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
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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
Read More »Richard Thaler wins Nobel Prize in economics
U.S. economist Richard Thaler won the 2017 Nobel Prize in economics for his contributions in the field of behavioural economics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »Nobel Peace Prize goes to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons has won the Nobel Peace Prize. CBC | World News
Read More »Nobel Prize in Chemistry shared by 3 for cryo-electron microscopy
Scientists Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing cryo-electron microscopy which simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules, the award-giving body said on Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »LIGO’s Nobel Prize Winners Celebrate at CalTech Following Physics Award Win
Two of today’s Nobel Prize winners for the physics award associated with LIGO’s gravitational wave discovery celebrated their win most jubilantly, with the scene being something akin to that of a Hollywood red carpet premiere. They were not only surrounded by photographers, but also overjoyed fans and starstruck science fanatics snapping pictures on their personal devices, overjoyed that they were ...
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