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Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke win Nobel literature prizes
Stockholm, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian writer Peter Handke won the 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes for literature on Thursday, a rare double announcement that came after no prize was announced last year due to sex abuse allegations that tarnished the group awarding the prizes.
Police: Indonesia's security minister wounded in stabbing
Jakarta, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — A knife-wielding man who may have been influenced by a radical Islamic group wounded Indonesia's security minister, a local police chief and another person in a western province on Thursday, police said.
Nobel prize honors breakthroughs on lithium-ion batteries
Stockholm, OCT 10 (AP/UNB) — If you're reading this on a cellphone or laptop computer, you might thank the three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on lithium-ion batteries.
A year after Michael, Florida community still in crisis
Orlando, OCT 10 (AP/UNB) — A year after Hurricane Michael , the Florida county hardest hit by the Category 5 storm is still in crisis: Thousands in Bay County are homeless, medical care and housing are at a premium, domestic violence has become a problem and severely diminished mental health services are overwhelmed with backlogs.
2 Nobel literature prizes to be awarded after 2018 scandal
Stockholm, OCT 10 (AP/UNB) — Two Nobel Prizes in literature — one for 2019 and one for last year — will be announced Thursday after the 2018 literature award was postponed following sex abuse allegations that had rocked the Swedish Academy.
Apple removes Hong Kong map app after Chinese criticism
Beijing, OCT 10 (AP/UNB) — Apple removed a smartphone app that allows Hong Kong activists to report police movements from its online store Thursday after an official Chinese newspaper accused the company of facilitating illegal behavior.
Crime wave in Israel's Arab towns exposes rift with police
Majd Al-Krum, OCT 10 (AP/UNB) — In the week since three men were killed in a midday shootout in an Arab town in northern Israel, the country has seen mass protests, complaints of police negligence and a public debate about violence in Arab communities that has veered into racist generalizations.
'Flash drought' brings dust and dread to southern farmers
Cartersville, OCT 10 (AP/UNB) — In a vast expanse of the South stretching from Texas to Maryland, there are growing concerns for the cattle, cotton and corn amid a worsening drought fueled this past summer by record high temperatures.
Politician charged in human trafficking adoption scheme
Phoenix, OCT 10 (AP/UNB) — An Arizona elected official ran a human smuggling scheme that promised pregnant women thousands of dollars to lure them from a Pacific Island nation to the U.S., where they were crammed into houses to wait to give birth, sometimes with little to no prenatal care, prosecutors allege.
Italian court blocks loan of Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man to Louvre Museum
Rome. Oct. 10 (Xinhua/UNB) -- A court in the northern Italian region of Veneto has suspended a plan to loan Leonardo Da Vinci's iconic Vitruvian Man to Paris' Louvre Museum.