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In awarding Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee recognised a jurist whose long career qualifies her as one of the most deserving recipients in the Prize’s 125-year history. Ms. Pillay was born in 1941 in a poor neighbourhood of Durban in a Tamil family. Her grandparents had been brought…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Oncenter, on October 9, 2026, in Syracuse. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his complaints on Friday (October 9, 2026) about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it a disgraceful and embarrassing decision that had left a stain on Norway,…
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South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief Navanethem “Navi” Pillay sits at the Nuremberg Forum, Germany, on October 9, 2026, following the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize announcement. | Photo Credit: AP Congratulatory messages have poured in from across the world for Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights of…
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President Donald Trump dances at a campaign rally at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, October 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump, who waged war with Iran and has yet to broker peace in Ukraine, said on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) that he should win the Nobel Peace Prize but acknowledged…
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Announcement of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The prize was awarded for their discoveries of light-gated ion channels and optogenetics — a revolutionary technique that allows scientists to study how nerve cells control memories, emotions and behaviour in the living brain. It began with a simple question: How does a single-celled alga…
File picture of Prize laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado | Photo Credit: Reuters The organisation that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize is throwing cold water on talk of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado giving her recent award to President Donald Trump. Once the Nobel Peace Prize is announced, it can’t be…
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has filed a criminal complaint in Sweden against the Nobel Foundation, opposing the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Assange claims the award amounts to a gross misappropriation of funds under Swedish law and alleges the prize money could facilitate war crimes. He has sought to…
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Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Wednesday (December 10, 2025) urged her compatriots to fight for freedom against “State terrorism”, as she said she was coming out of hiding to travel to Norway after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in her absence. Ms. Machado, who won the Nobel for challenging President Nicolas Maduro’s…
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Venezuelan Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A potential leak that preceded the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was “highly likely” the result of espionage, the Nobel Institute told Norwegian media on Saturday (October 11, 2025). The odds of Ms. Machado winning the…
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President Donald Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday (October 10, 2025) despite jockeying from his fellow Republicans, various world leaders and — most vocally — himself. Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela was awarded the prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it was honouring her “for her tireless…
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