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Japan's Ohsumi wins Nobel prize for 'self-eating' cell work

Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi has won the 2016 Nobel prize for medicine for ground-breaking experiments with yeast which exposed a key mechanism in the body's defenses where cells degrade and recycle their components.

October 4, 2016
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Hiroshima bomb survivors find sense of duty after Nobel win
October 14, 2024
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South Korea
South Koreans welcome Nobel Literature Prize win
October 11, 2024
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Nobel Prize winners recognised for ‘groundbreaking’ microRNA discovery
October 8, 2024
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Holding back tears, Yunus takes up Bangladesh top job
August 9, 2024
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Nobel laureate Yunus to head Bangladesh interim government
August 7, 2024
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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Iranian women’s rights campaigner
October 6, 2023
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Pioneers of mRNA tech behind Covid jab win Nobel Prize
October 3, 2023
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Nobel laureate and journalist Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler were acquitted by a Philippine court of tax evasion charges on January 18, 2023. The case stemmed from accusation by a state...01:54
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Philippine tax court acquits Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa
January 18, 2023
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The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial, and the Ukrainian human rights group Centre for...02:29
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2022 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to activists from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus
October 7, 2022
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Philippine journalist Maria Ressa arrived in the Norwegian capital Oslo on December 8, 2021, to collect her award for the Nobel Peace Prize. A prominent journalist and leading critic of Philippine...01:39
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Nobel laureate Maria Ressa arrives in Oslo
December 9, 2021
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The Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to Philippine journalist Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov of Russia on October 8, 2021. Ressa is a prominent journalist and leading critic of Philippine...03:19
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Maria Ressa wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 8, 2021
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Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege, 63, and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, 25, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway on December 10, 2018 for their work against sexual...02:51
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Nobel Peace Prize winner ‘Doctor Miracle’
December 11, 2018
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Three weeks after the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan, the notoriously media-shy singer-songwriter finally tells the Nobel committee that "pre-existing commitments" prevent him...00:52
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Bob Dylan will be no-show at Nobel prize ceremony
November 17, 2016
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The Nobel Academy is looking for Bob Dylan to give him his cash award for winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, but the music icon is nowhere to be found.00:59
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Where is Bob Dylan? Nobel Academy is looking
October 19, 2016
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American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in a surprise decision. (Photo: AFP)01:21
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'Greatest living poet' Bob Dylan wins Nobel literature prize
October 18, 2016
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International relief assistance is being rushed to Southeast Asia after the deadly magnitude 7.7 quake struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025, sending shock waves that caused destruction as far away as Thailand and China  03:56
Myanmar
Rescue efforts intensify day after deadly quake in central Myanmar
March 29, 2025
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As Indonesia pushes for more EVs on the roads to curb air pollution, many Vespa lovers are taking part in the revolution
Indonesia
Vintage Vespas go electric in Indonesia
April 18, 2025
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One of Beijing’s closest regional partners, Phnom Penh has been hit with a 49% tariff on its exports to the US03:29
Southeast Asia
Xi ends Southeast Asia tour in Cambodia
April 18, 2025
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The joint exercises will feature a mix of equipment, including the China-opposed Typhon missile system01:24
The Philippines
Annual Balikatan drills with US to test Manila’s defence plans
April 16, 2025
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Manila says ‘underwater warfare’ drones may be Chinese
April 16, 2025
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Khairy Jamaluddin, his son-in-law and former health minister, announced on social media that ‘Pak Lah’ had died 01:36
Malaysia
Ex Malaysian PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dies at 85
April 15, 2025
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The Philippines
Philippine schools adapt to soaring temperatures
April 14, 2025
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