Japanese Empress Masako says the Nobel for atomic bombing survivors shows the need to push for peace.

Masako said she thought of the pain and suffering of the survivors and struggles of those who have long led the nuclear disarmament effort.

Hidankyo was awarded for its decadeslong activism against nuclear weapons.

The 30 survivors, known as hibakusha, see prize and international attention as a last chance to get their message to younger generations.

U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger will step down from Congress at the end of the year .

She will run for Virginia governor in November 2023 .

Fellow Democrat Eugene Vindman will fill Spanberger 's seat in the House after narrowly defeating his Republican opponent Derrick Anderson .

Australia pledges A$100 million in direct budget support over five years and A$40 million to boost security in Nauru .

It is the second security deal Australia has made in the Pacific Islands that effectively blocks China from forming policing ties after a similar deal agreed with Tuvalu .

Concern in Canberra grew after Solomon Islands struck a security deal with China in 2022 .

AI firm DeepHealth presented its findings at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America .

Overall cancer detection rates were 43% higher for those enrolled in the program compared to those who were n’t .

The researchers are now seeking to “better quantify” the benefits of AI in this context through randomized controlled trials.

Andy Kim , 42 , will fill the seat vacated by Bob Menendez this summer following his conviction.

Kim was elected last month over Republican Curtis Bashaw by just shy of a 10 -point margin.

Kim ran a campaign heavily focused on ethics following the indictment of longtime senator Menendez , who resigned in August .

Blast happened in Killa Abdullah , a town 75 kilometers ( 45 miles ) north of Quetta , the provincial capital of Balochistan .

Police say the men were near the Mezai police station when the blast took place.

Police are investigating whether either of the suspects was a suicide bomber targeting the police station.

Balochistani has been the scene of a low-level insurgency by small separatists groups.

Journalists allege brutal beatings as protests rage against ending EU talks rage in Georgia .

Police have been using increasing force in their attempts to curb the demonstrations.

Riot police have used water cannons and tear gas every day to disperse the rallies.

Opposition protests gained new momentum after the governing party moved to suspend negotiations on joining the EU .

NASA 's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer ) has helped astronomers better understand the shapes of structures essential to a black hole.

The stellar-mass black hole, part of the binary system Swift J1727.8-1613, was discovered in the summer of 2023 .

It is the first of its kind to be observed by IXPE as it goes through the start, peak and conclusion.

The studies also demonstrate IXPE's value as a tool for determining how all these elements of the system are connected, as well as its potential to collaborate with other observatories.

"The successful first observing campaign of Swift J1727.81613 in different states is the best start of a new chapter we could imagine," says Michal Doviak , co-author of the series of papers.

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Boston parents over race bias in elite high school admissions.

Justices Alito and Thomas dissented from colleagues' decision to leave in place lower court rulings in favor of plan.

Plan was used just once during coronavirus pandemic.

Boston School Committee had temporarily dropped exam for Boston Latin School , Boston Latin Academy and the O’Bryant School of Math and Science .

New data from the James Webb Space Telescope confirms Hubble Space Telescope measurements of the universe's expansion rate.

Measurements based on telescope observations of the present universe produce higher values compared to the "standard model of cosmology" The discrepancy remains unexplained even by the best cosmology models.

It may stem from unknown factors or gaps in physics yet to be discovered.

Resolving the tension could reveal new insights into more discrepancies with the standard cosmological model that have come to light in recent years .

The standard model explains the evolution of galaxies, cosmic microwave background from the Big Bang .

It does not fully explain the nature of dark matter and dark energy, mysterious components of the universe.