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Palestinian freelancer Mahmoud Abu Hamda on Saturday won the photography category in the prestigious Bayeux award for war correspondents for his work from Gaza.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Additional support came through a 2015 Fusion Energy Sciences Early Career Award, a 2018 Diagnostic Innovation and Development award, and the 2021 and 2025 Long-Pulse Tokamak Research Programs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
The last thing the award to Navi Pillay will do is promote the cause of peace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Then there was the villainous character of Majid Khan in Angaar, the patriotic firebrand of Tirangaa, and, most notably, Pratap Narayan Tilak in Krantiveer, for which he won the national award for best actor.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Nevertheless, no ancient Greek struck a medal with the word Eureka on it and started awarding it to successful scientists as we award the Fields Medal to successful mathematicians.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Veteran BBC war correspondent Lyse Doucet was the president of the Bayeux awards jury.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Musk holds a 48.4% equity stake in SpaceX, which represents approximately 6.42 billion shares across common stock, options and unvested performance awards, according to an August SEC filing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
His three national awards for Parinda, Krantiveer and Agni Sakshi are a testament to his career.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The latest round of tax credit awards comes less than a month after Newsom signed a bill to create the state’s first post-production incentive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The Ibtihaj Muhammad Barbie made her official debut at Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year Summit and awards show in New York on November 13, 2017.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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He has long indicated he thought he should have been awarded the prestigious prize, and was nominated by several allies for it last year.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
After its premiere at Sundance film festival earlier this year, The Guardian awarded it, external two stars, praising the "eye-catching premise" but cautioning that there was "too much wood but not enough fire".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
A new Pixar animated film, the sequel to Lionsgate’s “Michael” and a large crop of indie projects are among the latest films to be awarded a California tax credit for in-state production.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Soon afterward, Dusya was posthumously given the Gold Star of Hero of the Soviet Union, the first of the 46th Guards to be awarded this medal.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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That same month, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google's YouTube negligent in the case of a 20-year-old woman who said she became hooked on social media as a child, awarding her $6 million.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
He’s never settled into a particular genre and, perhaps due to that wide-ranging restlessness, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be awarding him an honorary Oscar in November.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi was pulled down by Bournemouth's Bafode Diakite, with the referee awarding a spot-kick.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
A State Department official who declined to be named stressed that the process for awarding grants was ongoing and that multiple offices provide input.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
No. “Well—this is just a literary sort of exercise,” Pacheco told him scornfully, at last awarding the spiders a disdainful glower.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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