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Booker Prize launches 50,000 children’s award

London: Britain’s most prestigious literary prize is getting a younger sibling. Booker Prize Foundation announced Friday it is setting up the Children’s Booker Prize alongside its existing awards for English-language and translated fiction.Like its sister prizes, the children’s award comes with a 50,000 ($67,000) purse. It will open for submissions early next year and the […]

George Soros receives prize for work on Roma, Sinti rights

Alex Soros accepts the European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma from Romani Rose (Image credits: AP) Noted human rights advocate and philanthropist George Soros has received the European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma for his many years of work supporting Roma communities across Europe.The prize, awarded at a ceremony […]

Has the Nobel Peace Prize become a trophy only for Western ideology? A look at history of past awardees

In a decision that has once again sparked debate, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her work to bring peaceful and democratic change to Venezuela.The Norwegian Nobel Committee lauded her as a “key unifying figure” in the opposition, advocating for free elections and representative government. However, her ties […]

‘Highly likely it’s espionage’: Was the Nobel Peace Prize leaked? Investigators probe possible breach

The Nobel Peace Prize committee said on Saturday that it is looking into online bets that hinted someone knew in advance that María Corina Machado would win.The Nobel Institute told Norwegian media that the leak was “highly likely” the result of espionage.By Thursday, wagers predicting Machado’s victory began appearing on Polymarket, a popular online prediction […]

10 simple reasons Donald Trump didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize

Trump didn’t treat peace as a process — he treated it as a PR stunt. Donald Trump has spent years chasing a prize he will almost certainly never hold. To him, the Nobel Peace Prize isn’t just a medal — it’s the final validation of his legacy, the cinematic closing scene where history applauds and […]

Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize 2025: The Obama twist in giving the award to Venezuelan – snubbing Donald Trump | World News

The Nobel Committee has made its choice — and it wasn’t Donald Trump. In Oslo, the 2025 Peace Prize was awarded to María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who has spent decades fighting for democracy under one of Latin America’s most entrenched authoritarian regimes. Forced into hiding, barred from elections, and threatened with imprisonment, […]

‘In shock!’ Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado reacts; honoured for work on democratic rights in Venezuela

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado (File photo) Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado expressed her astonishment upon learning that she had received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, In the video shared with AFP by her press team, Machado exclaimed, “I’m in shock!” during a telephone conversation with Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who succeeded […]

Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Who are the 5 judges deciding Donald Trump’s fate for award; meet the jury

Five members of Norway’s Nobel Committee could decide whether US President Donald Trump achieves his long-sought goal of winning the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, elected by Norway’s parliament, awards the Peace Prize to those who have “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction […]

Nobel prize 2025: Who is Laszlo Krasznahorkai? The ‘master of apocalypse’ honoured with the Nobel prize in literature | World News

“Literature can only ever hope to hold chaos together, perhaps only by a comma,” said Laszlo Krasznahorkai in his acceptance speech for the Man Booker International Prize — a sentiment that now resonates even more deeply with his 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature win. The Hungarian novelist, long revered for his labyrinthine sentences and apocalyptic […]

Nobel Peace Prize for Donald Trump? Israeli PM Netanyahu says ‘he deserves it!’; winner to be announced on October 10

Image shared Israeli Prime Minister’s office on X Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, on Thursday, endorsed US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, following the US president’s announcement of a ceasefire agreement and hostage release arrangement between Israel and Hamas.“Give @realDonaldTrump the Nobel Peace Prize — he deserves it!” was posted as […]