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SWEDEN

US duo share Nobel Prize in medicine

US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian on Monday won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch. The winners were announced by Thomas Perlmann, secretary-general of the Nobel Committee. The prestigious award came with a gold medal and 10 million Swedish kronor ($1.15 million). The prize is the first to be awarded this year. The other prizes are for outstanding work in the fields of physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics.

UNITED STATES

Facebook chooses 'profit over safety'

The whistleblower who shared a trove of Facebook documents alleging the social media giant knew its products were fueling hate and harming children's mental health revealed her identity on Sunday, and accused the company of choosing "profit over safety". Frances Haugen, a 37-year-old data scientist, said in an interview with CBS news show 60 Minutes that Facebook was "substantially worse" than anything she had seen before. She called for the company to be regulated. "Facebook over and over again has shown it chooses profit over safety. It is subsidizing, it is paying for its profits with our safety," Haugen said.

OMAN

12 people killed as cyclone batters

The death toll from Cyclone Shaheen rose to 12 on Monday while other fishermen from Iran remained missing, as the storm moved further inland into Oman and weakened. Omani state television broadcast images of flooded roadways and valleys as the storm churned deeper into the sultanate, its outer edges reaching the neighboring United Arab Emirates. The Emirates had issued warnings to residents that the storm was coming.

Agencies - Xinhua