Since the inception of the Nobel Prizes in 1901, these prestigious awards have recognised individuals who have made ...

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus became famous through his revolutionary ideas in development aid. For the last half ...

Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse, 64, is the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature ... A man in his 50s and a woman who is around 30 buy a house together in the middle of nowhere ...