October 10, 2026
Today's Briefing
A Nobel Peace Prize for a jurist of Tamil descent, TVK sweeps two Tamil Nadu bypolls, Canada sheds jobs, Jaffna rail service is cut back and West Indies pull off a record chase in Ranchi.
- 1South African judge Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, whose family roots are Tamil, has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. The committee recognised her decades of work on international justice, including leading the Rwanda tribunal and serving as UN human rights chief.Read at source · BBC News →
- 2TVK candidates P. Sathyabama and Maragatham Kumaravel won the Dharapuram and Madurantakam by-elections, beating DMK rivals in both seats. The results lift Chief Minister Vijay's party to 110 seats in the 234-member Assembly.Read at source · The Hindu →
- 3Canada lost about 68,000 jobs in September, the second monthly decline in a row, according to Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate edged up to 6.5%, with education and health care among the hardest-hit sectors.Read at source · Global News →
- 4Daily train services on Sri Lanka's Northern line to Jaffna have dropped from 18 to 8, the station masters' union says. Travellers face fewer options, with the Yal Devi express now running only on alternate days.Read at source · Ada Derana →
- 5West Indies chased down India's 249 for 5 in Ranchi with nine balls to spare, their highest successful T20 run chase. Shai Hope's unbeaten 102 off 45 balls levelled the five-match series at 1-1.Read at source · Al Jazeera →