How a bloody battlefield inspired a pacifist to create the Red Cross
Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...
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Social Workers Named Jane. When she died in 1935, the co-founder of Hull House and the ACLU, and the first woman to win a ...
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UEFA Champions League prize money 2024/25: Total purse breakdown for winners, knockout rounds, matches in league phase
The Sporting News brings you a full breakdown of the prize money allocations for league-phase and knockout-stage participants in the 2024/25 Champions League. Last season, eventual winners Real ...
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The peace ideas for Ukraine – and their weak points
What are his chances of success? The prospects for peace talks have improved, but the devil is in the details. Bitte passen Sie die Einstellungen an. Almost three years after the Russian invasion ...
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Petition for Gisele Pelicot to win Nobel Peace Prize passes 125,000 signatures
A UK-based petition calling for Gisele Pelicot to receive the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has received more than 125,000 signatures. Ms Pelicot, 72, a retired logistics manager, was drugged by her ex ...
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Conan O’Brien to be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American humor
Conan O’Brien has been selected by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to receive the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The prize, which is named to honor one of the world ...
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Nobel winner urges ‘amazing’ Hong Kong to keep hold of what made it a success
Robinson was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics last year with two other professors, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson. They argued that states with “inclusive institutions” which upheld the ...
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European leaders are now talking about peace in Ukraine rather than war
Now what is coming is a peace negotiation that he may not want and may struggle to control. He told reporters that Russia's gains along Ukraine's eastern flank had happened because Kyiv had ...
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Conan O’Brien will receive the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy
WASHINGTON — Comedian and host Conan O’Brien was named the newest recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy on Thursday. O’Brien, 61, has carved out an improbable ...
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Deal or No Deal: Why is the top prize money only £100,000?
That's a drop of 60 per cent on the prize money which everyone tried to bag when the programme launched on Channel 4 in 2005 with Noel Edmonds as host. A TV insider told the Sun in July ...
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Conan O'Brien to receive Mark Twain Prize, joining other late-night legends
Conan O'Brien will become the latest late-night comedy king to be crowned with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor this year. The Kennedy Center will present the honor − a distinction given ...
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Conan O'Brien Named Recipient of 2025 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Jokes It's for Being a 'Riverboat Pilot'
"I am honored to be the first winner of the Mark Twain Prize recognized not for humor, but for my work as a riverboat pilot," O'Brien joked of the award Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Conan O'Brien has ...