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Nobel Prize Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Nobel Prize, an international award given yearly for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economics and peace. October 2-9, 2023 – The Nobel Prizes are announced. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of

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UN says most Libya flood deaths could have been avoided, as reports emerge of how 7-meter wave ‘wiped out’ buildings

By Sana Noor Haq, Celine Alkhaldi and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations has said most of the deaths in flash floods that tore through Libya could have been “avoided,” as relief workers struggle to deliver crucial aid in a humanitarian effort stifled by political divisions and debris from the disaster. At least

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Guatemalan president-elect suspends presidential transition process

By Sahar Akbarzai, Julián Zamora and Fernando Almánzar, CNN (CNN) — Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo de León has announced he is temporarily suspending the presidential transition process after Public Ministry agents raided electoral facilities and opened voting boxes. “We have informed President (Alejandro) Giammattei that we are temporarily suspending our participation in the administrative transition

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Strange lights spotted in Morocco earthquake videos may be a phenomenon reported for centuries, scientists say

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Reports of “earthquake lights,” like the ones seen in videos captured before Friday’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Morocco, go back centuries to ancient Greece. These outbursts of bright, dancing light in different colors have long puzzled scientists, and there’s still no consensus on what causes them, but they are “definitely real,”

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Conditions on Earth may be moving outside the ‘safe operating space’ for humanity, according to dozens of scientists

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Human actions have pushed the world into the danger zone on several key indicators of planetary health, threatening to trigger dramatic changes in conditions on Earth, according to a new analysis from 29 scientists in eight countries. The scientists analyzed nine interlinked “planetary boundaries,” which they define as thresholds

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Zimbabwe’s president faces outrage after appointing son and nephew as government ministers

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Zimbabwe’s recently re-elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing outrage after appointing his son as deputy minister to the country’s finance ministry. Mnangagwa’s 34-year-old son, David, was among 26 officials sworn in as cabinet ministers Tuesday despite public anger when the list of the nominees was made public on Monday.

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Survivors frustrated and volunteers pour in as Morocco accepts limited foreign aid following deadly quake

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Tafeghaghte, Atlas Mountains (CNN) — Wearing an elegant holiday outfit and sunglasses, Chadia Halimi looked a bit out of place in the dusty camp on the edge of Tafeghaghte, a mountain village in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains that was leveled in last week’s earthquake. “It’s not the holiday I planned,” the

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How to help Libya flood victims

By CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Devastating floods from Storm Daniel have left at least 5,000 people dead and around 10,000 more missing in Libya. The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that more than 30,000 people have also been displaced. Heavy rains from the storm caused two dams in the northern city of Derna

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