Economy Oct 10 WATCH: Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth Three researchers who probed the process of business innovation won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for explaining how new products and inventions promote economic growth and human welfare, even as they leave older companies in the dust.
World Oct 09 WATCH: María Corina Machado, champion for democracy in Venezuela, wins Nobel Peace Prize Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a…
Arts Oct 08 WATCH: Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel Prize in literature The 71-year-old Krasznahorkai is the first Hungarian winner since 2002. He has previously received the Man Booker International Prize and the National Book Award for Translated Literature in the U.S.
Science Oct 07 WATCH: 3 scientists who made molecular architecture discovery win Nobel Prize in chemistry A member of the Nobel committee likened the discovery to Hermione Granger’s seemingly bottomless enchanted handbag in the “Harry Potter” series, in that the frameworks may look small from the outside, but are able to hold surprisingly vast quantities within…
Science Oct 06 WATCH: 3 scientists who helped advance quantum technology win Nobel Prize in physics John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for research on seemingly obscure quantum tunneling that is advancing digital technology.
Health Oct 05 WATCH: Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to 3 scientists for their study of the immune system The trio will share nearly $1.2 million in prize money.
World Mar 20 Finland ranked happiest country in the world. The U.S. falls to its lowest-ever position The World Happiness Report released on Thursday says the top 20 happiest countries include 14 Western industrial countries, two countries from Latin America and one from the Middle East.
World Apr 15 Newest NATO member Finland starts building fence on Russian border The construction of barbed-wired fence along Finland’s long border with Russia — primarily meant to curb illegal migration — has broken ground near the southeastern town of Imatra less than two weeks after the Nordic country joined NATO as the…
World Jun 26 Norway mourns victims after Oslo shooting attack A gunman opened fire in central Oslo's nightlife district early Saturday, killing two people — a man in his 50s and and another in his 60s — and wounding more than 20 in what the Norwegian security service called an…
World Sep 01 Belarus poll workers describe fraud in Aug. 9 election Even before the Aug. 9 presidential election in Belarus ended, a poll worker in Minsk said she was asked to sign a document summing up its result, with the vote totals left blank.