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Donald Trump and Maria Corina Machado The Nobel Foundation on Sunday reiterated that Nobel Prizes cannot be passed on—even symbolically—days after clarifying that a laureate cannot share the prize with others or transfer it once it has been announced.In a post on X, the Foundation said it upholds Alfred Nobel’s will and its stipulations, which…
President Donald Trump stopped to take a grilling question from a reporter who asked him what he intended to do with María Corina Machado‘s Nobel Prize and why he would want someone else’s Nobel Prize. “Well, she offered it to me. I thought it was very nice. She said, you know, you’ve had eight wars…
When Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado handed US President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal this week, the gesture was heavy on symbolism and light on clarity. Was Trump being “given” a Nobel? Can such a prize be passed on? And what exactly does ownership of the medal mean?Here is how the rules,…
US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for presenting him with her Nobel Peace Prize medal, an award she was conferred months ago.In a post after receiving the medal, Trump took to Truth Social, calling Machado a “wonderful woman.” “It was my great honor to…
Trump again claimed he halted a looming India–Pakistan war, saying “eight planes were shot down” before he stopped it without nuclear weapons. During a White House meeting with US oil industry leaders on Saturday, President Donald Trump reiterated sweeping assertions about his foreign policy record, including his long-repeated claim that he single-handedly prevented a major…
SANTINIKETAN: The age gap between Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and his late mother, Amita Sen, is around 19-and-a-half years. But on Wednesday, an SIR hearing notice reached his Santiniketan house, Pratichi, because the EC found that the age difference was below 15 years.As per the 2025 SIR draft roll, the age of Amartya Sen is…
Maria Corina Machado (File photo) Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, has returned to global focus after US President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that Venezuela’s long-time leader, Nicolas Maduro, has been “captured” amid large-scale American strikes on the South American nation.While Machado has not reacted publicly to…
Throughout history, there are moments when the global order occasionally collapses, like a wave function when observed, to one man’s will.In 334 BCE, Alexander the Great marched from Macedon to the edge of India, shattering the Persian Empire en route.Two centuries later, Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon to conquer Rome itself, proving that institutions fall…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has filed a criminal complaint in Sweden accusing senior figures linked to the Nobel Foundation of serious economic crimes and of facilitating war crimes, following the award of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.The complaint, submitted to Sweden’s Economic Crime Authority (Ekobrottsmyndigheten) and the War…
Elon Musk has shared a lesser-known detail about his family during an interview with entrepreneur Nikhil Kamath on his show People by WTF. The SpaceX CEO revealed that his partner Shivon Zilis has Indian heritage and that one of their sons carries the middle name Sekhar in tribute to Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.Musk explained…
