Nobel Peace Prize sells for Ukrainian children

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2 years ago

June 21, 2022

Costa Haritos

The Russian editor-in-chief of a Russian newspaper has sold his Nobel Peace Prize for over $100 million

Dmitry Muratov is the editor-in-chief of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, who sold his medal.

All of the proceeds from the prize will go to UNICEF’s Humanitarian Response for Ukrainian Children Displaced by War.

“I was hoping that there was going to be an enormous amount of solidarity. But I was not expecting this to be such a huge amount,” Muratov says.

Muratov won the prize in 2021 alongside journalist Maria Ressa, with the committee honouring them “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression”.

BREAKING: Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta has auctioned off his #NobelPeacePrize medal for $103.5 million, all proceeds go toward helping Ukrainian refugees. HERO. 👏 #DmitryMuratov pic.twitter.com/PL8StqnIW7
— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) June 21, 2022

He says he wants the sale to be the “beginning of a flashmob”, where other people auction their valuable possessions to help people in the war-torn country.

European leaders recently visited the war-torn country in a sign of solidarity. In the besieged city of Mariupol, officials have reported over 21,000 civilian dead.

U.S.-India pharmaceutical trade partnership?

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6 hours ago

May 8, 2024

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The United States wants to diversify its supply chain and achieve affordable medicine resilience.

The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance is urging a U.S.-India trade partnership to reduce reliance on foreign sources for both nations’ pharmaceutical supply chain.

The goal is to diversify both countries’ supply chain and achieve affordable medicine resilience.

Kathleen Jaeger, the President and CEO of The Center for American Medicine Resiliency joins Veronica Dudo to discuss. #IN AMERICA TODAY #trending #pharmaceutical #India #trade

Boeing’s bad luck continues following Starliner malfunction

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21 hours ago

May 7, 2024

Nathan Langridge

Long-awaited first crewed test flight of the new Starliner space capsule was called off over a technical issue that launch teams could not resolve in time.

Originally scheduled for liftoff from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, the mission aimed to demonstrate Starliner’s capabilities and certify it for regular crewed flights to the ISS, as reported by Reuters.