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Prince William follows in JFK’s footsteps with $50 million environmental prize

By KATIE KINDELAN and ZOE MAGEE, ABC News (LONDON) -- Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, has launched a new environmental prize described by Kensington Palace as the "most prestigious global environment prize in history."William's Earthshot Prize is ...
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Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to former US poet laureate

By JON HAWORTH, ABC News(LONDON) -- The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.”Glück will be awarded the ...
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Tasmanian devils reintroduced into Australia’s mainland for 1st time in 3,000 years

By JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA) -- The Tasmanian devil, the feisty marsupial that only resided on the island of Tasmania for the last 3,000 years, has been reintroduced into Australia's mainland for the first time in 3,000 years.
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ISIS ‘Beatles’ to face charges in US for role in murders of American hostages

By ALEXANDER MALLIN and JAMES GORDON MEEK, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department will announce Wednesday that two former ISIS guards are en route to the U.S. where they will face charges for their role in the murders of four ...
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New portrait of Queen Victoria’s African goddaughter on display

By GUY DAVIES, ABC News(LONDON) -- A new portrait of Queen Victoria’s African goddaughter, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, has been unveiled at the 19th century monarch’s home on the Isle of Wight, as part of the conservation charity English Heritage’s contribution ...
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Nobel Prize for Chemistry given to two scientists for developing genome editing method

By JON HAWORTH, ABC News(LONDON) -- Two scientists have been announced as the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday.Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna were jointly awarded the prize for “for the development of a ...
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Ozone hole over Antarctica is ‘largest’ and ‘deepest’ it’s been in years, researchers say

By JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The ozone hole over Antarctica has grown to its "maximum size" just one year after researchers reported that it was at its smallest since its discovery.The hole, which occurs annually, grew ...
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Duchess Kate and Princess Charlotte are queens when it comes to the floss dance

By KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News(LONDON) -- The floss challenge has nothing on the royal family, some of whom have mastered it with ease.Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, and her 5-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte, are the best "flossers" in ...
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Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to three scientists for their work on black holes

By JON HAWORTH, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Three scientists have been announced as the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday.Roger Penrose was awarded half of the prize "for the discovery that black hole formation ...
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Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to trio who discovered Hepatitis C virus

By JON HAWORTH, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Three scientists have been announced as the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus,” the Nobel Committee announced Monday.“Harvey J. Alter, ...
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Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis speak out in video

By KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News(LONDON) -- Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, the children of Prince William and Kate Middleton, are rarely seen and even more rarely heard, but the royal siblings showed off their personalities in a
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Dozens of sarcophagi revealed at ancient Egyptian burial site of Saqqara

By HATEM MAHER, ABC News (SAQQARA, Egypt) -- Egypt on Saturday unveiled a collection of 59 sarcophagi unearthed in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, with officials saying they expect tens more to be exhumed from the burial site used by inhabitants of Memphis, ...
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