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Award-winning ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt resigns

Australian National University vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt will resign from his post at the end of 2023, citing an urge to return to his research.

AAP

ANU head set to leave post in shock announcement

The Nobel Prize-winner explained his decision during an address to staff and students.

The Canberra Times

Australian National University vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt announces resignation

Brian Schmidt announces he will resign as vice-chancellor in a state of the university address, saying he wants a "somewhat balanced life" again.

ABC News

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Global Figures Urge Support for Iran Protesters

Hundreds of global figures from Nobel laureates to actors have issued a joint plea urging "unstinting" support for Iranians protesting against their country's regime in defiance of a bloody crackdown. Demonstrations erupted in September last year over the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been arrested for allegedly violating…

Asharq Al-Awsat

William meets Earthshot Prize 2022 finalists at Windsor Great Park retreat

The Prince of Wales is the founder and president of the prize, which honours environmental pioneers

Evening Standard

William meets Earthshot Prize finalists at Windsor Great Park retreat

William is the founder and president of the prize, which honours environmental pioneers.

The Independent UK

Padama awardees 2023: Unsung heroes honoured by the Government of India

Centre has announced the list of India\'s highest civilian. The list comprises one Padma Vibhushan award and other names of unsung heroes from the fields of social work, medicine, literature and education for Padma Shri awards.

The Times of India

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Scottish researcher wins 'prestigious' £440,000 prize for pioneering research

A University of Dundee scientist has been awarded one of the most prestigious prizes in his field.

The National (Scotland)

Russia declares U.S. Sakharov Foundation 'undesirable'

In an echo of the Cold War, Russian authorities blacklisted on Monday a U.S.-based foundation named for Andrei Sakharov, the late Soviet-era dissident physicist known for supporting nuclear disarmament, international cooperation, and human rights.

Reuters

Elevate Prize expands to 12 winners in 2023 for strong field

The winners of this year’s Elevate Prize include social entrepreneurs who help Detroit children for school, build technology labs in rural Kenya, and improve road safety in India

The Independent UK

Joseph Stiglitz: tax high earners at 70% to tackle widening inequality

Nobel prize-winning economist calls for new top rate of income tax and 2-3% wealth tax on fortunes

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: For all the good Dr. Fauci did at the NIH, he should have exited the stage sooner

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who began his career at the National Institutes of Health during Lyndon Johnson’s administration, has stepped down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden. To put it in perspective, after more than five decades of…

Chicago Tribune

Khurram Pervez: Jailed Kashmir activist awarded top rights prize

Three campaigners from Kashmir, Chad, and Venezuela win the Martin Ennals Award with the jury hailing their ‘courage’.

Al Jazeera

Pulitzer-winning author does something he never expected as an encore

One of the best things about writing “Less,” says author Andrew Sean Greer, was that he felt completely ready to move on afterward.

Tribune News Service

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Bangkok Post

Crusading journo Maria Ressa hails victory for 'truth'

MANILA: Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa has been acquitted of tax evasion, among several charges the crusading journalist has long maintained are politically motivated, calling the ruling a victory for “truth”.

The Guardian - AU

‘Truth wins’: Maria Ressa, Philippine Nobel prize winner, acquitted of tax evasion charges

Founder of news outlet Rappler says charges were politically motivated and that this was a win ‘for every Filipino who has ever been unjustly accused’

The Canberra Times

The fire that destroyed the Mount Stromlo observatory - and still brings tears to the eyes

Professor Brian Schmidt remembers January 18, 2003.

Al Jazeera

Philippines’s Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion

Appellate tax court clears Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa of all four charges of tax evasion filed against her.

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Nobel laureate Ressa cleared in Philippine tax case, cheers win for justice

Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler were acquitted by a court of tax evasion charges on Wednesday, in a ruling that media watchdogs and human rights groups described as a win for press freedom and rule of law.

Chicago Sun-Times

West Side group wins $10M to create walkable village with grocery stores, arts center, clinic

The Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative is the recipient of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation $10 million Chicago Prize 2022.

Reuters

Nobel Prize body knew Kissinger's 1973 Vietnam deal unlikely to bring peace -documents

The 1973 Nobel Peace Prize to top U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger and North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho, among the most disputed in the award's history, was given in the full knowledge the Vietnam War was unlikely to end any time soon, newly released papers show.

Bangkok Post

Is this a new dawn for Malaysia?

In 2007, on the 50th anniversary of Malaysia's independence, Nobel laureate economist Joseph E Stiglitz celebrated the "miracle" of the country's economic rise and creation of a vibrant multiethnic society. In the 15 years that followed, however, revelations of large-scale corruption and abuse of foreign workers damaged Malaysia's international reputation…

Reuters

Germany calls for release of all political prisoners in Belarus

Germany strongly condemns the "politically motivated show trial" of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Byalyatski and two other activists in Belarus and calls for the release of all political prisoners in the country, the foreign ministry said on Friday.

France 24

Trial of Belarusian Nobel peace laureate opens

A Belarusian court on Thursday opened the trial of jailed human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

The Independent UK

Belarus opens trial of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bialiatski

A Belarusian court has opened the trial of jailed human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

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