Trio of researchers share Nobel in economics for "explaining innovation-driven growth"
• Oct 13, 2025, 9:10 PM
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The 2025 Nobel economics prize went to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for "explaining innovation-driven growth". They are credited with quantifying "creative destruction", an idea that innovations such as steam engines and artificial intelligence that push out older technologies and businesses can be beneficial to humanity in the long run. Plus, in an unprecedented move, the Dutch government took control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia over national security concerns.
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Live: Embattled French PM Lecornu to present draft budget to parliament
• 5:42 AM
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France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu will be holding a cabinet meeting with his new government on Tuesday, after which he is expected to deliver a speech outlining his policy plans and budget proposal. His government is hanging by a thread and faces
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‘No suggestion of democracy’ in US plan for future governance of the Gaza Strip
• 5:14 AM
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As a fragile truce in Gaza holds, attention is turning to who will govern the devastated enclave. US President Donald Trump's 20-point plan envisions a temporary technocratic committee overseen by an international “Board of Peace”, with the Palestinian A
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British viceroy: Dr Hellyer warns Gaza can't be run by int'l leaders & a few Palestinian technocrats
• 4:00 AM
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As international attention turns to the high-level Gaza peace summit in Sharm el Sheikh, where diplomatic gestures are presented as forward momentum, François Picard is pleased to welcome Dr H. A. Hellyer, Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Serv
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Brazil set to host COP30 with climate wins on deforestation, indigenous reserves
• 1:34 AM
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Brazil, under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has clocked impressive climate wins on curbing deforestation, legalising indigenous land reserves and securing conservation funding as the country prepares to host the UN COP30 climate summit in the Amaz
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Madagascar’s embattled leader defies resignation calls in Facebook video from ‘safe place’
• 1:30 AM
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Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina said Monday he was in a “safe place” after an assassination attempt, dismissing calls to quit amid worsening unrest that has driven him into hiding. The twice-delayed speech was his first since a mutinous army unit
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SpaceX’s Starship rocket lifts off in latest test flight as Musk eyes Mars
• 12:14 AM
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SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket blasted off Monday on its latest test flight, as Elon Musk’s company aims to prove critics wrong about its ability to deliver NASA’s lunar missions and pursue Mars ambitions. The reusable rocket is central to NASA’s Moon pl
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