Portal:Current events/2011 October 6
October 6, 2011 (Thursday)
Arts and culture
- Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer is awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. (Nobel Foundation) (The Guardian) (The Washington Post)
Business and economy
- Production at the Japanese plants of carmaker Toyota returns to normal following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)
- The Bank of England injects a further £75bn into the British economy through quantitative easing. (BBC)
Disasters
- Tropical Storm Jova forms off the Pacific coast of Mexico. (NHC)
International relations
- South Korea rejects North Korea's demands that two citizens from the north who crossed the border be repatriated. (Yonhap)
Law and crime
- The trial of Ichirō Ozawa, a powerful faction leader in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, over a political funding scandal begins today in Japan. (AFP via Google News)
Politics and elections
- Voters in Canada's most populous province Ontario go to the polls for a general election with the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Dalton McGuinty, winning another term under a slight minority government.(The Globe and Mail) (CTV)