Four Nobel Peace laureates who were in jail when they won
Belarusian rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who was jailed in July 2021, is the fourth laureate to win the Nobel Peace Prize whilst behind bars. Bialiatski,...
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Who are the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize?
The Norwegian Nobel Committee Friday decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 to one individual and two organisations. The committee in its press...
French author Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Literature Prize
French author Annie Ernaux, known for her deceptively simple novels drawing on personal experiences of class and gender, won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday,...
Three scientists win Nobel Prize for click chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday awarded to a trio of chemists from the United States and Denmark who laid the foundation for a...
French-US-Austrian trio win physics Nobel for quantum mechanics work
A trio of physicists on Tuesday won the Nobel Prize for discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics that have paved the way for quantum...
Explained: Why is the world worried about China’s property crisis?
China’s troubled property sector suffered another blow this month when frustrated homebuyers stopped making mortgage payments on units in unfinished projects. The boycott came with...
Aussie scientists develop method to neutralize methane emissions
A team of chemists from the University of the New South Wales (UNSW) have devised a new method of recycling potent fossil fuel, methane, by...
Covid-19 waste pressurises management systems globally
WHO report says over 140 million test kits will generate 2,600 tonnes of non-infectious waste and 8 billion vaccine doses will add 143 tonnes of...
Students face $17 trillion loss in lifetime earnings due to pandemic
NEW YORK: Closures of educational institutes during the Covid-19 pandemic could result in a staggering $17 trillion in lost lifetime earnings for today’s students, according...
Billionaires’ share of global wealth triples during pandemic
PARIS: The share of global wealth of the world’s richest people soared at a record pace during the Covid-19 pandemic, a report on inequality showed...