Nobel Peace Prize goes to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi

10/07/2023

OSLO — Imprisoned Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a rebuke to Tehran’s theocratic leaders and a boost for anti-government protesters, prompting the Islamic Republic’s condemnation. The award-making committee…

3 scientists win Nobel in chemistry

10/05/2023

STOCKHOLM — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots — tiny particles just a few nanometers in diameter that can release very bright colored light and whose applications in everyday life…

Five things to know about the Nobel Prizes

09/28/2023

Stockholm, Sweden—Since 1901, Nobel prizes have been awarded to men, women, and organizations for work that has led to great advances for mankind, in line with the wishes of inventor Alfred Nobel. The winners of this year’s prizes…

Maria Ressa, Philippine Nobel winner, acquitted of tax evasion: court

09/12/2023

Manila—Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa was acquitted Tuesday, September 12, 2023, of her final tax evasion charge, in the latest legal victory for the veteran journalist as she battles to stay out of prison. Ressa smiled as…

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