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Moscow (AFP) - Jailed Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski went on trial in Minsk on Thursday in what supporters see as a bid to clamp down on Viasna, Belarus's top rights group, which he founded.

Naypyidaw (Myanmar) (AFP) - Ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series of trials ended on Friday, with the Nobel laureate now facing more than three decades behind bars.

India was an early leader in sharing research and information for science. But it has fumbled since then.

In 1996, Peter Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel won a Nobel for virus research, but their 25-year anniversary was thwarted by COVID-19. They spoke to the ABC about how we prepare for the next pandemic, and how the infamous "Dan Murphy opening hours" tweet changed Professor Doherty's drinking habits.

A U_S_ university is investigating a Nobel laureate over sexual harassment allegations that his attorney dismissed as “professional rivalry.”

On Thursday, activists gathered in front of the Lao Embassy in Bangkok to mark the 10th year of the disappearance of Sombath Somphone, the award-winning Lao social activist. Every year, activists have launched campaigns to keep the memory of his mysterious vanishing alive.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people on Friday were awarded a prize that the German city of Aachen gives for contributions to European unity. The prize committee said it selected Zelenskyy and his invaded country's citizens for the 2023 International Charlemagne Prize because they were fighting Russia not…

The people of Ukraine received the European Parliament's annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Wednesday to honour their fight against Russia's invasion.

This affecting documentary follows Swiss biochemist Jacques Dubochet as he turns the sudden fame provided by his Nobel win into a force for change