Who won the Booker Prize in 2026? And what is the "Booker bounce"? Do our quiz to find out.
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The 81-year-old’s postapocalyptic novel The End of Everything takes home the £50,000 award
Even the fifth-placed house made a profit of $367,000 as the renovation TV show defied Melbourne’s weak property market.
The Australian Institute of Architects’ 2026 National President’s Prize has been awarded to Richard Kirk, Allen Kong, Justin Hill and Vince Pirrello.
Even the fifth-placed house made a profit of $367,000 as the renovation TV show defied Melbourne’s weak property market.
Amartya Sen, an Indian-American economist, philosopher, and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics, wrote Development as Freedom, a book inspired in part by the violent events he witnessed ...
Novaya Gazeta, the independent Russian newspaper once edited by Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, one of Russia’s last independent news outlets, announced on Friday they are closing down their it would close down operations due to pressure from authorities.
Politician, activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner MarÃa Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela. She led the opposition to authoritarian leader Nicholas Maduro and fled Venezuela in 2025 after more than a year in hiding.This is Machado’s first time back in her country following the U.S. arrest of Maduro in January. We hear how her presence is putting pressure on the U.S.-backed Venezuelan regime to hold elections.And with this year’s ‘super El Nino’ expected to bring flash floods and landslides to Kenya, thousands of workers in Nairobi have been preparing. A youth employment group called the Green Army is clearing drainage systems and waterways to try and prevent flooding this winter. But there are tradeoffs to this large-scale cleanup effort.Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.
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US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has claimed Arabs have not made contributions to math, science or literature.
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Are we in an economic crisis? It’s a question that prompted Pulitzer Prize-winning data journalist and illustrator Mona Chalabi to pitch her first book, Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are.It chronicles the economic lives of Americans -- from the mega wealthy to those living paycheck-to-paycheck -- over a six year period. She even digs into her own financial life. From the economic highs of inheritances and professional success to the lows of divorces and lawsuits, Mona chats with Brittany about how economic insecurity affects us all.Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.
Australian writers and publishers are calling for the government to intervene in the industry's "existential crisis" over the rise of artificial intelligence.
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PORT HURON, Oct 27: US President Donald Trump attacked Norway during a campaign rally, calling it a "shithouse country," and said that Norwegian immigrants were not welcome in the United States bec...
Education & Youth
Former Sydney Morning Herald photographer turned photomedia artist Tamara Dean is enjoying a game-changing year – but it’s been a long journey.
Education & Youth
Sean Layh, who taught himself to paint in part by staring at the NGV’s permanent collection, has now won three major prizes this year with his traditional techniques.
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The Prince of Wales was marking his Earthshot Prize, to which all of Norton's guests were linked.
Building & Construction
The 78-square-metre pod, designed to be moved, is a rare project for the Pritzker Prize winner.
Property & Real Estate
She staged the ultimate real estate rejection, blocking the lottery boss who called to give her a mansion and sparking a bizarre celebrity intervention.
Technology
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.