6. Bernanke, two others win Nobel prize for economics
• A US trio including ex-Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke, who played a key role battling the 2008 financial crisis, won the economics Nobel on Monday for research on banks in times of turmoil.
• Bernanke, together with Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig, were honoured for having `significantly improved our understanding of the role of banks in the economy, particularly during financial crises, as well as how to regulate financial markets`, the jury said.
• Bernanke, 68, has been both credited for spurring recovery after the 2008 recession and pilloried by critics for doing little to avert it, allowing investment bank Lehman Brothers to collapse
7. Russian, US troops in Syria share `rare moment` of congeniality
• US and Russian troops exchanged friendly greetings and posed for pictures together over the weekend on a northeast Syria highway in a rare display of congeniality between the rival forces.
• Both Washington and Moscow have troops on the ground in Syria backing opposing sides of the war that has ravaged the Middle Eastern country since 2011.
• Russia`s war in Ukraine since February has exacerbated geopolitical tensions with the United States
8. Putin vows more severe attacks as missiles kill 11 Ukrainians
• President Vladimir Putin threatened on October 10, 2022 more `severe` attacks against Ukraine after Russian missiles rained down on the capital Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in what Washington branded `utter brutality`.
• The biggest wave of strikes across Ukraine in months killed at least 11 and wounded more than 80 in retaliation for an explosion this weekend that damaged a key bridge linking Russia to the Mosco wannexed Crimean peninsula.
• `Let there be no doubt, Putin said in televised comments addressed to his security council, `if attempts at terrorist attacks continue, the response from Russia will be severe
9. Army contingent heads to Qatar for World Cup security
• A contingent of Pakistan Army left for Qatar on October 10, 2022 to assume security duties for the FIFA World Cup 2022, Radio Pakistan reported.
• The contingent consisung of officers, junior commissioned officers and other Pakistan Army personnel departed from Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi.
• The troops will assist the Qatari government in security duties for the global event.
• The federal cabinet had in August approved a draft agreement to send troops at the request of the government of Qatar, and Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb had said that Qatar is expecting the arrival of 1.2 million visitors for the tournament
10. New Zealand set for twin tours of Pakistan
• New Zealand will tour Pakistan twice from late December, the Pakistan Cricket Board said, more than a year after abandoning a series there over security concerns.
• Pakistan authorities fumed after New Zealand abruptly withdrew from their first tour of the country in nearly two decades, minutes before the start of the first one-day international in Rawalpindi in September last year over security concerns, prompting England to follow suit.
• The Black Caps will be the third major side to tour the country this year after Australia played a full series in March-April and England completed their first tour of Pakistan in 17 years earlier this month, playing seven Twenty20 internationals
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