Tag: Nobel Prizes
Breathtaking virus numbers show normal life still far away
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa on Saturday became one of the top five worst-hit countries in the coronavirus pandemic, as breathtaking new infection numbers...
The Latest: Asia’s version of Nobel Prize awards canceled
MANILA, Philippines - The Ramon Magsaysay awards, regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize, have been cancelled this year due to the global...
New report alleges killings, mass detentions in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - A new report by the rights group Amnesty International accuses Ethiopia’s security forces of extrajudicial killings and mass detentions...
New report alleges killings, mass detentions in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - A new report by the rights group Amnesty International accuses Ethiopia’s security forces of extrajudicial killings and mass detentions...
US songwriter, Russian soprano win 2019 Polar Music Prizes
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - American songwriter Diane Warren and Russian soprano Anna Netrebko are the winners of this year's Polar Music Prizes, the Swedish...
Trump goes out of his way to take a bow, again
WASHINGTON (AP) - It was wonderful news: Researchers reported earlier this week the largest-ever one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate during 2017....
Trump boasts Iranian general’s death was ‘American justice’
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - President Donald Trump used his first campaign election rally of 2020 to argue that he served up “American justice" by...
Trump boasts Iranian general’s death was ‘American justice’
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - President Donald Trump used his first campaign election rally of 2020 to argue that he served up “American justice" by...
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019
A lauded writer who brought to light stories overshadowed by prejudice. An actress and singer who helped embody the manufactured innocence of the 1950s....
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi’s defense of army puzzles former admirers
BANGKOK (AP) - What drives Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar who this week defended her country at the International Court of...