Having made millions after he secured the rights to J. K. Rowling‘s books about a child wizard, Harry Potter film producer David Heyman is now pinning his hopes on an artificial being who longs to find a human owner. I can disclose that Heyman has snapped up the rights to Sir Kazuo Ishiguro’s most recent novel … Read more
The father of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has called upon his daughter to break with centuries-old tradition and choose her own partner as he says ‘she’ll be a better judge than me’. Ziauddin Yousafzai, who inspired his daughter’s love of education, said he was proud to challenge the constraints of the Pakistani community … Read more
Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy, Avi Berkowitz, were nominated on Sunday for the Nobel Peace Prize for their work on Middle East peace. The pair were recognized for four normalization deals between Israel and Arab nations known as the ‘Abraham Accords.’ They were nominated by lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who was … Read more
Black Lives Matter has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of what the nominator said was BLM’s impact in raising awareness of racism worldwide. Despite a turbulent summer in the United States following the death of George Floyd, which saw some BLM protests splinter into violent confrontation, the group was praised for … Read more
WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyseus is accused of aiding genocide in Ethiopia: Nobel peace prize nominee lodges complaint with International Criminal Court American economist David Steinman accused WHO chief of being one of three officials who directed Ethopia’s security forces from 2013 to 2015 Tedros, who denies the allegations, was Ethiopia’s foreign minister until 2016 The … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was today nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize following recent breakthroughs in Arab-Israeli relations. Another nominee, who was also recommended for the award by Good Friday Agreement lawmaker Lord David Trimble, was Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Dubai and Deputy Supreme commander of the UAE military. Israel, … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was today nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize following recent breakthroughs in Arab-Israeli relations. Another nominee, who was also recommended for the award by Good Friday Agreement lawmaker Lord David Trimble, was Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Dubai and Deputy Supreme commander of the UAE military. Israel, … Read more
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is receiving vile abuse from social media trolls after she showed support for a Conservative friend. The 23-year-old political activist from Pakistan shared a post asking friends to vote for Kia Williams as president of Oxford University Conservative Association. But online trolls attacked Ms Yousafzai as a ‘disingenuous careerist’ … Read more
A Stanford University professor raced to his sleeping colleague’s home at 2am and woke him up to let him know they had just won the Nobel Peace Prize in economics. Paul R. Milgrom, 72, and Robert B. Wilson, 83, were awarded the prestigious prize on Monday as the winners were announced in Stockholm by Goran Hansson, … Read more
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the UN World Food Programme for ‘its efforts to combat global hunger’ The UN’s World Food Programme has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Judges said the prize was to recognise its efforts in tackling global hunger Award is a snub to WHO, also a UN body, amid … Read more