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Arts Oct 08
American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel literature prizeAmerican poet Louise Glück won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for her "candid and uncompromising" work, becoming the first U.S. winner since Bob Dylan in 2016.
Science Oct 06
Three scientists win Nobel physics prize for black hole researchThree scientists won this year's Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the universe.
Health Oct 05
Three who discovered hepatitis C virus win Nobel Prize for medicineAnnouncing the prize in Stockholm, the Nobel Committee noted that the trio's work, dating back to the 1970s and 1980s, has helped saved millions of lives.
World Apr 13
As virus deaths rise, Sweden sticks to ‘low-scale’ lockdownWhile most businesses in Sweden are still operating, the economic cost of the pandemic is already being felt.
World Dec 10
Climate change threatens reindeer and a way of lifeAlready pressured by the mining and forestry industry, and other development that encroach on grazing land, Sami herding communities fear climate change could mean the end of their traditional lifestyle.
World Nov 19
Sweden drops rape investigation into Julian AssangeAssange, who is battling an extradition attempt by the U.S. so he can face spying charges related to his WikiLeaks work, has always denied the allegations made against him during a visit to Stockholm in August 2010.
Economy Oct 14
Nobel awarded to 3 economists for work to alleviate povertyThe Nobel Economics Prize was awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their studies on poverty. Duflo is the second woman to win the economics prize.
Arts Oct 10
2 Nobel literature prize winners expose Europe’s fault linesThe two winners were a liberal Pole who has irked her country's conservative government and an Austrian accused by many liberals of being an apologist for Serbian war crimes.
Arts Oct 10
Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Olga Tokarczuk and Peter HandkeTwo Nobel Prizes in literature were announced because the 2018 literature award was postponed following sex abuse allegations that rocked the Swedish Academy.
World Oct 09
3 scientists awarded Nobel in Chemistry for lithium-ion batteriesThe prize went to John B. Goodenough of the University of Texas; M. Stanley Whittingham of the State University of New York at Binghamton; and Akira Yoshino of Asahi Kasei Corporation and Meijo University in Japan.
