Svante Paabo, a Swedish scientist, has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his discoveries on human evolution. The winner was announced Monday at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, by Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Committee.
According to the announcement, Paabo has led research comparing the genomes of modern humans and our closest extinct relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, demonstrating that there was interspecies mixing.
China has imposed a 34% customs duty on all US goods in response to the same rate announced by US President Donald Trump. The move includes trade restrictions on rare earth exports critical to tech and defense industries and the suspension of chicken imports from two US firms.
China also blacklisted 11 American companies, including major defense and tech firms, banning them from trade with Chinese entities. Additionally, China filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization, calling the US tariffs a violation of global trade rules and an act of “unilateral bullying.”
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