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AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton spoke Monday at the first of the two-night Hinton Lectures event in Toronto. CBC | World News
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Nobel in economics awarded for research into why countries with poor institutions don’t thrive
The Nobel memorial prize in economics was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for research that explains why societies with poor rule of law and exploitative institutions do not generate sustainable growth. CBC | World News
Read More »Japan’s Nihon Hidanyko, organization of atomic bomb survivors, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
The Japanese grass roots group Nihon Hidankyo, comprised of survivors of Second World War atomic bombings, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »South Korea’s Han Kang awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life,” the award-giving body said on Thursday. CBC | World News
Read More »Iranian court extends prison term of Nobel Peace Prize winner, family says
A court in Iran has slapped imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi with an additional sentence of 15 months for allegedly spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic, her family said Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »Jailed Iranian Nobel winner on hunger strike after being denied medical care for not wearing hijab
Narges Mohammadi refuses to wear a hijab, even if it means prison officials won’t take her to the hospital for urgently needed medical treatment. Now the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner is on hunger strike. CBC | World News
Read More »International Women’s Day: First woman to – run a marathon, win Nobel prize, fly and MORE
INTERNATIONAL women’s day is today, so it’s time to celebrate the powerful and successful women in this world. Who was the first woman to run a marathon, and what about the first woman to win a Nobel peace prize? Read on to find out. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »Iran protests ‘a prelude to collapse of regime,’ Nobel laureate predicts
The newest wave of unrest that has seized Iran in recent weeks has sparked an exceptionally brutal response that left thousands of victims in its wake. CBC | World News
Read More »Nobel in Economics awarded to 3 for work on alleviating global poverty
The Nobel in economics has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” CBC | World News
Read More »Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to 3 scientists for discovering how cells use oxygen
Two American and one British scientist won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how the body’s cells sense and react to oxygen levels, work that has paved the way for new strategies to fight anemia, cancer and other diseases, the Nobel committee said. CBC | World News
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