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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” https://apnews.com/article/nobel-peace-prize-oslo-41b6bff88e2d57af0917bcf778e132ad? Nobel Peace Prize The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this morning to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado for her pro-democracy work. The announcement came after a public bid by the White House on behalf of US President Donald Trump for his role in working to resolve eight conflicts. Multiple nominations in Trump's favor came after the committee's Jan. 31 deadline. The announcement caps a week of selections. Yesterday, the Nobel Committee announced Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai will receive the literature prize for his work covering dystopian themes. The novelist and screenwriter is known for sprawling prose, with sentences that can run on for pages (his most recent book, "Herscht 07769," is one sentence long, spanning roughly 400 pages). Earlier this week, scientists were recognized for their work to better understand the immune system (Nobel Prize in medicine), discoveries in quantum mechanics (physics), and for developing new molecular architecture (chemistry). The Nobel Prize in economics will be announced Monday.

🏛️ Parting shot! Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images A stunning recent sunset behind the Washington Monument.

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