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Three scientists have been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine for their breakthrough discoveries that led to the anti-microbial and anti-parasitic treatment of certain tropi...

https://www.lidtime.com/3-scientists-share-nobel-prize-for-medicine-for-work-on-parasitic-diseases-4041/

Tu, the 13th woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize, discovered the drug Artemisinin that has significantly reduced mortality rates in people suffering from Malaria. Tu’s malaria treatment made he...

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McKenna has met Tu and written about her for New Scientist magazine. Among the winners: William C. Campbell of Drew University in Madison N.J., for his work on the roundworm parasite. He was a re...

https://www.lidtime.com/3-nominees-win-nobel-prize-in-medicine-6308/

“They each lead a billion people worldwide, and drew crowds, worship and controversy while here”, Times said. The effect of their visits can not be overstated. Pankaj Mishra is a Bloomberg Vi...

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“It is certainly my hope that we will see our concerns taken into account in the way that Chinese authorities treat the U.S. companies and their proprietary information and technology and the w...

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The Caixin China Manufacturing PMI is based on data compiled from monthly replies to questionnaires sent to purchasing executives in more than 400 manufacturing companies. The former often have d...

https://www.lidtime.com/china-factory-activity-shrinks-for-second-month-9056/

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all fell sharply in early morning trading Friday. The Nasdaq added 0.5 percent. “The market is in a relief rally after five days of selloff ...

https://www.lidtime.com/us-stocks-end-little-changed-before-monthly-jobs-report-2254/

With financial markets increasingly predicting rates will not rise until next year, Fed Chair Janet Yellen attempted to set the record straight last week when she said the central bank was still ...

https://www.lidtime.com/fed-s-dudley-the-fed-will-probably-hike-rates-this-year-8158/

The United Nations has agreed to adopt the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, a massive drive to defeat proverty, inequality, climate change and a number of pertinent issues that are rampant world...

https://www.lidtime.com/oxfam-statement-in-response-to-president-obama-s-speech-at-the-sustainable-9483/

Rouhani is expected to address the crisis in Syria in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Monday, after President Barack Obama and Russian leader Vladimir Putin take the podium. Iran’s sup...

https://www.lidtime.com/iran-ready-to-help-bring-democracy-to-syria-yemen-5402/