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Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen said the EU continues working to protect the independence of the International Criminal Court following American sanctions imposed on October 9. The sanctions came hours after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to former ICC judge Navi Pillay.
Otabek YusupovState Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that Finance Minister Anton Siluanov's contribution to strengthening Russia is greater than that of Mikhail Gorbachev, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. The statement came amid consideration of Siluanov's candidacy for the post of deputy prime minister while retaining the finance minister portfolio.
Sevara AzamovaAccording to the Naked Science ranking, based on the Nobel organization's open database, as of October 17 it listed 1,000 individuals and 28 organizations. Laureates were distributed by place of birth taking modern borders into account: the US — 300, the UK — 111, Germany — 86, France — 65.
Madina UsmonovaNobel Prize in Economics laureate Daron Acemoglu stated that if artificial intelligence development continues at its current pace and superhigh intelligence is created within the next ten years, the labor market may disappear, and with it, democracy. He called for changing the direction of AI technology development, orienting it toward the needs of workers.
Sardor QodirovBBC News published its weekly quiz on 15 October 2026. In the announcement, the outlet mentioned the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, lung cancer diagnosed in the Pope after surgery, and the death at 34 of Breaking Bad actor and disability rights campaigner RJ Mitte.
Shahnoza ErgashevaThe 2026 Nobel Prize laureates were announced from October 5 to 12. The week of awards opened with the Physiology or Medicine Prize, awarded for discoveries in optogenetics and light-controlled ion channels. In honor of the prize's 125th anniversary, the award amount was raised from 11 to 12 million Swedish kronor.
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