Stockholm announces British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel "The Remains of the Day" , has won the 2017 Nobel Literature Prize. The 69-year-old author reacts to the news in London.

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates says excellent basic healthcare that would prevent easily treatable but deadly conditions was achievable even in Africa's poorest nations.

At dawn, a township road crossing over a railway track outside Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, turns into a impromptu fitness 'club'. The 'club' has no name, members or structure, but it is one of the only safe spaces to have fun and get fit.

How close is human civilization to destroying the planet? The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says the symbolic Doomsday Clock is still two minutes to midnight, as close as it has ever been.

Recreational marijuana store opens with a line in Northampton, Massachusetts. The state joins the US federal capital Washington and 9 other states in legalizing cannabis for recreational use.

Canada is just days away from legalizing cannabis and becoming only the second country in the world to do so on October 17, following Uruguay, which led the way in December 2013.