Martinez starts for Man Utd after outburst
Lisandro Martinez was named in Manchester United's starting line-up to face Leeds on Sunday despite his controversial remarks about the struggling club's hierarchy.
Sports
Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis won the toss and elected to field against Pakistan in the opening one-day international of a tri-series in Rawalpindi.
Sports
The B.C. Lions are using their regular-season finale against Winnipeg to rebuild momentum before hosting the West Division semifinal after a 32-13 loss to Calgary.
Sports
Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and chose to bowl against South Africa in the second cricket Test at Gqeberha.
Politics
An Associated Press review found racist slurs, praise for Nazi figures and white-nationalist conspiracy claims in an online forum controlled by Nevada Republican congressional candidate Marty O’Donnell.
Economy
Tata Trusts is working toward a network of 40 to 50 not-for-profit general hospitals where revenue from paying patients would help finance care for those unable to pay.
Sports
Desert Ridge High School quarterback Gunner Brewer said he was removed from the team after changing a play, while 12 teammates were suspended after supporting him.
Economy
Bajaj Finance will announce its second-quarter results on Monday, October 19, with investors watching profit growth, asset quality, margins and management guidance.
Politics
French demonstrations over living costs and public services turned violent in several cities, leading to more than 1,000 detentions and damage to government and commercial property.
Sports
Lionel Messi took his career scoring total to 936 with a quick brace in Inter Miami’s 3-1 Major League Soccer victory over Atlanta United.
Economy
Cyient DLM shares fell 12.24% after quarterly results as investors focused on weaker operating margins, investment costs and divergent brokerage assessments.
Economy
Petrol and diesel prices stayed unchanged across major Indian cities on October 18, with oil-marketing companies announcing no revisions.
Economy
Bandhan Financial Services plans to consider entering health insurance after stabilising its recently acquired mutual-fund and life-insurance businesses.
Economy
Punjab National Bank expects festive demand and growth in retail, agriculture and small-business lending to add as much as two percentage points to credit expansion in the current quarter.
Economy
A personal account of losses in futures and options trading outlines how repeated borrowing deepened a debt crisis and why recovery required a structured repayment plan rather than further trades.
Economy
Appliance makers and retailers reported strong Navratri demand, with premium products and instalment financing supporting sales despite inflationary pressure.
Technology
Reliance Communications’ resolution professional filed a curative petition asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that spectrum cannot form part of an insolvency resolution plan.
Economy
A global diesel shortage helped petroleum products reach their highest share of India’s gross exports in three years during the second quarter of the 2026-27 financial year.
Economy
India’s services-trade surplus is coming under pressure because imports are rising faster than exports, according to an ICICI Bank analysis of provisional data.
Economy
Moody’s Ratings changed the outlook on OYO parent Prism from stable to positive while retaining its B2 corporate family rating ahead of a proposed public offering.
Sports
Paris Saint-Germain recovered from a missed penalty and a one-goal deficit to defeat Strasbourg 3-1 and move to the top of Ligue 1.
Things to know
Kuwait’s Ministry of Public Works announced lane and road closures in Nuzha, Surra and Rai for maintenance and asphalt work.
Economy
Gold ended the week near $4,165 an ounce after a modest rebound, while investors weighed US inflation data and the outlook for monetary policy.
Things to know
A speeding truck drove into a crowd at a Hindu festival in Madhya Pradesh, killing 13 people and injuring others, Indian officials said.
Economy
Vietnam and the four-member European Free Trade Association signed a free-trade agreement in Hanoi intended to diversify markets and deepen commercial ties.
Nature
Rescue teams have moved dozens of critically endangered orangutans away from wildfires in Indonesia as smoke and drought conditions affect large parts of the region.
Politics
Qatar and Norway held their third round of political consultations in Oslo, focusing on bilateral cooperation and ways to expand it.
Sports
Qatar’s Doha 2036 Olympic and Paralympic bid is presenting sport as a means to widen participation, develop skills and leave a long-term community legacy.
Sports
Lionel Messi scored two goals in four minutes as Inter Miami beat Atlanta United 3-1 and continued their improved run in defence of the MLS title.
Technology
The Gulf Organisation for Research and Development has introduced four artificial-intelligence platforms covering air quality, cement decarbonisation, corporate sustainability benchmarking and ESG reporting.
Politics
Riyadh’s Kingdom Centre told office tenants to work remotely as repeated Houthi attacks heightened security concerns and a coalition helicopter crash killed two pilots near Yemen.
Politics
French authorities began assessing extensive damage after violent demonstrations brought 1,800 arrests, attacks on public buildings and widespread looting across several cities.
Politics
Two Saudi pilots were killed when an AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter crashed near the Yemeni border, with the coalition attributing the incident to a technical malfunction.
Sports
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina fought back to beat rising star Rafael Jodar in the final of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday to claim the biggest title of his career.
Dozens of critically endangered orangutans have been rescued in recent weeks from rampant wildfires burning across Indonesia that have cloaked the region in toxic haze, conservation groups said.
Education
France was reeling on Sunday from widespread damage caused in violent protests the day before that saw 1,800 people arrested, a historic town hall torched and widespread looting.
Boulevard
Pope Leo XIV addressed thousands of people in St Peter's Square on Sunday, smiling and saying he would resume work "gradually" in his first major public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery.
Sports
Chelsea goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez said he would be fit to return "in a few weeks" following surgery on a fractured jaw sustained during his team's 2-0 Premier League win at Everton.
Economy
Shipping Russian diesel to the US market will take 15 to 20 days once contracts are signed, a senior Russian official said in an interview broadcast Sunday, though a date for that signing has yet to be announced.
Education
France was reeling on Sunday from widespread damage caused in violent protests the day before that saw 1,800 people arrested, a historic town hall torched and widespread looting.