French economist Philippe Aghion issued a stark warning to Europe shortly after winning this year’s Nobel Prize, saying the continent was losing the technology race to China and the United States. “Europe needs to wake up. We’re falling behind technologically compared to the United States and now China,” the newly minted laureate said during public…
One of the winners of this year’s Nobel economics prize, France’s Philippe Aghion, on Monday warned Europe that it must not let the United States and China dominate technological innovation. Aghion shared the Nobel with American-Israeli Joel Mokyr and Canada’s Peter Howitt for work on technology’s impact on sustained economic growth. “I think European countries…
Donald Trump made a last-ditch attempt to convince the powers that be that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. The U.S. president made a series of Truth Social posts on Thursday night highlighting the positive reaction he has received over his efforts to broker peace around the world. The winner of this year’s Nobel Peace…
The Nobel Peace Prize, which is set to be announced on Friday, is one of the most prestigious honours, awarded to those who have made significant contributions to advancing peace and resolving conflicts. Over the years, it has recognised quiet diplomacy, long-term efforts, and lasting impacts on global harmony. Against this backdrop, US President Donald…
From slippers and sanitary towels to diapers and potty pads, Hongkongers showed off their creative skills – and humour – in coping with water seepage and rattling windows as Super Typhoon Ragasa battered the city. Well-schooled from their previous experiences with super typhoons, residents on Wednesday took to social media to share their best tips…
Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist often called the “godfather of AI” because of his revolutionary neural network models inspired by the structure of the human brain. His research brought about a paradigm shift that enabled today’s machine learning technology. He won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics with John J. Hopfield of Princeton…
US President Donald Trump “no longer has plans” to visit India later this year for the Quad Summit, The New York Times claimed on Saturday, as it detailed how relations between the American leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi “unraveled” over the last few months. The Trump administration hosted the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in…
Nobel-winning economist James Robinson has hailed Hong Kong for its “amazing” inclusive society, calling on the city to deepen such inclusion and stay true to how it became great to further its “incredible success story”. Robinson, a British-American professor at the University of Chicago, also told a seminar on Thursday that he was a believer…
After more than a decade of working in the US, at the start of this year, star geometer Sun Song made the move back to China. He joined Zhejiang University’s Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics after leaving his most recent post as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Sun, who has been…
Donald Trump, the former and now president-elect, has never been shy about his desire to be recognized on the world stage. A Nobel Peace Prize, he once hinted, would be the pinnacle of that recognition. But let’s face it: the skewed global narrative often pits America—and especially its more conservative leaders—against the odds of…