Nobel Peace Prize
From Hitler to Michael Jackson, unlikely names for Nobel Peace Prize
World
October 4, 2019
From Hitler to Michael Jackson, unlikely names for Nobel Peace Prize
Eighty years ago on the brink of the bloodiest conflict in history, Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace…
Abe mum on reports he nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
World
February 18, 2019
Abe mum on reports he nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declined Monday to say if he had nominated President Donald Trump for…
Ebadi urges weakening Iran rulers on revolution anniversary
Middle East
February 8, 2019
Ebadi urges weakening Iran rulers on revolution anniversary
PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi said she first had doubts about the 1979 Islamic Revolution…
Nobel peace prize shines light on rape in conflict
World
December 10, 2018
Nobel peace prize shines light on rape in conflict
Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, an IS sex slave survivor, will be presented with the…
Chemical weapons watchdog divides world powers
World
November 19, 2018
Chemical weapons watchdog divides world powers
World powers traded accusations of hypocrisy in bitter clashes on Monday over the global chemical weapons watchdog’s new ability to…
Jailed Chinese activist’s life in ‘immediate’ danger: rights groups
World
November 5, 2018
Jailed Chinese activist’s life in ‘immediate’ danger: rights groups
China’s first “cyber-dissident” Huang Qi is in danger of dying under police custody if he does not receive medical treatment…
Report: Foreign fighters led IS atrocities against Yazidis
Middle East
October 26, 2018
Report: Foreign fighters led IS atrocities against Yazidis
PARIS (AP) — Foreign fighters, including many Europeans, took a leading role in carrying out the Islamic State group’s…
Richard Thaler wins Nobel for work in behavioral economics
Economy
October 9, 2017
Richard Thaler wins Nobel for work in behavioral economics
The Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago for his contributions to behavioral…
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to anti-nuclear campaign group
World
October 6, 2017
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to anti-nuclear campaign group
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a group of mostly young…
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for development of cryo-electron microscopy to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson
Science News
October 4, 2017
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for development of cryo-electron microscopy to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was won by three researchers for the development of cryo-electron microscopy – a method of…