News of prize

Milei raffles off monthly pay – and cash is won by a Kirchnerite

14-01-2022 19:55 A 40-year-old from Buenos Aires City was the lucky winner of the raffle for Javier Milei’s first monthly paycheque this weeK – unfortunately for the libertarian deputy, he's a Kirchnerite.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Nobel winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel released from hospital after stroke

05-01-2022 13:33 Argentine human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel was released from hospital following a minor stroke, his family said late on Tuesday.

BALLON D'OR

Even in the twilight of his career, Messi remains the man to beat

03-12-2021 22:08 Lionel Messi said it himself: Exorcising Argentina’s demons in Brazil and leading the side to Copa América glory was “the key” in winning him a record seventh Ballon d’Or.

by Dan Edwards

NOBEL PRIZE NOD

Veterans from Malvinas conflict shortlisted for Nobel Peace Prize

11-11-2020 15:22 Former Argentine soldier Julio Aro and retired British Army colonel Geoffrey Cardozo shortlisted for honour as a result of their tireless work identifying remains of fallen soldiers on islands.

Nobel prizes

Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions

12-10-2020 12:05 US economists Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson have won the Nobel Prize in Economics for "improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats."

Nobel prize

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

09-10-2020 11:37 The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the World Food Programme on Friday for feeding millions of people from Yemen to North Korea, as the coronavirus pandemic pushes millions more into hunger.

Nobel prizes

US poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature

08-10-2020 17:41 Louise Glück, a US poet long revered for the power, inventiveness and concision of her work and for her generosity to younger writers, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

NOBEL PRIZE

Two scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool

07-10-2020 09:33 Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a way of editing genes likened to “molecular scissors” that offer the promise of one day curing inherited diseases.

NOBEL PRIZES

Three scientists win Nobel physics prize for black hole finds

06-10-2020 09:02 Three scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics for advancing our understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the universe.