Image copyright Getty Images Image caption In 2014, Ms Murad became the face of a campaign to free the Yazidi people The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to campaigners against rape in warfare Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege. Berit Reiss-Andersen, the Nobel committee chair, said the pair were […]
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The Italian Deputy Prime Minister claimed he was not bothered by claims the European Union will reject Italy‘s new deficit budget plan. Mr Salvini appeared to take a dig at eurozone finance ministers who warned Italy should respect the bloc’s spending rules demanding more detail from Rome on the budget plans. […]
Denis Mukwege was awarded the prize for his work as a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nadia Murad fled Islamic State (ISIS) after being held as a sex slave in Iraq. The Yazidi is a human rights activist. The prize, worth nine million […]
President Lee Myung-bak once symbolized the country’s economic rise More (SEOUL) — South Korea’s former President Lee Myung-bak was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday in a corruption case badly tainting his status as the country’s first leader with a business background who once symbolized the country’s […]
The second qualifying session in Sochi, Russia last week saw no real battle for the top 10 places on the grid from those further down the pack. This has prompted F1 chiefs to draw up proposals on how to change the race weekend format to give drivers a fairer shot […]
Physician Denis Mukwege and human rights activist Nadia Murad have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the awarding committee announced Friday morning. Mukwege and Murad jointly won the award for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, said committee chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen, speaking at […]
Severe floods are impacting areas in southern Italy today, with videos posted to social media showing floodwater swirling through streets. According to SevereWeather.eu extreme threat warnings for flash flooding in southern Italy are in place until October 6. Currently major flash flooding can be seen in Catania, Sicily and in […]
Venom received a chilly reception from critics earlier this week, and its aggregated Rotten Tomatoes score is currently 30%. It was being touted as the film to crush Gravity’s all-time record for the best ever October opening in the US, but could the negative buzz hold it back? According to […]