Only Supporters Of Peace Should Be Appointed To The Nobel Peace Prize Committee By Jan Oberg, Transnational. December 5, 2020 Only Supporters Of Peace Should Be Appointed To The Nobel Peace Prize Committee2020-12-052020-12-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/nobel-peace-e1607208180256.jpg200px200px Above photo: The Norwegian Nobel Committee 2020. From left: Thorbjørn Jagland, Henrik Syse (vice chair), Berit Reiss-Andersen (chair), Anne Enger, Olav Njølstad (secretary), Asle Toje. Heiko Junge / NTB scanpix. NOTE: “Betraying the […]
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Belarusian Opposition Figure Awarded Freedom Prize Will ‘Sell Belarus Out’ By Mohamed Elmaazi, Sputnik News. October 29, 2020 Belarusian Opposition Figure Awarded Freedom Prize Will ‘Sell Belarus Out’2020-10-292020-10-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/belarus-e1603980658859.jpg200px200px Above photo: Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. From EPP Group. Western-led institutions and governments are not genuinely interested in the right of self-determination of the Belarusian people as is evidenced by their one-sided support for anti-government groups and individuals, a student […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0e/1080764128_0:315:3072:2043_1200x675_80_0_0_56f66d382307f599af8c5090711999f8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010141080764097-lavrov-congratulates-wfp-executive-director-beasley-on-receiving-2020-nobel-peace-prize/ MOSCOW(Sputnik) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sent a congratulatory message to UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley on the occasion of the WFP receiving the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that relations between Russia and the WFP had been dynamically developing since the […]
The Nobel Prize gold medal during manufacture at the Swedish Mint. Each laureate receives the medal, which has the likeness of Alfred Nobel on its face. Markus Marcetic/Courtesy of Myntverket (Swedish Mint) hide caption toggle caption Markus Marcetic/Courtesy of Myntverket (Swedish Mint) The 2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, both of Stanford University. The prize citation says […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0b/1080734882_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_cc923afaa233cfdda23bec85419acb6d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202010111080734835-too-soon-trump-nominated-for-2021-nobel-peace-prize-days-after-2020-winner-revealed/ This year, US President Donald Trump did not receive the peace prize, although he was nominated for peacemaking attempts, with those nominating him citing the peace deal between the Gulf Nations and Israel. Hardly were the winners of 2020 Nobel Prize announced when US President Donald Trump was nominated for the peace prize in 2021, a move […]
The U.N. World Food Programme has a canine mascot named Foxtrot. Reports are that the pooch is rolling over with joy at the news of the prize. (Image credit: Jason Beaubien/NPR) Source link
The organization has received the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its contribution to feeding the world and acting as a driving force in “efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.” The Nobel Committee noted that there has been an upsurge in the number of victims of hunger due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was also remarked that the Nobel […]
A woman holds a voucher before receiving food aid, in Mudzi, Zimbabwe, in February. The United Nations’ World Food Programme says more than half of Zimbabwe’s 15 million people are in need of food assistance, making the southern African country among the world’s most food insecure countries. Friday, the WFP was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP hide caption toggle caption Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP A […]
Poet Louise Glück in 2016 receiving the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. Wednesday, Glück was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Poet Louise Glück in 2016 receiving the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. Wednesday, Glück was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carolyn Kaster/AP The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded […]
The 77-year-old US poet and essayist, originally from New York City, has received numerous awards in the course of her career, including the Pulitzer Prize in 1993. Her notable works include The Triumph of Achilles and The Wild Iris. The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Gluck for her “unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”, […]
youtube.com CRISPR-Cas9 Gene-Editing Technology can Improve Lives CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology has the power to improve the lives of millions of people. https://t.co/wd4K5LWZ3D — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 7, 2020 Heath Editor’s Note: CRISPR-Cas9 is like a cut-and-paste command for DNA and can alter DNA to rewrite the code of life. Genomes can be manipulated and this can result in positive improvements for crops, clinical therapies for […]
According to Sir Roger, the Big Bang was not the beginning, but just a tiny part of a perpetual cosmic cycle that continues to carry on, from time to time revealing intriguing secrets of our universe. An earlier universe existed before the Big Bang and can still be observed today, Sir Roger Penrose, aged 89, has said, as he received this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics. […]
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their gene editing technique. Here, they are honored at the Breakthrough Prize Award Ceremony at the NASA Ames Research Center in California in 2014. Peter Barreras/Peter Barreras/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Peter Barreras/Peter Barreras/Invision/AP Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their gene […]
youtube.com Nobel Prize for Physics Awarded Today This morning, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics to three scientists for their research that illuminated details of black holes’ existence and function in the universe. https://t.co/mWVLpNBJKW — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 6, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: ‘Closer to the edge of the unknown.”… Sheperd Doeleman, project director for the Event Horizon Telescope….This […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/06/1080682787_0:13:3072:1741_1200x675_80_0_0_8f5763ae1f17b36d93d91c1e10e7057b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Irina Acheeva. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202010061080682186-roger-penrose-reinhard-genzel-and-andrea-ghez-win-nobel-prize-for-physics/ The annual Nobel week started in Stockholm on 5 October and the 2020 laureates of the world’s most prestigious prize will be announced until 12 October. English mathematical physicist Roger Penrose along with German astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel and American astronomer Andrea Ghez have won the Nobel Prize for Physics, an official statement by the Royal Swedish Academy […]
The Nobel Prize gold medal, awarded to each laureate. AP hide caption toggle caption AP The Nobel Prize gold medal, awarded to each laureate. AP The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Roger Penrose of the University of Oxford, for demonstrating that the general theory of relativity leads to the formation of black holes; and to Reinhard Genzel of the Max Planck Institute for […]
A Nobel Prize gold medal seen during the manufacturing process in the Swedish Mint. The medals, presented to each laureate, are made of 18 karat recycled gold and weigh 175 grams (6.13 ounces). The Economics medal weighs 185 grams (6.48 ounces). Markus Marcetic/Courtesy of Myntverket (Swedish Mint) hide caption toggle caption Markus Marcetic/Courtesy of Myntverket (Swedish Mint) Harvey Alter of the National Institutes of Health, Michael […]
Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by UK Labour Party lawmaker Chris Bryant, who credited the politician for easting political tensions amid violent protests across the US. “When American cities have been in flames and citizen has been pitched against citizen, Joe has been a calming influence to bear,” Bryant reportedly said Monday. “When others have resorted to violent […]
President Donald Trump’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize over the UAE-Israeli Abraham Accord has prompted a heated debate. American and Israeli observers have discussed whether the incumbent US president deserves the prize and what the chances are that he will be awarded. Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a Norwegian parliamentarian for the right-libertarian Progress Party (FrP), the third-largest in the country’s legislature, has put Donald Trump’s name forward […]
The two nominations for President Donald Trump for the Nobel peace prize – for brokering deals in the Middle East and the Balkans – has prompted the Atlantic to call to cancel the award, sparking pushback from conservatives. “End the Nobel Peace Prize,” the Atlantic declared in a headline Friday. The award’s past winners have a “spotty” record of achievement, the leftist media outlet said, as […]
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Many assumed despite playing a prominent role in Belarus’ opposition, Svetlana Alexievich’s fame made her somewhat ‘untouchable.’ Nevertheless, the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature winner was summoned for questioning on Wednesday. The Belarusian Investigative Committee wanted to ‘discuss’ the case it has opened against the country’s opposition for allegedly making “calls to seize state power.” The writer, who sits on the movement’s ‘Coordination Council’, arrived at […]
This week, President Trump announced a historic peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. It’s the biggest peace agreement to come out of this region in almost twenty-five years. National security adviser Robert O’Brien said today that Trump should be a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize because of this. The Hill reports: TRENDING: MUST SEE: The Gateway Pundit’s Alicia Powe Asks President Trump […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202007211079943188-winner-of-650000-lottery-ticket-comes-to-collect-the-prize-dressed-as-darth-vader/ The man, known only as W. Brown, revealed he bought the same sets of number with very few changes over the past 20 years, because they had meaning for him. The lucky winner said he always believed that one day he would hit the jackpot and change his life for the better. A man in Jamaica came to collect […]
As Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) proclaims her exoneration from allegations of insider trading, she’s simultaneously building a campaign fundraising system that imagines her campaign as a Wall Street-style investment opportunity. The Georgia Republican is offering donors and fundraisers benefit packages to support her re-election bid. Those packages come in three tiers: investor, shareholder, and board member. That’s according to a fundraising brochure obtained by The Daily […]
The far left New York Times admitted this week that its “science and health reporter” Donald McNeil, Jr., went too far this week during an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. During the interview McNeil went on a tear against several members of the Trump administration. The New York Times said they discussed the issue with him. Again, Donald McNeil, Jr. is the “science and health” reporter […]