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World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 16th June 2026.Today: Iran-US peace terms. Australia shark attack. UK social media ban. South Africa reputation. Ethiopia bus crash. Canada Nuvei. Peru growth. Spain migrants. Norway case. Ukraine monastery. And UK festival first female lead. With ...  Show more

Get the free Friday newsletter: send7.org/newsletterWorld news in 7 minutes. Monday 15th June 2026.Today : Iran-US no deal? Indonesia daycare arrests. UK Russian ship. Switzerland referendum. DRC Ebola camp. Nigeria protests. Venezuela Aragua strike. Argentina Nazi arrest. Brazil ...  Show more

Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was shocked to read his own obituary branding him the "merchant of death." While the story might not be entirely true, it pushed him to reconsider his legacy. His fortune went on to establish the Nobel Prizes, honouring achievements in phys ...  Show more

In this special bonus episode of Nobel Prize Conversations, we shine a light on the many ways achievements in science are celebrated — from quiet late-night breakthroughs in the lab to the glittering applause of the Nobel Prize award ceremony. Host Karin Svensson speaks with Adam ...  Show more

As of the recording of this episode, 1,012 people have been awarded Nobel Prizes across every category.  This episode is not about any of them. This episode is about the people who didn’t win a Nobel Prize but arguably should have.  Whether they were the victims of personal pe ...  Show more

Geir Lundestad, a Norwegian historian, who until 2014 served as the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, delivered the 2016 Cyril Foster Lecture, 'Twenty-five Years in the Search for Peace: Reflections on the Nobel Peace Prize', on 3rd March 2016. The Cyril Foster Lecture i ...  Show more