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In this episode
- Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
- South Africa withdraws asylum directive after violent protests
- Niger could receive about $203 million in IMF support
- Nobel committee names Canadian poet Anne Carson literature laureate
- George Russell leads Singapore Grand Prix practice
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- The GuardianNavi Pillay named winner of 2026 Nobel peace prize for efforts to promote international law - live
- ABC NewsNobel Peace Prize goes to Navanethem Pillay for promoting peace, international law
- CNASouth African Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
- Le Monde2026 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to South Africa's Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay for her efforts to promote international law
- France 24South Africa's Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
- NPRSouth African Human Rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize
- RecherchePillay was selected from 287 candidates nominated for the 2026 prize.
- RechercheThe Nobel committee said that resolving conflicts without force or violence depends on international rule of law, and that its institutions are under pressure and attack.
- RechercheSouth Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled in July that asylum seekers’ claims must be considered even when they entered the country unlawfully or did not meet certain administrative requirements; the judgment remains binding after the directive’s withdrawal.
- RechercheThe court ruling does not automatically grant refugee status or permanent residence. Applicants still have to go through the formal process for deciding whether they qualify for protection.
- AfricanewsNiger set for $200 million financial package from IMF
- IMFIMF Staff completes the 2026 Article IV Consultation and reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Niger on the Tenth Review under the Extended Credit Facility and a new 38-month Extended Credit Facility Request
- RechercheHer 1998 verse novel, Autobiography of Red, reimagines a Greek myth in the story of a modern teenage boy.
- ABC NewsNobel Prize in literature to be awarded in Stockholm
- CNACanadian writer Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
- France 24Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature
- BBC News'Bold and inventive' Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Literature Prize
- RechercheThe Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded since 1901; the 2025 laureate was Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai.
- RechercheSouth Korean author Han Kang received the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- BBC NewsRussell fastest from Leclerc in Singapore practice
- Sky NewsRussell tops sole Singapore practice ahead of Sprint Qualifying