Oct 07 Watch 4:30 Rejected FARC deal earns Colombian president the Nobel Peace Prize By PBS News Hour On Friday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to negotiate a treaty with the guerrilla group FARC and put an end to the longest-running war in the Western Hemisphere. The honor was… Continue watching
Oct 07 Colombian president gets this year’s Nobel Peace Prize By Larisa Epatko Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to forge an agreement with FARC rebels to end the country’s 52-year civil war. Just last Sunday, Colombians rejected that landmark deal, sending it back to… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch 1:29 When MLK Jr. lamented ‘we have not learned the simple art of living together’ By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the Nobel Prize Foundation released the full audio recording of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1964 Peace Prize acceptance speech. Continue watching
Oct 09 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Tunisian mediators for aiding country’s transition to democracy By Joshua Barajas The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet won the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for its role in the building of a pluralistic democracy" in the country following the Jasmine Revolution in 2011. Continue reading
Dec 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi honor ‘forgotten children’ By Larisa Epatko Malala Yousafzai said she was “very proud” to represent her country Pakistan in winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and in being the youngest Nobel recipient at age 17. “Along with that, I’m pretty certain that I’m also the first recipient… Continue reading
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Dec 10 Watch Watch Kailash Satyarthi’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 11 UN highlights gender inequality on International Day of the Girl By Carey Reed World leaders and the United Nations spotlighted the problem of violence against women around the world during the U.N.'s third International Day of the Girl on Saturday. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Nobel Peace Prize honors activism to empower most vulnerable children – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 10 Children’s advocates Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India win Nobel Peace Prize By Larisa Epatko Children’s rights advocates Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India, who both campaign for giving children access to an education and against their exploitation for financial gain, won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Continue reading