As Kimi Antonelli secured an emphatic victory at the Formula One United States Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon in Austin, he received the winner’s prize from none other than Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Mercedes’ Andrea Kimi Antonelli celebrates on the podium after winning the United States Grand Prix alongside United States Senator Ted Cruz. (IMAGN … Read more
US economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford jointly won the 2026 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday. They were awarded the prize for their research on how governments and central banks can manage changes in the economy. Robert Hall and Michael Woodford win the 2026 Nobel Economics Prize for research on economic stability. (Photo by … Read more
US President Donald Trump on Friday reshared a post attacking 2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay, calling the South African jurist an “unabashed hater of America and Israel” after she was awarded the honour.The post, written by David Schoen, Trump’s former impeachment lawyer, criticised the Norwegian Nobel Committee for selecting Pillay and accused her … Read more
Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay, who currently serves as a jurist in the International Court of Justice, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law, by ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.Born into a family of Indian Tamil origin in apartheid-era Durban, South … Read more
This is not the first time Trump has said he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, while acknowledging that he remains unsure whether the Norwegian Nobel Committee will select him for the 2026 award.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said the … Read more
American scientist Karl Deisseroth has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel. They were honoured for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, a method that helps scientists understand how the brain works. Karl Deisseroth, one of the three recipients of the 2026 … Read more
Godfrey Hounsfield stands beside the EMI-Scanner in 1972 and modern CT scans provide much higher resolution images of the ‘slices’ of the brain than Hounsfield’s original scan did in 1971. What if the contents of a sealed box could be revealed without ever opening it? For British engineer Godfrey Hounsfield, the question began with an … Read more
A $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot winner in Illinois has finally claimed the prize nearly one month after the August 12 drawing, ending the mystery over who held the winning ticket. The winner, who has chosen to remain anonymous, bought a $2 Quick Pick for a single line of Powerball numbers at Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh … Read more
Natalie Flaherty, a Minnesota teen is one of the recipients of the 2026 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. At just 12, the girl has been able to work towards and achieve something that generations before her struggled to. The Fairmont native founded ‘I Stand With Anne’, a campaign that aims to turn Holocaust remembrance … Read more
London, Fiction authors from the UK dominate the shortlist of the 2026 Booker Prize, including Scottish American past winner of the coveted literary prize Douglas Stuart. UK authors dominate 2026 Booker Prize shortlist of ‘writing at its best’ This year’s six finalists, whittled down on Tuesday from the “Booker Dozen” of 13 on the longlist, … Read more