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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.
Nobel Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, who was arrested in Iran. Photo: Narges Mohammad Foundation via AFP
Iran

No contact with Iran Nobel winner laureate arrest, supporters say

Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 Peace Prize laureate, was detained on Friday alongside dozens of activists and may face national security charges.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | How Hong Kong can capitalise on Chinese creative destruction

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Middle East

Iran detains Nobel Prize winner Narges Mohammadi in ‘brutal’ arrest

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Thailand

Cambodia suspends all border crossings with Thailand amid more clashes

Both nations reported attacks on Saturday, the day after US President Donald Trump claimed they had agreed to renew a truce.

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People wait to receive supplies on Saturday at a refugee camp in Banteay Meanchey province in Cambodia amid border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia. Photo: Reuters
Americas and the Caribbean

Fugitive Nobel laureate Machado details secret US help to reach Norway

Nobel laureate breaks silence on months in hiding, detailing essential US support for her clandestine exit to Oslo to receive Peace Prize.

Nordic nations

Venezuela’s Machado urges global fight for democracy after Nobel win

The Nobel laureate, barred from travel and forced into hiding by her home country, missed the ceremony in Oslo to receive the Peace Prize.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Venezuela’s Machado will not receive Nobel Peace Prize in person

The Venezuelan opposition figure, who has been in hiding for over a year, will have her daughter accept the award in Norway.

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, in August 2024. Photo: AP
Americas and the Caribbean

Venezuela’s Machado defies warning, vows to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

Caracas has said Maria Corina Machado will be considered a ‘fugitive’ if she travels to Norway to accept the prize.

Donald Trump

Fifa gives Trump its new peace prize at World Cup draw

The US president, who has campaigned for but not received a Nobel Peace Prize, says he doesn’t need awards, just wants to ‘save lives’.

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South Korea

South Koreans deserve Nobel Peace Prize for stopping martial law, president says

Marking the first anniversary of the crisis, Lee Jae-myung hailed those who faced down troops for ‘saving democracy’.

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People gather outside the National Assembly in Seoul in the early morning of December 4, 2024, after then South Korea president Yoon Suk-yeol had declared martial law. Photo: AFP
Science

Wilczek’s Multiverse | Prize for Physics that proves big things can be quantum too

This year’s winners were honoured for their work with an electrical circuit that could open up a path for further computing breakthroughs.

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Science

Why ‘racist’ biologist James Watson is remembered in China with respect

Controversial Nobel Prize winner helped to lay the groundwork for China to become a genomics and biotech powerhouse.

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Thailand

Trump calls Thailand and Cambodia after new clashes upend his ceasefire deal

The US president co-signed a truce between the two countries, but a landmine blast prompted Thailand to suspend the agreement.

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China consumption

Michael Spence on China: fix property, boost confidence – tariffs are secondary

Speaking at Hongqiao International Economic Forum in Shanghai, Michael Spence stresses importance of avoiding damage to household balance sheets.

Economist Michael Spence, seen here at a forum in Hong Kong last year, spoke on Thursday during the Hongqiao International Economic Forum in Shanghai. Photo: Elson Li
Science

James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix shape, dead at 97

His efforts won him a Nobel Prize, but Watson drew condemnation near the end of his life for saying black people were less intelligent.

US biologist James Watson poses for a portrait at an exhibition in Berlin in October 2004. Photo: AP
Hong Kong

Hong Kong Laureate Forum kicks off as city woos global science talent

The four-day event aims to facilitate exchanges between Shaw Prize winners and young scientists.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh political violence kills 281 since Hasina’s fall

A Dhaka-based human rights group said many people had fallen victim to extortion by political parties regardless of their financial or social standing.

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Japan

Japan’s PM slammed for ‘currying favour’ with Trump over Nobel Peace Prize plan

Sanae Takaichi’s intention to recommend Trump for the accolade has even drawn criticisms within her Liberal Democratic Party.

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US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of the Japan-US summit in Tokyo on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
Hong Kong science and tech

‘Slave’ to AI: Nobel Prize winners warn against technology overhype, dependency

Professors David Gross and Arieh Warshel also praised Hong Kong’s education system and focus on science at event exploring AI.

US-China relations

Opinion | Amid US-China rivalry, Nobel Prize winner’s oeuvre offers food for thought

The work of one of the winners of the Nobel Prize in economics offers a way to think through the divergence between the West and the Rest.

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US-China relations

As I see it | As Nobel laureates show, the US can’t take tech lead over China for granted

It’s hard to tell who will ultimately win the tech race but this year’s Nobel economics prize gives us some clues.

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A researcher conducts pest-control experiments at a branch of Sinograin in Chengdu, Sichuan province on October 15. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s John Lee champions Shaw Prize vision, pays tribute to late physicist

City leader among those paying respects to Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Chen-ning Yang, who died in Beijing on Saturday.

The award, dubbed the “Nobel Prize of the East”, honours outstanding contributions in astronomy, life science and medicine, and the mathematical sciences. Photo: Sun Yeung
War and conflict

As I see it | The Nobel Peace Prize should now be called the Nobel war prize

Winner Maria Corina Machado can be held up as a poster child of American militarism against her own country, Venezuela, and across Latin America.

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China-EU relations

Europe losing tech race to China and US, Nobel Prize winner warns

Europe ‘needs to wake up’ and take steps to cut government red tape, said economist Philippe Aghion after winning this year’s award.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Venezuela’s Nobel laureate urges Maduro to cede power peacefully

Maria Corina Machado, speaking from hiding, warned the president that he will leave power ‘with or without negotiation’.

President Nicolas Maduro aims a bow and arrow during Indigenous Day. Photo: AP
Norway

Venezuela closes embassy in Norway after Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuela says embassy closure was part of a restructuring of its foreign service - a move Norway called ‘regrettable’.

The Venezuelan embassy in Oslo, Norway on Monday. Photo: EPA
Norwegian Nobel Committee

Trio wins economics Nobel for innovation and creative destruction

Nobel winners Mokyr, Aghion, and Howitt, were honoured for highlighting creative destruction’s role in technological progress.

Donald Trump

Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado dedicates award to Trump

The Venezuelan opposition leader thanked the US president for his support of her country’s pro-democracy movement.

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