Macklemore, Bieber win at MTV Europe awardsHip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were the surprise winners for Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards in a show dominated by Justin Bieber.
Jamaican author Marlon James wins Man Booker PrizeJamaican author Marlon James won the Man Booker Prize for best novel for "A Brief History of Seven Killings", a re-telling of the attempted assassination of musician Bob Marley.
Nobel prize a tribute to 'courage' of Tunisian people: ObamaUS President Barack Obama congratulated Tunisian civil society groups who helped secure a democratic transition on their Nobel Peace Prize win, calling it a tribute to the nation's courage.
10 October 2015
Trio wins Nobel Chemistry Prize for DNA repair workSweden's Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich of the US and Aziz Sancar, a Turkish-American, won the 2015 Nobel Chemistry Prize for work on how cells repair damaged DNA.
07 October 2015
Merkel has 'good chance' of winning Nobel Peace Prize: reportGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel could win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the influential Bild newspaper said, as the leader is lauded worldwide for her courage in opening her country's doors to refugees..
02 October 2015
Emmy Awards attract record low audience figuresThe Emmy Awards, the most prestigious accolades in US television, were watched by a record low 11.8 million viewers, according to data analysis firm Nielsen.
Emmys celebrate TV's best, but are viewers overloaded?The Emmy Awards will celebrate the best of the hundreds of television shows flooding US airwaves, in what many critics have called the small screen's "golden age."
Kanye West to be honored at MTV awardsMercurial hip-hop great Kanye West will be honored for his career achievements during the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.