Economy Oct 12 WATCH: 2 American economists win Nobel for studying how to deal with economic shocks American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics Monday for their work on models that have helped governments and central banks manage economic shocks, such as energy crises and inflation.
World Oct 08 WATCH: Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to uphold international justice Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace…
Arts Oct 07 WATCH: Canadian writer Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature Toronto-born Carson, 76, draws on themes and stories from ancient Greek and Roman literature for works that often blend elements of poetry, essay and fiction.
Science Oct 06 WATCH: Kagan and Soai win Nobel Prize in chemistry for illuminating mirror-image molecules Scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs and transformed modern medicine.
Science Oct 05 WATCH: Nobel Prize in physics awarded to Francis Halzen for demystifying neutrinos Born in Belgium, the 82-year-old scientist is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the U.S. Halzen helped pull the curtain back on a rare gang of tiny cosmic particles that scientists say hold clues about the development of the…
Health Oct 04 WATCH: 3 scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for studying mysteries of the brain Karl Deisseroth, 54, Peter Hegemann, 71, and Georg Nagel, 73, have carried out research into light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
World Sep 13 Partial returns show close race between Sweden's conservative government and left-wing opposition Exit polls from public broadcaster SVT had initially shown the left-wing parties ahead by several percentage points but with two-thirds of the actual vote counted, the two blocs were nearly dead even.
World Mar 24 Danish prime minister's future unclear after election results show indecisive outcome Official results showed that Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s center-left Social Democrats lost ground compared with the last election in 2022, as did her two partners in the outgoing government.
World Feb 02 Son of Norway's crown princess arrested on new allegations the day before his rape trial Police said Monday that Marius Borg Høiby was arrested on Sunday evening and is accused of assault, threats with a knife and violation of a restraining order.
World Jan 23 Ukraine, Russia and U.S. to discuss fraught issue of territorial concessions Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi on Friday for talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale invasion.