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Mandela’s Heirs Face Their Biggest Election Test | by Adekeye Adebajo - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate· 7 days agoSouth Africa recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of its first democratic election, which...
Jimmy Carter: Former president ‘doing OK’ but ‘at the end,’ grandson says in health update
WPXI· 6 hours agoFormer President Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice care for more than a year, is “still in the same situation he’s been in the last year,” his grandson said Tuesday in a brief update about ...
Greta Thunberg: Who is the climate activist and what has she achieved?
BBC via AOL· 6 days agoThey have had decades of blah, blah, blah - and where has that got us?" What awards has Greta...
Muhammad Yunus
GBH News· 6 days agoMuhammad Yunus was born in 1940 in Chittagong, a seaport in Bangladesh. In 1972 he became the head of the economics department at Chittagong University. Yunus is the author of a memoir, *Banker ...
Tunisia NGOs Say Worst-Ever Crackdown Targets Lawyers, Reporters
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 2 days ago(Bloomberg) -- Tunisian activists accused authorities of carrying out the country’s worst-ever...
'We will feed the world in 50 years': Scientists behind giant seed vault win World Food Prize
Euronews via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe World Food Prize was founded by Norman Borlaug, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for...
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, reflects on life of activism, community
Dallas Morning News· 4 days agoAn intimate crowd gathered at Southern Methodist University on Thursday to hear from Opal Lee, known...
Winner of Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity announced
KTTV via Yahoo News· 5 days agoDr. Mukwege has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. Nasrin Sotoudeh (Iran), a human rights defender ...
Opal Lee, ‘grandmother of Juneteenth,’ receives honorary doctorate degree from SMU
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 3 days agoShe attended the signing ceremony at the White House in 2021 when Biden made Juneteenth a federal...
Garth Brooks performs at Vatican
Tulsa World· 1 day ago“You know, you’re sitting at a table with (Nelson Mandela’s widow, Graca Machel) Mandela... the Cardinal (who led discussions)... Nobel Peace Prize ...
