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    Venezuela Closes Embassy in Norway After Activist Receives Peace Prize

    The announcement came three days after María Corina Machado, an opposition leader, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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    Who Is María Corina Machado, the Winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize?

    Ms. Machado built one of Venezuela’s most important political movements, and lives in hiding from President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian government.
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    World Leaders Express Hope and Relief After Gaza Deal

    Leaders welcomed the agreement between Israel and Hamas, projecting optimism that an end to the war could be near.
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    Nobel Prizes 2025: What to Know

    The awards are being announced this week.
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    Petrit Halilaj Is the Winner of the Nasher Prize for Sculpture

    The Kosovar learned he’d won a top art world honor as he was dealing with a suspected arson before the Kosovo premiere of his opera.
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    ?North Korea Honors Its Soldiers Who Fought in Ukraine

    The North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, publicly consoled bereaved families, as well as awarding medals to soldiers returning from the force he has sent to aid Russia.
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    Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Is Stripped of Dutch Citizenship

    Thirteen years ago, Andre Geim took British citizenship to accept a knighthood. He has just learned he can no longer be a citizen of the Netherlands as a result.
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    Odile de Vasselot, Teenage Aristocrat in the French Resistance, Dies at 103

    During World War II, she deceived her watchful mother so she could take part in dangerous missions. Later, she founded a girls’ school in Ivory Coast.