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There are 351 nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize this year.The Nobel Prizes are slated to be announced this week with the first award in medicine or physiology won by Hungary’s Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman of the United States on Monday. Their research led to the...

The Maldives has a population of half a million people scattered across more than 1,000 islands. But last weekend, the picturesque archipelago delivered an electoral verdict that has sent shock waves around the world — and especially across the Indian Ocean...

Nadya Tolokonnikova, an artist and activist, was placed on Russia’s most wanted list in March.Weeks earlier, she had released an irreverent short film entitled Putin’s Ashes, in which a group of women from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, dressed in lingerie and wearing...

On September 8, France’s top administrative court upheld a government ban on the abaya in public schools. The government had announced the measure in August, claiming it broke the rules of secularism in education.The following Monday, nearly 300 girls showed up to...

The Italian sportswoman discusses her career, racism, and the importance of sisterhood in women’s sports.Just 24, volleyball player Paola Egonu dominates the sport with records for highest jump, fastest serve and spike speed. A three-time European champion and Tokyo...

Energy ministers and climate leaders from around the world gather in Madrid before the next month’s climate summit.Spain’s Energy Minister Teresa Ribera has warned that talks at the COP28 climate summit will be “challenging” as she opened a gathering of energy...