Economy Oct 14 Nobel awarded to 3 economists for work to alleviate poverty The 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.
Health Oct 07 Nobel Medicine prize awarded to 3 scientists for learning how cells use oxygen The prize winners' work has paved the way for new strategies to fight anemia, cancer and other diseases.
World Aug 21 Danes criticize Trump for canceling visit over Greenland Former Danish officials and ordinary Danes said Trump's decision to cancel a trip to Denmark next month because the country dismissed his idea of buying Greenland is 'immature' and 'insulting.'…
World May 20 Sweden requests detention order for WikiLeaks’ Assange Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson says if the Swedish court decided to detain Assange she would issue a European arrest warrant.
World May 13 Sweden to reopen rape case against WikiLeaks’ Assange Swedish prosecutors are seeking Julian Assange's extradition after he has served his 50-week prison term in Britain for jumping bail.
World Oct 01 Jean-Claude Arnault, man at center of Nobel Literature scandal, convicted of rape The case began in November, when 18 women came forward in a Swedish newspaper with sex abuse accusations against Jean-Claude Arnault.
World Jul 03 NATO allies defend military spending amid Trump criticism BRUSSELS — NATO allies are pushing back against U.S. criticism that they are not spending enough on defense, as President Donald Trump ratchets up pressure ahead of a summit next week.
World May 31 Denmark joins some European nations in banning burqa, niqab COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark joined some other European countries in deciding Thursday to ban garments that cover the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa.
Arts May 04 The Nobel literature prize will not be awarded this year, following sex abuse allegations The academy said Friday the 2018 prize will be given in 2019. The decision was made in Stockholm a day earlier, on the grounds that the academy is in no shape to pick a winner after a string of sex…
Nation Apr 30 2018 could be the first year in decades with no Nobel Prize in literature The painful, though not unprecedented possibility arises from sex abuse and financial crimes scandals involving the Swedish Academy, the body that chooses the Nobel literature winner.