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S. Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature

S. Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Stockholm, Oct 10 (UNI) South Korean author Han Kang has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday.
The announcement made Han the first South Korean writer to win this prestigious honor. The academy praised her "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life."
Anders Olsson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Literature, commended Han's "physical empathy for the vulnerable, often female lives" of her characters.

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At least 12 paramedics killed in Israeli airstrike on Lebanese village

At least 12 paramedics killed in Israeli airstrike on Lebanese village

15 Nov 2024 | 8:46 AM

Beirut, Nov 15 (UNI) At least 12 paramedics from civil defence teams were killed on Thursday night in an Israeli airstrike on their center in Duris, a village in Baalbek in eastern Lebanon, Lebanese news website Elnashra reported.

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Sri Lankan navy arrests 6 suspects for smuggling narcotics

14 Nov 2024 | 11:55 PM

Colombo, Nov 14 (UNI) The Sri Lankan navy on Thursday arrested six suspects from a local multi-day fishing trawler for smuggling narcotics, the navy said in a statement.

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Expert group net-zero emission achievable

Expert group net-zero emission achievable

14 Nov 2024 | 8:56 PM

By Biswendu Bhattacharjee Baku, Nov 14 (UNI) High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Net-Zero Emission Commitments of Non-State Actors| on Thursday asserted that net zero can be achieved and questioned the credibility of claims |by companies, investors, cities and regions that moving faster on the climate crisis was "too difficult".

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Over 280 detain in Amsterdam unauthorized Pro-Palestinian rally

Over 280 detain in Amsterdam unauthorized Pro-Palestinian rally

14 Nov 2024 | 4:19 PM

The Hague, Nov 14 (UNI) Police have detained 281 participants in an unauthorized pro-Palestinian demonstration in central Amsterdam, the Netherlands Police said on Thursday.

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Russia, Algeria largest growth in EU gas exports in 2024

14 Nov 2024 | 3:28 PM

Moscow, Nov 14 (UNI) Russia and Algeria became the only two countries to significantly increase their share of gas supplies to the European Union in 2024, by more than 4 percentage points, a RIA Novosti analysis of data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) showed on Thursday.

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