Biden and Irish poets: 'Hope and history,' a lifelong love
When President Joe Biden visits Ireland this week, you can expect him to visit an ancient castle, honor some of his ancestors and mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement among Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
EXPLAINER: How Nobel Peace Prize nominations come about
Belarusian opposition figures, Hong Kong-pro-democracy activists, the Black Lives Matter movement, a jailed Russian opposition leader and two former White House senior advisers are among this years nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. There is no shortage of causes or candidates for the Norwegian Nobel Committee to consider for what arguably remains the worldโs most prestigious prize. Here's a look at the Nobel nomination process:WHO CAN NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE? The U.N. World Food Program won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. The peace prize and other Nobel awards are presented to the winners on Dec. 10, the anniversary of founder Alfred Nobelโs death.
The Latest: Fauci says vaccinate Biden, Harris, Trump, Pence
Alter, Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, at NIH in Bethesda, Md., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON โ The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):7:30 a.m.Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris should be vaccinated for COVID-19 as soon as possible. Speaking to ABC's โGood Morning Americaโ on Tuesday, Fauci said, โFor security reasons, I really feel strongly that we should get them vaccinated as soon as we possibly can." Fauci says Vice President Mike Pence should get vaccinated, too. Biden pointedly criticized President Donald Trump for threatening core principles of democracy even as he told Americans that their form of self-government ultimately โprevailed.โRead more:โ In a first, leading Republicans call Biden president-electโ Biden returns to Georgia as validator for Ossoff, Warnockโ Trump says Barr resigning, will leave before Christmasโ Under attack from Trump, institutions bend but donโt break
Home security camera catches moment Nobel Prize winner finds out he won
But Paul Milgrom, a professor of Economics at Stanford University, found out he won the prestigious award while he was half asleep. pic.twitter.com/MvhxZcgutZ โ Stanford University (@Stanford) October 12, 2020When Robert Wilson rang Paul Milgrom's doorbell at 2:15 this morning, Milgrom's wife, who's in Stockholm, received a security-camera notification on her phone. Itโs Bob Wilson, youโve won the Nobel Prize," Wilson says in the video. Milgrom won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize prize in Economic Sciences for โfor improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats,โ according to the committee. Learn more about Milgromโs award by clicking here.
A Nobel science first: More than one woman winner, no man
Wednesday's Nobel Prize in chemistry was a historic first for women. It was the first time a Nobel science prize was given to more than one woman, but no men, in a specific category. In the 120 years of Nobel prizes in medicine, physics and chemistry, prizes were awarded 599 times to men and 23 times to women. Three other times, a woman won one of the sciences by herself. This year, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won the chemistry prize for developing the CRISPR method of genome editing.
2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool
French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize 2020 in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing likened to 'molecular scissors' that offer the promise of one day curing genetic diseases. โThere is enormous power in this genetic tool,โ said Claes Gustafsson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. In 1911, Marie Curie was the sole recipient of the chemistry award, as was Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin in 1964. ___Read more stories about Nobel Prizes past and present by The Associated Press at https://www.apnews.com/NobelPrizes___This story was first published Oct. 7, 2020. It was updated on Oct. 8, 2020, to correct the aim of clinical trials that are underway with the gene-editing tool CRISPR.
Nobel laureate refuses local honor over Poland's LGBT 'rift'
Tokarczuk said in a tweet Friday that while she appreciated being considered, she โsadlyโ couldn't accept Lower Silesiaโs honorary citizenship. She said that receiving it at the same time as Bishop Ignacy Dec would highlight the โpainful riftโ in Poland over LGBT rights. Dec has repeatedly described the LGBT rights movement as a threat to the Catholic Church and to Poland, which is predominantly Catholic. โInstead of being a joyous celebration of a sense of community, it is a vivid illustration of the painful rift in our society,โ she said. Poland has produced heated debates over LGBT rights in recent months, including after right-wing President Andrzej Duda described the movement as worse than communism as part of his reelection campaign earlier this year.