Nobel laureates

Son of Iran’s ousted shah names Nobel winner to ‘justice committee’

Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi would lead the committee of experienced Iranian experts spanning four different generations.

Ig Nobel prizes moving to Europe because US is ‘unsafe’ to visit

Previous winners of the Ig Nobel Prize include researchers who determined that acute appendicitis can be accurately diagnosed by the amount of pain evident when the patient is driven over speed bumps.

Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel Peace Prize snub

People attend a protest against US President Donald Trump’s demand that Greenland be ceded to the United States.

News analysis

Trump has Machado’s Nobel Prize, but neither got what they really wanted

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presented US President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal in the Oval Office, on Jan 15.

Norway stunned after Machado gifts Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump

The Nobel Prize has become the focus of an ethical debate about who gets to claim it after Maria Corina Machado gave hers to US President Donald Trump.

Machado gives Trump her Nobel: Medal has been sold before for millions of dollars

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves to supporters as she departs the White House following a meeting with US president Donald Trump on Jan 15.

Sweden police dismiss Assange complaint over Machado Nobel win

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (left, in 2012) is unhappy with the Nobel Foundation for awarding its Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.

Assange files complaint against Nobel Foundation over Machado peace prize win

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (left, in 2012) is unhappy with the Nobel Foundation for awarding its Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.

No news on whereabouts or health of Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say

FILE PHOTO: Taghi Ramahi, husband of Narges Mohammadi, a jailed Iranian women's rights advocate, who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, poses with an undated photo of himself and his wife, during an interview at his home in Paris, France, October 6, 2023. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

Nobel winner Machado suffered vertebra fracture leaving Venezuela

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado suffered the fracture during a high-risk sea crossing in a small fishing boat battered by high waves.

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