Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke have both won the Nobel prize in literature.
Handke was awarded the 2019 title for "an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience".
The 2018 prize, delayed by one year after an assault scandal rocked the Swedish Academy, went to Tokarczuk for "a narrative imagination that with encyclopaedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life".
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The UAE has joined other Arab countries and major regional organisations in issuing a joint statement strongly condemning remarks by the US ambassador to Israel, suggesting it would be acceptable for Israel to exercise control over occupied Arab territories, including the West Bank.
The UAE has continued dispatching humanitarian aid convoys to the Gaza Strip under Operation Chivalrous Knight 3, as part of its ongoing relief efforts to support the Palestinian people and alleviate their suffering amid challenging humanitarian conditions.
Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways have cancelled and rescheduled several flights to and from New York, Newark and other US destinations, due to a severe snowstorm expected to impact the area.
