The United Nations refugee agency (UNRWA), the International Court of Justice and UN chief Antonio Guterres are among the favorites for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, experts say, in a year marked by wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Given what has happened in the past, the Norwegian Nobel Committee may spring the ultimate surprise when announcing on October 11 – even if they don’t award the prize at all. Bookmakers have listed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison colony in February, as the favorite for this year’s award. But this is not possible, because no one is rewarded after death. Another favorite, Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenksi, is unlikely to win because he is the leader of a warring state. Instead, with 2024 marked by the now-escalating Israel-Hamas war, the Ukraine conflict now in its third year, and the bloodshed in Sudan […]
Source: News Beast
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