September2017
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Nobel laureates in line for even bigger pay-day
Sep 26, 2017News Hour: This year’s Nobel laureates can look forward to a rise of 12.5 percent in prize money as the finances of the foundation have improved after previous years of overspending, the Nobel Foundation said The... -
Beset by visions, artist Yayoi Kusama has no intention of slowing down
Sep 26, 2017News Hour: Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, whose work commands some of the highest prices of any living female artist, said on Tuesday that at age 88, she still fills her days painting and has no... -
Myanmar army Facebook posts covering key period of offensive ‘hidden’
Sep 26, 2017News Hour: Facebook posts from Myanmar’s army detailing the opening phase of its crackdown last month on Rohingya Muslim insurgents – an operation now being probed by the United Nations – are no longer visible on... -
Macron paints sweeping vision for Europe
Sep 26, 2017News Hour: French President Emmanuel Macron offered a sweeping vision for a renewal of Europe on Tuesday, calling for the EU to cooperate more closely on defense, immigration, tax and social policy, and for the single... -
Atletico’s ‘Circus Maximus’ Metropolitano awaits Chelsea
Sep 26, 2017News Hour It may lack a final lick of paint but “it appears like the Circus Maximus,” crowed proud Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone at the special atmosphere already produced by his club’s new Wanda Metropolitano... -
Nobel Foundation increases cash award for prizes
Sep 26, 2017News Hour One week before the announcement of the 2017 Nobel prizes begins, the Nobel Foundation said Monday that this year’s winners will receive a larger monetary award worth over a million dollars. “The Board of... -
Russia builds bridge to move troops across Syria’s Euphrates river
Sep 26, 2017News Hour: The Russian military has built a bridge across the Euphrates river near Deir al-Zor to move troops and vehicles to the other side to support a Syrian army offensive, Russian TV reported on Tuesday,... -
Puerto Rico evacuates area near crumbling dam
Sep 26, 2017News Hour: Many people living near a crumbling dam in storm-battered Puerto Rico have evacuated, Governor Ricardo Rossello said on Monday, as he asked for more government aid to avert a humanitarian crisis after Hurricane Maria.... -
Rights group accuses Myanmar of crimes against humanity
Sep 26, 2017News Hour: Myanmar is committing crimes against humanity in its campaign against Muslim insurgents in Rakhine state, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, calling for the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions and an arms embargo.... -
Turkey threatens retaliation after Iraqi Kurdish independence vote
Sep 26, 2017News Hour: The Iraqi government ruled out talks on possible secession for Kurdish-held northern Iraq on Tuesday and Turkey threatened to choke it off, after a referendum on independence there showed strong support for a split....
