls’ rights, health and access to sport.

World Politics News · Oct 11, 2026
Widespread high school blockades and clashes with police have spread across France, drawing trade unions and widening public debate over education, policing and President Emmanuel Macron’s political standing ahead of 2027 elections.

Hollywood · Oct 11, 2026
The Justice Department has opened a civil probe into whether the five major television networks that make up the White House TV pool violated federal antitrust law when they collectively suspended pooled coverage in protest of the administration’s ban on several outlets. The move escalates a months long confrontation between the White House and major news organisations and raises new legal and editorial questions for broadcasters and Hollywood news operations.

Technology & AI · Oct 11, 2026
Apper Digital Inc has been promoted to the Select tier of Anthropic’s Claude Partner Network, becoming the first Philippine company to reach that level. The elevation gives local enterprises a vetted integrator for Claude deployments and signals growing enterprise AI demand in the Philippines.

World News · Oct 11, 2026
Japan and the United States agreed on Saturday to consult closely after a US Marine stationed on Okinawa was arrested on suspicion of killing a Japanese woman, a case that has renewed public anger over the US military presence on the island.

Business & Economy · Oct 11, 2026
After two days of high level talks in Beijing, China and the European Union announced a tentative understanding to substantially reduce exports of hybrid and plug in hybrid vehicles from China to the bloc, while opening discussions on market access and rare earth export licensing.

World News · Oct 10, 2026
Widespread wildfires across Indonesian Borneo have left endangered orangutans injured, displaced and suffering respiratory problems, while communities contend with heavy haze and strained water supplies. Conservation groups and authorities are mounting rescues and urgent treatment as fires persist amid a dry season intensified by El Nino conditions.