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Tesla unveils Roadster with SpaceX thrusters, production set for 2028
Tesla showed a redesigned Roadster that used SpaceX-built thrusters to jump over a truck, and said production would start in 2028, years after it was promised.
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Afaq Javed
Correspondent, Technology, Diaspora & Sport
Afaq Javed is a correspondent for The Indus Compass covering sport, technology, artificial intelligence and the Pakistani diaspora.
On sport he reports on cricket, tennis, football and hockey, from tri-series results to Grand Slam and Masters tournaments. On technology he follows the AI industry and its companies, from new products to safety and regulation. He also covers overseas Pakistanis and the cases that affect them.
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- Football
Manchester United's crisis deepens before trip to Leeds
Manchester United head to Leeds after their worst league start in 40 years, while unbeaten Manchester City face uncertainty over financial rules charges.
- Football
Lyon beat Crystal Palace, Sunderland snatch late Europa League win
Lyon beat Crystal Palace 3-2, Noah Sadiki's 93rd-minute goal won it for Sunderland and teenager Alphadjo Cisse hit a hat-trick for Milan in the Europa League.
- Technology
Eight US states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT harms children
Eight US states sued OpenAI, saying ChatGPT harms young users, while India said AI agents under test broke into Indian firms' live systems undetected.
- Cricket
England arrive in Pakistan for ODI tri-series with Sri Lanka
England's squad led by Harry Brook arrived in Pakistan for the ODI tri-series with Sri Lanka from October 18 to 31, as Sri Lanka lost Pathum Nissanka to injury.
- Football
Infantino apologises but gives 'no answers' over World Cup stake sale plan
FIFA president Gianni Infantino apologised over his failed plan to sell World Cup stakes, but council members said he gave no satisfactory answers in Zurich.
- Markets
PSX extends recovery to reclaim 166,000; SBP reserves rise
The KSE-100 rose 768.66 points to 166,186 as buying returned to index-heavy stocks, while SBP reserves rose $16m to $21.469bn in the week to October 9.
- Other Sports
Zverev reaches Shanghai semi-finals, Swiatek wins 150th WTA 1000 match
Alexander Zverev beat Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4 to reach the Shanghai Masters semi-finals, while Iga Swiatek won her 150th WTA 1000 match in Wuhan.
- Football
Messi helps Inter Miami book MLS playoff place with win over NYCFC
Lionel Messi had a hand in both goals as Inter Miami beat New York City FC 2-0 to secure a place in the MLS playoffs with five games still to play.
- Football
Real Madrid beat Roma 4-3 with three late goals
Three goals in the last six minutes gave Real Madrid a 4-3 win at Roma, while Vinicius Junior got a four-match ban that rules him out of the Clasico.
- Football
Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia could move to 2028, AFC says
The AFC says it can wait until the end of November to decide on the January Asian Cup, and FIFA has postponed the FIFAe Finals in Jeddah after Houthi attacks.
- Cricket
Maaz Sadaqat eyes 2027 World Cup after ODI squad snub
Left out of Pakistan's ODI tri-series squad despite a 96 against Sri Lanka, the 21-year-old says he will use the break to prepare for next year's World Cup.
- Technology
Israeli ad firm ran vast spying network through online ads, report says
Citizen Lab and Confiant say Discover-Tech used ads on more than 120,000 websites to track users and help plant Candiru spyware, including on Al Jazeera devices.
- Football
PSG beat Manchester City 4-2 at the Etihad, Barcola hits Liverpool hat-trick
Champions PSG won 4-2 at Manchester City, Bradley Barcola scored a hat-trick for Liverpool, Real Madrid beat Roma 4-3 and Aston Villa thrashed Fenerbahce 6-0.
- Cricket
Shai Hope's century helps West Indies level T20 series in India
Shai Hope's unbeaten 102 and Keemo Paul's 5-41 gave West Indies a 24-run win over India in Hyderabad, levelling the five-match T20 series at 2-2.
- Cricket
Sahibzada Farhan breaks Abhishek Sharma's T20I series record
Pakistan captain Sahibzada Farhan scored 238 runs against Sri Lanka, the most in a three-match T20I series between full members, beating Abhishek Sharma.
- Technology
FBI arrests OpenAI engineer over hidden recording device
US agents arrested an OpenAI engineer charged with hiding a recording device in an executive conference room. OpenAI said its own AI models helped trace it.
- Technology
Anthropic warns rogue AI could spread like a botnet and resist shutdown
Anthropic said smaller AI models could soon copy themselves across cheap internet devices and resist shutdown, but some experts say it overstates the risk.
- Football
Yamal inspires Barcelona to 4-1 win at Galatasaray, Brugge stun Inter
Lamine Yamal starred as Barcelona won 4-1 in Istanbul, Arsenal beat Lille 3-0, and Nicolo Tresoldi's hat-trick gave Club Brugge a 4-3 win at Inter Milan.
- Cricket
Kusal Mendis's unbeaten 87 gives Sri Lanka final T20I win in Rawalpindi
Kusal Mendis struck an unbeaten 87 off 48 balls as Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the third T20I in Rawalpindi, despite Sahibzada Farhan's 76.
- Europe
Teenager shoots headmaster and teacher at French middle school
A 14-year-old opened fire with a hunting gun at a middle school in Aubagne near Marseille, wounding the headmaster and a teacher before staff disarmed him.
- Technology
NASA's Perseverance sets record for driving on another world
NASA's Perseverance rover has driven 45.2km on Mars, farther than any vehicle on another world, and could keep working well into the 2030s, NASA said.
- World
Record El Nino could make 2026 the hottest year, says EU climate monitor
Copernicus said Pacific temperatures in a key El Nino zone hit an all-time high in September, and 2026 and 2027 could both break global heat records.
- Middle East
Lebanon seizes 200kg of explosives smuggled from Syria
Lebanon's army seized about 200kg of explosives near Hermel, the third such haul this month, as PM Nawaf Salam vowed firmness on weapons outside state control.
- Markets
KP emergency drags the PSX down 1,965 points
The KSE-100 index fell 1,964.87 points, or 1.18pc, to 165,124 as governor's rule in KP and Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia kept investors on edge.
- Middle East
Turkiye confirms PKK has left four bases in northern Iraq
Turkish intelligence said the PKK evacuated four hideouts in Iraq's Metina region on October 8, a step in the peace process after Turkiye's amnesty law.
- Europe
Britain blames Iran's Guards for RAF Fairford plot, Tehran denies link
UK PM Andy Burnham said the RAF Fairford plot was likely directed by Iran's IRGC, which Tehran denies, as Trump said China and Russia were not helping Iran.
- Europe
NATO commander warns Russia any attack would prove 'utterly futile'
NATO's top commander Gen Alexus Grynkewich said the alliance would destroy anything and everything behind any attack, as Europe accuses Moscow of sabotage.
- Other Sports
Nizar Nayani leads Pakistani runners at the Chicago Marathon
Texas-based Nizar Nayani finished the Chicago Marathon in 3:00:45, missing the three-hour mark by 46 seconds, to lead Pakistani and diaspora runners.
- Cricket
Maaz Sadaqat's 96 seals T20I series win over Sri Lanka
Maaz Sadaqat hit 96 and Imran Randhawa took 3-11 as Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 82 runs in Rawalpindi to win the T20I series 2-0 with a match to spare.
