Nobel prize
Three out of 4 Egyptian Nobel Prize laureates faced tragic endings
Egypt
August 4, 2016
Three out of 4 Egyptian Nobel Prize laureates faced tragic endings
Egyptian chemist and Nobel Prize laureate Ahmed Zewail died suddenly on Tuesday, leaving his family and friends in shock. Zewail…
ElBaradei removed from Nobel winners list in primary-school books
Egypt
March 21, 2016
ElBaradei removed from Nobel winners list in primary-school books
The name and photo of former vice president Mohamed ElBaradei has been removed from a list of Egyptian Nobel laureates…
Nothing less than perfection is on the menu for the Nobel banquet
Food
December 11, 2015
Nothing less than perfection is on the menu for the Nobel banquet
In a shiny new kitchen beneath Stockholm's city hall, more than 40 chefs are peeling, scooping, molding and baking local…
‘He named me Malala’: portrait of girls’ education icon
Art news
October 11, 2015
‘He named me Malala’: portrait of girls’ education icon
Malala was the name on everyone's lips this week at the London Film Festival where a documentary about the youngest-ever…
Pope Francis, anti-nuclear activists among Nobel Peace Prize contenders
World
October 9, 2015
Pope Francis, anti-nuclear activists among Nobel Peace Prize contenders
Pope Francis and a line-up of anti-nuclear campaigners headed lists of favorites to win the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize on…
Japanese, Canadian neutrino scientists win Nobel Prize for Physics
Science
October 6, 2015
Japanese, Canadian neutrino scientists win Nobel Prize for Physics
Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur McDonald of Canada won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for the discovery…
Politician says Nobel laureate Zewail gave nothing to Egypt
Egypt
August 18, 2015
Politician says Nobel laureate Zewail gave nothing to Egypt
A politician has slammed invites made to Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail to events attended by Egypt’s president, arguing that Zewail…
Germany’s Guenter Grass, author of ‘The Tin Drum’, dies at 87
Books
April 13, 2015
Germany’s Guenter Grass, author of ‘The Tin Drum’, dies at 87
German novelist Guenter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning author of "The Tin Drum", an epic treatment of the Nazi era, died…
Chemical weapons watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize for Syrian mission
Egypt
October 11, 2013
Chemical weapons watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize for Syrian mission
The global chemical weapons watchdog working to eliminate chemical weapons stockpiles around the battlefields of Syria's civil war won the…
China’s Mo Yan wins Nobel prize for literature
Books
October 11, 2012
China’s Mo Yan wins Nobel prize for literature
Chinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel prize for literature on Thursday for works which combine "hallucinatory realism" with…