Nobel laureates
María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition politician, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership in the democracy movement in Venezuela. The prize, announced on Friday, October 10, marks Venezuela's first individual Nobel Prize in any category. Machado is the second Latin American woman to receive
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Nobel laureate and renowned author Wole Soyinka has had his US visa revoked by the US government, effectively banning him from entering the country. The 89-year-old writer received a notice from the US Consulate in Lagos on October 23, 2025, stating that his non-immigrant visa had been revoked, but the
Nobel laureates
Nobel laureate and renowned author Wole Soyinka has had his US visa revoked by the US government, effectively banning him from entering the country. The 89-year-old writer received a notice from the US Consulate in Lagos on October 23, 2025, stating that his non-immigrant visa had been revoked, but the
Nobel laureates
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, a vocal critic of the Trump administration, has had his US visa revoked by the US consulate in Lagos. The 91-year-old playwright was called in for an interview to reassess his visa status earlier this year. Soyinka, who won the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature, had
Machado, María Corina
María Corina Machado's dedicated fight for democracy in Venezuela has earned her the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, marking a historic moment for the country and its people. For over two decades, Machado has tirelessly advocated for the freedoms that the Chavismo regime has denied its citizens. Her unwavering
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Shimon Sakaguchi, a renowned immunologist, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work on peripheral immune tolerance. Sakaguchi's discovery, made in 1995, revealed a crucial mechanism that prevents autoimmune diseases and sheds light on how cancer cells evade immune detection. His
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A farewell ceremony was held in Beijing to pay final respects to Yang Zhenning, a renowned physicist, Nobel laureate, and professor at Tsinghua University. The ceremony, attended by family members, friends, and academic representatives, marked the passing of the 104-year-old scientist who made significant contributions to 20th-century physics with his
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Philippe Aghion, the Kurt Bjorklund Chaired Professor in Innovation and Growth at INSEAD, has been awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, also known as the Nobel Prize in Economics, together with Professors Peter Howitt of Brown University and Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University. The Royal Swedish Academy of
Nobel laureates
Chen Ning Yang, a world-renowned and Nobel Prize-winning scientist, made revolutionary contributions to our understanding of the laws of physics and the nature of particles. Yang's groundbreaking research career spanned seven decades, during which he made numerous field-defining discoveries, including the development of the Yang-Mills theory and the
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have lent their names to a statement calling for a ban on the development of superintelligent AI systems, citing fears over the potential risks to humanity. The statement, signed by over two dozen experts and public figures, urges governments, tech firms, and lawmakers to
Lee, Tsung-Dao
Chen Ning Yang, a renowned theoretical physicist whose work spanned decades and left an indelible mark on the field of physics, passed away at the age of 103 on Saturday in Beijing. His contributions to physics, particularly in the areas of conservation of parity and the weak force, are still
Lee, Tsung-Dao
Chen Ning Yang, a renowned theoretical physicist whose work spanned decades and left an indelible mark on the field of physics, passed away at the age of 103 on Saturday in Beijing. His contributions to physics, particularly in the areas of conservation of parity and the weak force, are still
