Oct 09 WATCH: María Corina Machado, champion for democracy in Venezuela, wins Nobel Peace Prize By Kostya Manenkov, Regina Garcia Cano, Geir Moulson, Associated Press Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a… Continue reading
Oct 04 Why experts say Trump is unlikely to win the Nobel Peace Prize this year By Mark Lewis, Associated Press Longtime Nobel watchers say Trump’s prospects remain remote despite a flurry of high-profile nominations and some notable foreign policy interventions for which he has taken personal credit. Continue reading
Jul 08 Israel's Netanyahu says he has nominated Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. What happens next? By Associated Press Trump has been nominated several times by people within the U.S. as well as politicians abroad. That's only one small step in the secretive process. Continue reading
Oct 10 WATCH: Group of Japanese survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize By Mike Corder, Elena Becatoros, Associated Press The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo for its activism against nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 5:41 News Wrap: Afghanistan earthquake survivors search through rubble for loved ones In our news wrap Monday, people across western Afghanistan struggled for a third day to find survivors after a catastrophic earthquake, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy now says he'd serve in that post again if his fellow Republicans want him… Continue watching
Oct 05 WATCH: Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize By News Desk and Associated Press Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of her tireless campaigning for women’s rights and democracy and against the death penalty. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 6:53 Winner of Nobel Prize in medicine discusses how her work helped fight COVID-19 By William Brangham This week's Nobel Prize announcements are highlighting groundbreaking work once again in the sciences and medicine. William Brangham has a conversation with one of the year's winners in medicine, whose work led to a profound change in tackling the pandemic. Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 4:02 News Wrap: Pope Francis begins meetings on future of church and his reform agenda In our news wrap Wednesday, Pope Francis kicked off a meeting on the future of the Catholic Church with his reform agenda on the line, President Biden hinted he may try to bypass Congress to get more money for Ukraine… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch 9:10 'The Embrace' sculpture celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy in Boston By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport In 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. celebrated his Nobel Peace Prize with an embrace of his wife, Coretta. In Boston, there was another celebration based on that moment. A 20-foot tall, 19-ton bronze sculpture called “The Embrace” that depicts four… Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch 10:16 Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize winner works to hold Russia accountable for atrocities For the third time in 24 hours on Tuesday a military base inside Russia was attacked. Moscow blamed Ukraine, but Kyiv isn’t commenting on the strikes. Yet the drive for accountability for Russian war crimes persists. Ukrainian human rights activist… Continue watching