Dec 10, 2020 | Features, Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize Award Presentation was conducted in a virtual ceremony in 2020, from World Food Programme headquarters in Rome, and in Oslo at the Nobel Committee headquarters. It includes a Presentation Statement by the Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee,...
Nov 7, 2020 | Features, US Politics
Former President Jimmy Carter congratulated President-Elect Joe Biden for his victory over President Donald Trump. In a statement on Twitter from The Carter Center, the former president said he “looks forward to seeing the positive change (Biden and Vice...
Oct 23, 2020 | Features, US Politics
Over 1000 economists, including several Nobel Prize laureates, have come out against President Trump’s reelection bid. “In just one term in office, Donald Trump has rendered the United States unrecognizable, and has faced no consequences for doing...
Oct 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Features
We are in the grip of a historic pandemic. The novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 threatening the whole of the human family. COVID-19 does not discriminate. Across the globe, outbreaks of COVID-19 continue to claim thousands of lives. So far, we have...
Oct 9, 2020 | Features, Nobel Peace Prize
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its “efforts to combat hunger” and its “contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas.” The Norwegian...
Sep 22, 2020 | Features, US Politics
Joe Biden’s campaign released on Tuesday a letter signed by 13 winners of the Nobel Prize in economics who say that while their views are different, they all think his policies “will result in economic growth that is faster, more robust, and more...
