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Louis E. Brus is the S. L. Mitchell Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University and one of the three winners of the Nobel prize in Chemistry (2023).

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Two people have declined the Nobel Prize in Literature

1. Boris Pasternak, the 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature, “Accepted first, later caused by the authorities of his country (Soviet Union) to decline the Prize”.
2. Jean Paul Sartre, the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he had consistently declined all official honors.

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Venue: Pala Alp tour in Turin, Italy

Winner: Novak Djokovic (7th title)

Runner-up: Jannik Sinner (Italian)

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• Saudi Arabia is in line to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup
• The kingdom was the only bidder for the tournament.
  

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In 1996, Nolan Clarke of the Netherlands became the oldest player (47 years, 257 days) to play in a World Cup.

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The oldest Nobel Prize laureate in literature to date is Doris Lessing, who was 88 years old when she was awarded the Prize in 2007.

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Hamas formed a government under the prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, who served as the head of the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip from 2006 to 2014.

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Five Americans detained for years in Iran walked off a plane and into freedom as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets owed by a third country, South Korea.

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