Why the Economic Impact of Immigration Restrictions is Similar to that of Racial Discrimination and Apartheid Economist Tarnell Brown explains. Reason · Dec 23, 2025
Top economists call for halt to Sri Lanka debt repayments after Cyclone Ditwah Group of 120 experts including Joseph Stiglitz urge fresh debt restructuring plan given scale of destruction The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2025
UK to rejoin EU's Erasmus scheme at huge cost of £570m: What will it mean for students? A path for UK students to participate in the European Union exchange programme from 2027 has been agreed Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025
Nobel prize winner Maria Machado fractured spine fleeing Venezuela on fishing boat to reach ceremony Machado endured a gruelling three day journey from Venezuela to Oslo over perilous waters last week The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025
Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski tells AP of Belarus prison ordeal in first interview after release Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski has been released from a Belarusian prison after more than four years The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2025
Belarus frees political dissidents Bialiatski, Kolesnikova and others Belarusian street protest leader Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski walked free on Saturday with 121 other political prisoners, released in an unprecedented US-brokered deal, rights groups announced. Radio France Internationale · Dec 13, 2025
Maria Corina Machado Reportedly Got Lost At Sea When Escaping Venezuela To Receive Nobel peace Prize Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado got lost at sea when escaping the country aboard a wooden boat to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a new report. Latin Times · Dec 12, 2025
‘Transition is irreversible’: María Corina Machado says not too late for Maduro’s peaceful handover Nobel peace laureate says Maduro’s political downfall is inevitable after her fraught journey to freedom by boat The Guardian - US · Dec 12, 2025
Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi ‘violently detained’ at memorial for dead human rights lawyer A foundation in her name said she was detained at a memorial for a human rights lawyer recently found dead under disputed circumstances The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2025
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Machado Confirms She Received Support From The U.S. To Escape To Norway To Get The Nobel Prize Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado confirmed she received help from the United States to escape to Norway to receive the award. Latin Times · Dec 11, 2025
‘Follow the path of exiles’: María Corina Machado’s US-aided escape from Venezuela Nobel peace laureate’s decision to flee on people-smuggling route is highly symbolic, but will her influence wane if unable to return? The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025
Venezuela's Machado says Maduro government didn't know where she was hiding Opposition leader María Corina Machado says she doesn’t believe the Venezuelan government knew where she was hiding for most of this year The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025
US pushing Ukraine to withdraw from Donbas and create ‘free economic zone’, says Zelenskyy – as it happened Ukrainian leader says Washington has suggested that Russian troops would stay in region, but not advance further The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025
Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado appears in Norway after dramatic escape from Venezuela Maria Corina Machado made a daring escape from Venezuela by boat The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025
The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025 After months in hiding, Venezuelan opposition leader Machado reappears as a Nobel laureate Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has appeared in public for the first time in 11 months
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025 Venezuelan Nobel laureate backs US seizure of oil tanker María Corina Machado says action was ‘very necessary step’ to confront Nicolás Maduro’s ‘criminal’ regime
AAP · Dec 11, 2025 Hermione's handbag: Aussie chemist accepts Nobel prize An octogenarian Australian scientist has accepted science's highest honour for groundbreaking research that's drawn comparisons from the world of Harry Potter.
The Guardian - US · Dec 10, 2025 Trump continues to sow chaos and division after winning Fifa peace prize The US president praised an autocrat, said Europe should ‘send back’ asylum seekers and compared Ukraine’s leader to a conman
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025 Venezuela's Machado absent from Nobel ceremony but her travel to Oslo draws mixed reactions at home Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was absent from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Norway on Wednesday
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado’s daughter collects award in her absence amid death threats Venezuela’s opposition leader has been in hiding and was unable to reach Oslo in time for the ceremony
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025 Freedom Manifesto: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado’s vision for Venezuela’s future in full The Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner has laid down an outline for a democratic future, Maira Butt writes
International Business Times UK · Dec 10, 2025 María Corina Machado Defies Venezuela 'Fugitive' Threat to Accept Nobel Peace Prize Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado set to accept Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo after 11 months in hiding as Maduro regime threatens fugitive status.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2025 Venezuelan Nobel peace prize winner misses ceremony but vows to continue struggle Daughter delivers speech, with Nobel Institute saying María Corina Machado still expected in Oslo after journey of ‘extreme danger’
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025 Oslo appearance by Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado cancelled Press conference was expected to have been Venezuelan opposition leader’s first public appearance in 11 months
Latin Times · Dec 5, 2025 Nobel Laureate Machado Claims 'Venezuela Will Be the Envy of the Planet' After Democratic Transition Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado said a political transition in Venezuela would usher in investment, security, and a return to constitutional order.