February 2026 – Page 76

Working-class athlete Rizwan Pathan fights poverty by day, chases MMA dreams by night

22-time winner earns Rs1,000 pledge marble, hopes for government job to build academy for tribal youth Rizwan Pathan with winning shields. PHOTO: EXPRESS PESHAWAR: By day, 27-year-old Rizwan Pathan hauls heavy slabs of marble in a factory and earns barely enough to keep his children fed. At night, despite sore limbs and exhaustion, he goes […]

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Circle Internet, Crypto Miners Report Earnings: Crypto Week Ahead

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The week will be dominated by earnings reports from crypto-related companies, although the fallout from the US Supreme Court’s decision on tariffs on Friday is also likely to ripple through the markets. Miners including MARA Holdings ( MARA ) and Hut 8 ( HUT ) are on the list, and will fuel the conversation about

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Northern Pakistan faces rising glacial floods amid winter heat

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Daytime temperatures are 3-5°C above normal, while nighttime temperatures were 1-3.5°C above the climatological average for 1981-2010 Northern Pakistan is experiencing below-average rainfall and snowfall this winter, raising concerns over accelerated glacier melt and potential Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs), the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said in a statement on Monday. According to the PMD,

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John Davidson faces backlash as netizens press for apology over BAFTA outburst

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John Davidson faces backlash as netizens press for apology over BAFTA outburst The 2026 BAFTA Awards were meant to celebrate cinematic brilliance, but Tourette’s activist John Davidson became the center of controversy after shouting the N-word during a live broadcast. The incident took place when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented the award for

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Security forces kill 5 terrorists, foil attack plan in Pishin

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Pakistani army soldiers. PHOTO: ISPR/FILE QUETTA: Security forces foiled a major terror plot in Balochistan’s Pishin district on Sunday, killing five terrorists belonging to the Indian proxy Fitna al Khwarij in a targeted intelligence-based operation. According to Inter-Services Public Relations and security sources, forces received credible intelligence that members of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan were

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Prime Minister Shehbaz visits Qatar on 23-24 February for talks with Amir Sheikh Tamim

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks at the opening ceremony of Indus AI Week in Islamabad. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will pay an official visit to Qatar from February 23 to 24 at the invitation of Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The Prime Minister will

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‘House of the Dragon’ season 3 release date, total episodes and more

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‘House of the Dragon’ season 3 release date, total episodes and more Set about 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon follows the rise and fall of a powerful family known for their dragons and tendency towards madness. Co-created by Ryan Condal and George RR Martin, the hit HBO

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Single BTC Trader Loses $61M on HTX as Price Falls 4%

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Bitcoins BTC$65,796.20 losses on Monday wiped out a massive leveraged bullish effort. Trading worth $61.5 million was forcibly closed by cryptocurrency exchange HTX, marking the largest single liquidation in the past 24 hours, according to data source Coinglass. The so-called liquidation occurred as bitcoin slipped from Saturday’s $68,600 high back to $64,400, erasing the weekend’s

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India fight for World Cup survival after ‘mess up on a grand scale’

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India captain Suryakumar Yadav reacts after being hit by the ball during the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup Super Eights match between India and South Africa at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on February 22, 2026. — AFP AHMEDABAD: Defending T20 World Cup champions India need “two big performances” to reach the

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AI bot’s tipping blunder gives $250,000 memecoin pile to X sad story poster

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AI trading bots are touted as smarter than humans in many ways, but they’re still vulnerable to fat-fingered bots just like us. On Sunday, OpenAI engineer Nick Pash’s automated AI trading bot “Lobstar Wilde” attempted to flip an X-handle, dubbed “tax-David,” 4 solana (SOL) for his uncle’s tetanus treatment, but accidentally sent its entire Lobstar

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