By Colette Lauture
She is the second Iranian woman to win the prize.
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Nobel Prize in literature goes to Jon Fosse for ‘innovative’ works that ‘give voice to the unsayable’
By Christian Edwards and Ed Upright, CNN
The 2023 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Jon Fosse for “his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”
Bus crash near Venice kills 21 people
By Sharon Braithwaite, Tara John and Hande Atay Alam, CNN
At least 21 people were killed, including two children, when a passenger bus plunged from a bridge in Mestre, Italy.
Death toll rises to 60 after suicide bombings rip through two religious ceremonies in Pakistan
By Asim Khan and Sophia Saifi, CNN
At least 60 people are dead following suicide blasts in the southwestern Pakistan city of Mastung on Friday.
Top Sicilian mafia boss is buried, but his criminal enterprise lives on
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN
Sicilian mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro, widely thought to be the last godfather of his kind, was buried Wednesday in a private funeral in Castelvetrano, Sicily.
Thousands of ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh after breakaway region’s defeat
By Christian Edwards and Benjamin Brown, CNN
Nonna Poghosyan spent Monday morning walking around her family home in Nagorno-Karabakh “trying to understand what to take, what is the most important stuff I can fit into my suitcase.”
Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor Dies
Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor, who became as well known for her remarkable music as her personal struggles, has died, according to RTE, Ireland’s public broadcaster. She was 56.
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Crew members of Liberian oil tanker held hostage by pirates
By Meghan O’Brien Six members of the crew on a Liberia-flagged tanker that that was boarded by pirates earlier this month in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, are being held hostages.
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Fire at northern Mexican immigration detention center kills 40
By Meghan O’Brien
In fear of deportation, several mattresses were set on fire leading to one of the deadliest events within a Mexican immigration center.
Japan beats Team USA 3-2 in World Baseball Classic
By Nick Antonakas
Japan won the World Baseball Classic final by a score of 3-2.