Mark Carney, Donald Trump among contenders for Nobel Peace Prize — SkimNews
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- Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the Peace Prize winner on Oct. 9 in Oslo, having received 287 candidates this year, with just over a quarter of them being organizations.
- Peace Research Institute Oslo director Haakon Gjerløw named the International Space Station as a top contender, calling it "a rare symbol of global cooperation" as multilateralism crumbles.
- Donald Trump has been nominated again but faces skepticism given the ongoing U.S.-Israel war on Iran; Uppsala analyst Shawn Davies said, "I don't even think his own base would believe" he could win.
- Mark Carney is also on the list after "making a mark internationally this year" by standing up to Trump on U.S. tariffs.
- Mykola Kuleba of Ukraine, Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court jointly also appear on Gjerløw's watch list.
- María Corina Machado, the 2025 laureate, presented her prize to Trump days after U.S. forces removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power — a gesture that Gjerløw said complicates this year's choice.
- The prize carries 12 million Swedish kronor (about US$1.2 million); Nelson Wiseman, a University of Toronto professor emeritus, warned that "if Carney got it, it would make relations with Canada rockier than they are."
Why it matters: University of Toronto professor Nelson Wiseman warned a Carney win would make U.S.-Canada relations "rockier than they are" — and a Trump victory would be politically explosive given the ongoing U.S.-Israel war on Iran, which one analyst said even Trump's own base wouldn't accept as prize-worthy.
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