The Nobel Prize in economics has been awarded to Claudia Goldin for her work on the gap between men and women in the workplace. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the prize on Monday. The 77-year-old Goldin is only the third woman among...
Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Mohammadi was recognized for women's rights and democracy, and against the death penalty. 周五，被监禁的伊朗活动家纳吉斯穆罕默迪获得诺贝尔和平奖...
Ethiopian Coffee Stores Find Fans Far from Home When Yared Markos moved to London 25 years ago, he did not see any Ethiopian coffee shops. Now, there are at least 12 around a city known for its tea drinkers. In Ethiopia, coffee is usually drank at th...
Norwegian Writing about Lifes Basic Choices Wins Nobel in Literature The Swedish Academy awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature to a Norwegian known for considering life's basic choices in his 40 years of work. Sixty-four-year-old Jon Fosse wa...
Two Cubans Combine Fishing, Farming for Better Food Production Cuba is undergoing economic crisis and shortages. This can make even simple efforts like fishing or farming complex. That is why two young Cuban businessmen decided to turn to aquaponics...
Three scientists in the United States won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday. The three won for their discovery of quantum dots, a technology widely used today to make displays for electronic devices and medical imaging. 美国的三名科学家...
Training Program in Pakistan Helps Afghan Women In a small building in Peshawar, Pakistan, a group of Afghan women watch a teacher show them how to use a sewing machine. The training program was established last year by Mahra Basheer who saw an incre...
Three Professors Share Nobel Physics Prize for Study of Electrons Three European physics professors won the Nobel Prize on Tuesday for their work on a system that permits scientists to study electrons. Electrons are one of the three particles that ma...
Pope Opens Gathering to Discuss Future of Catholic Church Pope Francis on Wednesday is opening a gathering of bishops and others to discuss the future of the Roman Catholic Church. Some of the discussions include subjects that have never been conside...
Export Restrictions Causing Food Prices to Rise Important foods like grains and cooking oil again are growing more costly in many places around the world. Observers say that is because countries have put export restrictions in place to protect food s...
Scientists Win Nobel Medicine Prize for COVID-19 Vaccine Research Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for making molecule discoveries that helped create COVID-19 vaccines. The Nobel Assembly at Swedens Karolinska Institute announced t...
Guinean Student Rides across Africa to Get to School Mamadou Safaiou Barry lives in the West African nation of Guinea. He wanted to study Islamic theology at a top school in Cairo, Egypt. Without money to pay for transport, Barry drew a map of Africa...
Southeast Asian Countries Consider Sharing Energy, Power Southeast Asian nations are increasingly looking to share power as a result of concerns about climate change. Malaysia and Indonesia signed a deal in Bali, Indonesia in August to study 18 possi...
Why Immigrants Are More Hopeful Than US-born Americans Immigrants in America are more hopeful about the future than citizens who were born in the United States. That is what a recent opinion study of 3,358 immigrant adults found. The study, or survey...
Race to Help Largest, Rarest Tortoise The average life expectancy of North America's largest and rarest tortoise species is unknown. But scientists say the animals could live more than 100 years. The Bolson tortoise is an endangered species. Saving i...
