World Oct 06 WATCH: 3 economists who study how weak institutions affect prosperity win 2024 Nobel Prize The Nobel memorial prize in economics was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for research that explains why societies with poor rule of law and exploitative institutions do not generate sustainable growth.
Arts Oct 06 WATCH: South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literature Nobel committee chairman Anders Olsson praised Han's "physical empathy for the vulnerable, often female lives" of her characters.
Science Oct 06 WATCH: David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper win 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry for breakthrough work on proteins “That was actually called a grand challenge in chemistry, and in particular in biochemistry, for decades. So, it’s that breakthrough that gets awarded today,” Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, said.
Science Oct 06 WATCH: AI pioneers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton win 2024 Nobel Prize in physics Hinton, who is known as the Godfather of artificial intelligence, is a citizen of Canada and Britain who works at the University of Toronto and Hopfield is an American working at Princeton.
Science Oct 06 WATCH: American scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for discovery of microRNA A panel that awarded the prize in Stockholm said Monday that the work by Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun ultimately "revealed a new dimension to gene regulation, essential for all complex life forms."…
World Aug 26 German leader vows to step up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers after deadly knife attack German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has vowed to toughen knife laws and step up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers as he visited the scene of the knife attack in which a suspected Islamic extremist from Syria is accused of killing three people.
World Aug 25 German police say a suspect has turned himself in over deadly festival knife attack A 26-year-old man has turned himself into police, saying he was responsible for the Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary, German authorities announced Sunday.
World Aug 24 Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack that killed 3 at German festival The Islamic State group said the attacker targeted Christians and is a “soldier of the Islamic State” who carried out the attack “to avenge Muslims in Palestine and everywhere.”…
World Aug 23 German festival attack kills 3 people and wounds at least 5 Police said the attacker was on the run, and that they so far had only very little information on the man.