I always have felt that now I need to live up to the expectation [of the Nobel]," Yousafzai says. "It was given for the work I had done, but it was also given for the work that is ahead of us. ... I have to work for the rest of my life to prove that it was well deserved.
On Oct. 14, 1947, U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier as he flew a Bell X-1 rocket plane over Muroc Dry Lake in California. In 2012, Yeager, at the age of 89, marked the 65th anniversary of that flight by smashing through the sound barrier again, this time in the backseat of an F-15.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, recognized for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called her "tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela." But for many in the Bitcoin community, the win carries another layer of meaning - because Machado isn't just a democracy activist. She's also one of few (but growing) global political figures who has openly embraced Bitcoin as a tool of resistance against authoritarianism.
That's right, a peace deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas. And it's based on the framework Donald Trump proposed. Which means another thing you almost never hear, and I can't believe I'm saying this, I got to give Donald Trump some props here, you know.' It doesn't happen a lot. In fact, I can only think of this, the COVID vaccine, and Home Alone 2, he said.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee is due to announce the winner of the 2025 Peace Prize at 11 a.m. local time (0900 GMT) in Oslo. This year, 338 candidates are in the running for the Peace Prize. This includes 244 individuals and 94 organizations. The total number is 52 more than last year. The Nobel awards will be formally presented to the winners at a ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish industrialist who founded the prize.
I'm sorry to put it so bluntly, but who cares? he said. The Nobel Peace Prize has been useless for generations. Ever since they gave Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing, it is the Democratic Peace Prize. It is If the Liberal socialists of Europe Peace Prize. It has nothing to do with actually solving problems are getting things done, outside of the scientific realm where they do good work.
