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First female head of Nobel’s literature award body has died

6:31 pm October 12, 2019

Helsinki : Sara Danius, the first female head of the prestigious Swedish body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died. She was 57. Her family told Swedish news agency TT that Danius passed away early Saturday following a long illness. Swedish media said she had breast cancer. Danius, who was a literature critic, professor and […]

France says EU sanctions against Turkey ‘on the table’

1:58 pm October 11, 2019

Paris: France’s Europe minister said Friday that EU sanctions against Turkey over its anti-Kurd offensive in Syria are “on the table”, after European nations failed to convince the UN Security Council to condemn the military strikes by Ankara. “Obviously it’s on the table,” Amelie de Montchalin told France Inter radio, saying potential reprisals over Turkey’s […]

Britain's Johnson plays down Brexit breakthrough hopes

Brexit deal hopes hang on British breakfast with Barnier

1:55 pm October 11, 2019

Brussels : Britain and Europe’s top Brexit negotiators sat down together Friday to test what British and Irish leaders say might be a “pathway” to a deal. Technical talks on an agreement to govern Britain’s EU divorce are stalled, just days before what had been billed as a last chance European summit. But on Friday […]

Nobel Prize in literature- Laureate Peter Handke says honoring him is ‘courageous’

Nobel laureate Peter Handke says honoring him is ‘courageous’

9:23 pm October 10, 2019

STOCKHOLM: Peter Handke says the decision to award him the Nobel Prize in literature was courageous. The Austrian author, who lives in France, said Thursday the recognition gave him what he described as “a strange kind of freedom.” He spoke outside his home in suburban Paris. Handke was an opponent of NATO’s airstrikes against Serbia […]

Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke win Nobel literature prizes

Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke win Nobel literature prizes

9:00 pm October 10, 2019

STOCKHOLM: Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke — two writers whose works are deeply intertwined in Europe’s religious, ethnic and social fault lines — won the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes for literature on Thursday. The rare double announcement came after no literature prize was awarded last year due to sex abuse […]