Economic Sciences, Economy Winners 2024
Three American economists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for their “studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”
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Literature Winners 2024
After the Nobel Prizes that honoured work in the sciences, the Nobel Committee at the Swedish Academy announced the literature award to South Korean author Han Kang, “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”.
Chemistry Winners 2024
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 was awarded with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”
Physics Winners 2024
John Hopfield (USA) and Geoffrey Hinton (CAN) share the prize “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”
Physiology Or Medicine Winners 2024
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.
Surge In Massive Data Centres
Generative AI companies have called on the White House to build data centres that use as much power as an entire city. These would create tens of thousands of jobs and boost GDP.
Kremlin’s Secret Drones Project
Russia has established a weapons programme in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones, or uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), for use in the war against Ukraine.
Russian Conscription Rising Since Invasion Of Ukraine
President Putin orders the conscription of 133,000 new servicemen in Russia’s autumn draft, taking the 2024 total to 283,000 – up by 11% from 2022.
American Labor Activism
Dockworkers who went on strike on October 1 are just the latest union to echo demands for better contracts. At least 250 strikes and other labor actions have been recorded so far this year.
Italy Opens Controversial Migrant Center Overseas
Italy has opened the first of two controversial migrant camps in neighboring Albania – a move it hopes will reduce the number of illegal sea crossings to its shores.
Europeans Skeptical Ukraine Will Win War, Polling Shows
According to a new poll, while the majority of Ukrainians believe Kyiv will prevail in its war with Russia, most Europeans see a negotiated peace as the most likely outcome.
Over 20 NATO Allies To Hit Defense Spending Target
A record 23 of NATO’s 32 member nations will meet the alliance’s defense spending target this year, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said.
Finland Set To Host New NATO Battle Group
Finland is on track to become the ninth country to host a NATO multinational battle group after ministers supported the move in Brussels on Friday.
Russia Preparing For Possible New Offensive In Ukraine
Russian troops are reportedly gathering near Ukraine’s northeastern border in a sign of a possible new offensive aiming to expand Moscow’s foothold in the region.