KUALA LUMPUR( Bernama): National laureate Datuk Dr Ahmad Kamal Abdullah, or better known as Kemala, died about noon on Wednesday( Oct 27) at the age of 80 at his house in Jalan Kelang Lama here. National Writers Association( PENA) president Dr Mohamad Saleeh Rahamad said the remains were taken to the Surau As Shahabah, Section 7 Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, and buried at the Section 9 Muslim Cemetery in Kota Damanasara after the Asar prayer.He said Ahmad Kamal had been sick with several chroni

KUALA LUMPUR: National laureate Zaharah Nawawi passed away at KPJ Rawang Specialist Hospital, Selangor at 7. 55am on Tuesday( May 31), believed to be due to cancer.... She was 82. The tragic news was shared by her nephew, Mohd Fadhil Jaffar via a post oh his Facebook page on the same day. Mohd Fadhil who described his aunt as approachable and always philosophical, said she was one of the successful ones in the family, who had greatly influenced and inspired him." Despite her agony and pain, esp

WASHINGTON( Kyodo)--Japan-born American Nobel laureate Syukuro Manabe on Monday expressed hope that more young people will study climate change after receiving the medal in physics for laying the foundations for reliably predicting global warming.... " I'm very happy."" Studying climate is fun," he added.... " I want more young Japanese people to join." Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann, 90, of Germany, shared half this year's Nobel physics prize, while the remaining half went to Italian Giorgio Par

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Lev Marcus, 14, signs a card for his grandfather Rudy Marcus, who celebrated his 100th birthday with a day of festivities at Caltech.... Nobel laureate Rudy Marcus in his Caltech office, where he’s a chemistry professor.... “ He leads by example: Work hard and solve hard problems.” As a theoretical chemist, Marcus works with concepts rather than laboratory apparatus....

Grigory Melkonyants, leader of Russia’s Golos independent election monitoring group, stands in the prisoner’s cage in a courtroom in Moscow on Friday.... 18, 2023 12: 21 PM PT Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Copy Link URLCopied!... Print TALLINN, Estonia— Separate Russian courts on Friday ordered the liquidation of a human rights organization that preserved the legacy of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov and

Nobel prize winning economist Michael Spence said that mobile internet is enabling inclusive growth and opening up employment opportunities. Speaking at a webinar organised by National Stock Exchange( NSE) and New York University( NYU) Stern Business School on Friday night, Spence said that in recent times there had been unusually rapid expansion in digital transactions due to access to mobile internet in India. Describing mobile internet as a" quasi public good", Spence said" opening up of the

UNITED NATIONS( Reuters)-The United Nations on Monday urged the Philippines to allow Nobel Prize winning journalist Maria Ressa to travel to Norway next month to accept the award.... It says it believes in free speech.( Reporting by Michelle Nichols in New York; Editing by Matthew Lewis)....

" War weakens the very tools needed to achieve human rights and democracy--like civil society.... According to Iran's judiciary spokesperson, at least 71 people were killed in the strike, which the United Nations Human Rights Office condemned as a" gross violation" of international law.... But we've never backed down," she said....

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