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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, UAE leader nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Under the rules of the Nobel Prize Committee, a nomination made by a recipient must be discussed, his office said.

WFP Nobel win reminder of duty to narrow gap between rich, poor: Dalai Lama

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Saturday congratulated the executive director of the UN World Food Programme, a day after the organisation won this year's Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel change

There are question-marks about the way the prizes work

Nobel Peace Prize 2020 awarded to World Food Programme for fighting hunger

Long forgotten during the 1990s and early 2000s as famine and hunger largely disappeared from news headlines, the WFP jumped into the spotlight again in 2007-08 as the world faced a food crisis

UN chief Guterres lauds 2020 Nobel Peace Prize winner World Food Programme

Guterres said there was also hunger in the world for international cooperation and the World Food Programme feeds that need as well

Top headlines: BSE-listed firms' m-cap hits new high, RBI holds key rates

From BSE-listed firms' m-cap hitting record high to Goyal getting additional charge after Paswan's death, Business Standard brings you the top headlines of the day

UN's World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace prize for combating hunger

The announcement was made Friday in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Nobel Committee

First time in my life I've been without words: WFP head on Nobel prize win

The head of the UN World Food Programme, David Beasley, has told The Associated Press that he was left speechless by the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to his organisation

Trump's Middle East deal is good. But still, a long way to go towards peace

Past Nobel laureates who have been honored for advancing peace in the Middle East - Yasir Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Anwar el-Sadat, Menachem Begin - have not been saints

Nobel Prize: Who nominates, how selection works, here are the answers

Donald Trump's nomination has caused many to frown, given the criticism he continues to face for faltering on multiple fronts at home and abroad

Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for brokering UAE-Israel peace deal

US President Donald Trump has been nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize following his efforts to broker peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).The nomination was submitted by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament. He nominated Trump citing his "key role in... creating new dynamics in other protracted conflicts, such as the Kashmir border dispute between India and Pakistan".In an exclusive interview to Fox News, Tybring-Gjedde praised Trump for his efforts towards resolving protracted conflicts worldwide."For his merit, I think he has done more trying to create peace between nations than most other Peace Prize nominees," Tybring-Gjedde, a four-term member of Parliament who also serves as chairman of the Norwegian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, told Fox News in an exclusive interview.In his nomination letter to the Nobel committee, Tybring-Gjedde said that the Trump administration has played a key role in the establishment of ...

China to Norway: Do not give Nobel Peace Prize to Hong Kong agitators

Wang's visit comes in the backdrop of Norway preparing to take up a rotational seat on the United Nations Security Council, of which China is a permanent member

China using trade sanctions as weapon to silence coronavirus criticism

The move is the first time Beijing has used access to its huge markets as leverage in its campaign to deflect blame for the outbreak.

Facebook's own court

A big step for standards of content governance

Greta Thunberg meets her 'role model' Malala Yousafzai at Oxford university

Thunberg is set to join a school strike in Bristol this week while Yousafzai is studying at the University of Oxford

Highly problematic that peace prize winner Abiy Ahmed is silent: Nobel body

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the 2019 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has rarely given interviews since taking office last year.

2019 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali

Abiy was honored for his "efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea"

Bookies back Greta Thunberg to win Nobel Peace Prize, experts don't

In August last year, she began sitting alone in front of Sweden's parliament on Fridays with a sign reading "School Strike for the Climate"

Top events today: Xi Jinping-Modi meet, Infosys Q2FY20 results, and more

Xi will be accompanied by China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Politburo members on his visit to India

Trump, #MeToo scandal set stage for Nobel Peace and Literature prizes

British bookmakers have placed Greta Thunberg as the hot peace prize favorite this year, with Donald Trump listed as a rank outsider.