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Here is a list of the winners of the Nobel Medicine Prize in the past 10 years: 2022: Swedish paleogeneticist Svante Paabo for his discoveries on the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution. 2021: US duo David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for discoveries on human receptors responsible for our ability to sense temperature and touch. 2020: Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice, together with Briton Michael Houghton, for the discovery of the Hepatitis C […]
By Eric RANDOLPH PARIS, Oct 2, 2023 (AFP) – AI Vincent Van Gogh is patient but unimpressed by yet another question about his chopped-off ear. “I apologise for any confusion but it seems you are mistaken,” says the great painter’s avatar, in the sort of testy tone familiar to anyone who has toyed with AI language models. “I only cut off a small part of my ear lobe,” he insists (in fact, there are multiple […]
By Pia OHLIN STOCKHOLM, Oct 2, 2023 (AFP) – Narcolepsy, cancer or mRNA vaccine research could win the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday when a week of announcements kick off, but experts see no clear frontrunner for the Peace Prize. The awards, first handed out in 1901, were created by Swedish inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel in his 1895 will to celebrate those who have “conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.” The Medicine Prize is […]
By Yassine KHIRI PARIS, Oct 2, 2023 (AFP) – After years of turbulence that saw several top executives out the door, Ubisoft is betting aggressively on “Assassin’s Creed Mirage” to level up profits for the French publisher, with a steadier line-up of new releases. The latest entry in the wildly popular “Assassin” franchise is released Thursday, to be followed in December by a game based on the hit “Avatar” films — which was originally scheduled […]
By Marion THIBAUT NORMÉTAL, Canada, Oct 2, 2023 (AFP) – When scientists started pouring over data to assess Canada’s fire season this year, they struggled to find the right superlatives. “Never before seen,” was thrown around, as was “exceptional in scale, duration” and “huge long-term consequences.” “We have shattered all the records on a Canadian scale,” says a shaken Yan Boulanger, a researcher for the country’s natural resources ministry. There had never been so many […]
By Frankie TAGGART WASHINGTON, Oct 1, 2023 (AFP) – The US Congress passed an 11th-hour funding bill Saturday to keep federal agencies running for another 45 days and avert a costly government shutdown — although the deal left out aid to war-torn Ukraine requested by President Joe Biden. Three hours before the midnight Saturday deadline, the Senate voted to keep the lights on through mid-November with a resolution that had advanced earlier from the House […]
WASHINGTON, Oct 1, 2023 (AFP) – US President Joe Biden welcomed a deal to avert a government shutdown on Saturday but called for Congress to swiftly approve aid to Ukraine after it was left out of the agreement. “We cannot under any circumstances allow American support for Ukraine to be interrupted,” Biden said in a statement. “I fully expect the Speaker will keep his commitment to the people of Ukraine and secure passage of the […]
WELLINGTON, Oct 1, 2023 (AFP) – New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Sunday that he had contracted Covid-19, testing positive at a key point in his flailing campaign for re-election. Hipkins said on his official social media feed that he would need to isolate for up to five days — less than two weeks before his country’s general election. The leader of the centre-left Labour Party said he started to experience cold symptoms […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Social Welfare and Development clarified on Saturday, Sept. 30, that the food credits beneficiaries receive under the Food Stamp Program should merely complement their income. Under the FSP launched by the World Food Programme of the United Nations in Siargao Island beneficiaries receive P3,000 worth of food credits loaded to Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Cards. The EBT cards can then be used to purchase food products in all DSWD-accredited merchants and […]
By Andrew MCKIRDY HANGZHOU, China, Sept 30, 2023 (AFP) Philippines pole vaulter EJ Obiena cruised to gold in an Asian Games record on Saturday — and then said he missed not having record-breaker Armand Duplantis to compete against. Obiena has been one of Swedish world record-holder Duplantis’s closest rivals this year, finishing second behind him at last month’s world championships in Budapest. And no one could come close to Obiena in Hangzhou as he took […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Benjamin Acorda Jr. has ordered a reassignment of police personnel whose relatives are running in the upcoming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. In a statement, the PNP said those ordered reassigned to non-election-related duties until the polls on October 30 conclude were 2956 police personnel related to candidates up to the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity. The PNP said the reassignment was to prevent any undue influence or compromise […]
WASHINGTON, Sept 29, 2023 (AFP) – Israel and Saudi Arabia are moving towards the outline of a historic US-brokered deal to normalize relations after decades of hostility, the White House said on Friday. President Joe Biden is hoping to transform the Middle East — and score an election-year diplomatic victory — by securing recognition of the Jewish state by Saudi Arabia, the guardian of Islam’s two holiest sites. “All sides have hammered out, I think, […]
