World leaders react to the death of Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, who strived to improve the lives of Americans and people around the world for decades after his presidency. After a single term in office, Jimmy Carter's decades of humanitarian work may be his most enduring legacy. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work to "achieve a world free of nuclear weapons. The Nobel laureate, who faces charges of labor law violations and alleged corruption, told reporters Monday, "We are being punished for a crime we did not commit.
Mohammadi's prize was placed on an empty chair between her year-old twins, Ali and Kiana Rahmani, at the award ceremony in Oslo, Norway on Sunday. Henry Kissinger, the controversial diplomat who served as secretary of state and national security adviser under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, died Wednesday at age , his firm said. The Nobel Peace Prize winner was chosen by a panel of experts from a list of just over nominations. Some of the lawmakers cited Russia's war on Ukraine and the crackdown on human rights in Iran as reasons for their boycott.
Bialiatski, who's been behind bars for almost 2 years, was convicted along with 3 colleagues of financing actions violating public order and smuggling. In a devastating blow to women's rights, the Taliban banned women from attending universities. The triple peace prize award was seen as a strong rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, not only for his action in Ukraine but for the Kremlin's crackdown on domestic opposition.
De Klerk received the prize in alongside anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, for his role in ushering South Africa into democracy. The Nobel Peace Prize committee has announced who will receive the prestigious award this year. All three of the winners, one individual and two organizations, have worked to highlight human rights issues amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. AAA predicts some 48 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home over the July 4th holiday.
Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov said he was putting the proceeds of the sale of his Peace Prize toward helping Ukrainian child refugees. Born in the township of Klerksdorp, South Africa, Desmond Tutu went on to become a Nobel peace prize winner, a global campaigner for human rights and a man who always spoke truth to power, whether it was a White racist regime or a corrupt African dictatorship. South Africa's first Black Archbishop, who bravely challenged his country apartheid rule, is dead at age Correspondent Debora Patta, in Johannesburg, looks back at the life of human rights campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who won a Nobel Peace Prize as a man who spoke truth to power, whether it was a White racist regime or a corrupt African dictatorship.
