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• Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded as wars rage | National | themercury.com

  The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded Friday, a ray of light in a dark year for world peace, with the International Court of Justice, UNRWA and UN chief Antonio

• Nobel-winning physicist 'unnerved' by AI technology he helped create | National | themercury.com

  A US scientist who won the 2024 Nobel physics prize for his pioneering work on artificial intelligence said Tuesday he found recent advances in the technology "very unnerving" and warned

• Deal on climate aid hangs in balance at UN COP29 summit | National | themercury.com

  Nations remain in deadlock over a crucial pact on climate aid, with divisions over who pays, and how much, threatening chances of a deal being landed at next month's COP29

• Nepali becomes youngest to climb world's 8,000m peaks | National | themercury.com

  An 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer on Wednesday broke the record for the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks, his team said.

• Mozambique elects new president in tense vote | National | themercury.com

  Mozambique votes for a new president, governors and members of parliament on Wednesday as jihadist violence stalls natural gas projects that could bring a major boost to its morose economy.

• Commentary: A year after Oct. 7, what gains can Israel lay claim to? | | themercury.com

  For a state that has experienced many tragedies, Oct. 7 will long be remembered as perhaps the darkest day in Israel’s history. Israelis from across the political divide marked the