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Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize
A set of annual international awards established by Swedish dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel in 1895. The Nobel Prize recognises achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace.
Police detain a man taking part in protesters, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in July 2024. Photo: Reuters
Bangladesh

Audio suggests ex-Bangladesh PM ordered ‘lethal weapons’ be used on protesters

In the recording from July 2024, a voice alleged to be Sheikh Hasina’s is heard authorising security forces to ‘use lethal weapons’ against protesters.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh government orders striking officials back to work

Israel-Iran conflict

Iran’s ‘paper tiger’ leadership will fall, Nobel peace laureate Ebadi predicts

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Donald Trump

Trump complains about Nobel Peace Prize snub over Congo-Rwanda peace deal

The US president has confirmed that the two countries will be in Washington next week to sign a deal to end their conflict.

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US President Donald Trump has complained about being overlooked by the Nobel Peace Prize committee for his efforts in stopping various conflicts around the world. Photo: dpa
Books and literature

How translators of Hong Kong literature are rewriting the script

More English readers are asking for translated literature – and in Hong Kong and beyond, the art of translation is taking off.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s Yunus to step down after April polls, wants to make ‘election right’

Interim leader Muhammad Yunus, the 84-year-old Nobel laureate, said he is focused on democratic reforms and a fair electoral process for a ‘new Bangladesh’.

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History

Wu Chien-shiung, the Chinese scientist who helped make America’s atomic bomb

From a young girl in a small village near Shanghai to one of the most consequential physicists of the 20th century, Wu was often overlooked.

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Chien-Shiung Wu’s experiment is sometimes referred to as the most important physics experiment ever conducted. Illustration: Samuel Porteous
United States

Opinion | Trump’s attack on science risks dismantling a century of innovation

Restrictive visa policies, rhetoric targeting academic institutions and proposed budget cuts to scientific agencies mark the start of US retreat.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh bans former ruling party citing anti-terrorism legislation

The Awami League’s activities will remain banned until after a trial of the party and its leaders over the deaths of hundreds of protesters.

Books and literature

A peek inside Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s new book, Light and Thread

Consisting of 12 essays and poems, Light and Thread is Han’s first book since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in October 2024.

Han Kang, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2024, is the author of a number of acclaimed books including The Vegetarian, Human Acts and We Do Not Part. Photo: AFP
Bangladesh

Bangladesh court detains 70 lawyers tied to toppled government

All of the lawyers belonged to the party of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India following a student-led uprising in 2024.

Demonstrators wave Bangladesh’s national flag during a rally in Dhaka last year marking one month since the ousting of Sheikh Hasina. Photo: AFP
Americas and the Caribbean

Costa Rica’s Nobel-winning ex-president loses US visa

Two-time president Oscar Arias won the Nobel in 1987 for his efforts to end civil wars in Central America.

South Korea

‘Even Republicans will laugh at this’: South Korean party backs Trump for Nobel

The proposal, based on Trump’s role in promotion of peace on the Korean peninsula, has sparked criticism and political backlash.

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Hong Kong economy

Nobel winner urges ‘amazing’ Hong Kong to keep hold of what made it a success

Professor James Robinson calls Hong Kong one of the ‘great economic success stories in world history’.

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James Robinson says he last visited Hong Kong 25 years ago. Photo: Jonathan Wong
China's economic recovery

Nobel Prize-winning research gains traction in China to aid private sector

Hu Deping, son of a late former liberal leader, calls for rethink inspired by Nobel Prize-winning research and better protection for private enterprises.

Members of the Nobel assembly announce the 2024 prize in economics, awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson, during a press conference in Stockholm in October. Photo: EPA-EFE
Japan

Japan’s atomic bomb survivors receive Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

The Nihon Hidankyo group aims to energise nuclear disarmament efforts with their powerful testimonies amid rising concerns.

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Iran

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner gets 3-week reprieve from prison after surgery

Narges Mohammadi’s release on medical grounds sparks calls for permanent freedom and adequate healthcare.

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Bangladesh

My Take | ‘Worse than before’: Bangladesh’s turmoil grows as Yunus tries to restore order

Muhammad Yunus faces challenges in restoring order and reviving Bangladesh’s economy amid ethnic tensions and urgent calls for new elections.

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Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh’s interim government, speaks to members of the media at the COP29 UN Climate Summit on November 13. Photo: AP
Books and literature

Literary but not literal, translator introduces Korean writers to the world

Award-winning translator Brother Anthony ponders Nobel Prize hype and the complexities of translating Korean poems and novels into English.

Science

Wilczek’s Multiverse | From physics to mind: where AI really came from

Despite grumbles in the scientific community, the Nobel Prize for Physics going to artificial intelligence pioneers was inspired.

Science

China’s quantum computing leap risks stumbling into a talent-innovation void

China has a critical need for top hi-tech talent, but must overcome internal risks that hinder inspiration and ingenuity, leading academic says.

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The Zuchongzhi quantum computer. Like other sciences, China’s tech sector faces challenges from a lack of talent as well as its own “involution”. Photo: USTC
Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s student protesters demand president’s resignation

They are urging the president to resign over his comments that appeared to call into doubt former PM Sheikh Hasina’s resignation in August.

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Security personnel stand guard in front of the Bangabhaban, the residence and workplace of President Mohammed Shahabuddin in Dhaka. Photo: Reuters
South Korea

Nobel winner Han Kang’s book faces backlash from South Korean parents

More than 10,000 people have signed a petition demanding the book’s removal from school libraries.

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ICBMs

Opinion | Bomb survivors’ Nobel Prize a reminder to world on edge of nuclear war

As the world lurches towards nuclear conflict, we cannot afford to forget the catastrophe unleashed on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Books and literature

Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for Literature

South Korean author Han Kang has made history as the first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for Literature
US-China relations

Chinese economists call for reforms of ‘critical’ system after Nobel Prize

The winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics published extensively on the relationships between political and economic institutions and wealth.

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Members of the Nobel assembly announce the 2024 prize in economics, awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson, seen on screen, during a press conference in Stockholm on Monday. Photo: TNS

Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson win 2024 Nobel Prize in economics

The award concludes a week of prizes including medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and the coveted peace prize.

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Japan

Video | Hiroshima bomb survivors find sense of duty after Nobel win

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