[October 27th] Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang dies at 103, Xinhua says
BEIJING — Chen Ning Yang, one of the world’s most renowned physicists and a Nobel Prize winner, died at 103 of illness in Beijing on October 18, state news outlet Xinhua said on Saturday. Born in Hefei in Anhui province in eastern China in 1922, Yang shared a Nobel Prize for physics with Tsung-Dao Lee …
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[October 26th] New Zealand inflation hits 3%, top of central bank’s target band
New Zealand’s annual inflation accelerated in the third quarter, coming in at 3.0%, in line with analysts’ forecasts and at the top end of the central bank’s target range, official data showed on Monday. The consumer price index rose 1.0% in the third quarter from the previous quarter, Statistics New Zealand said. That was faster …
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[October 25th] Toxic haze chokes Indian capital
New Delhi and its sprawling metropolitan region — home to more than 30 million people — are regularly ranked among the world’s most polluted capitals, with acrid smog blanketing the skyline each winter. Cooler air traps pollutants close to the ground, creating a deadly mix of emissions from crop burning, factories and heavy traffic. But …