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The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian MP Petter Eide nominated the global movement “for their struggle against racism and racially motivated violence,” he wrote in his official nomination papers, which were obtained by CNN. “BLM’s call for systemic change have spread around the world, forcing other countries to grapple with racism within their own societies,” he said. The Black Lives Matter protest movement, rekindled in the days after an unarmed George...

The Black Lives Matter Movement Was Nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize The Black Lives Matter Movement Was Nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Why the nomination is an important step for the movement. Why the nomination is an important step for the movement. February 1, 2021 The Black Lives Matter movement was nominated on Friday for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for its work against police brutality and racial inequality. Norwegian MP Petter Eide was the one who filed the nomination, explaining that “Black Lives Matter has become a very important worldwide movement to fight racial injustic...

Punch Newspapers Sections Segun Adewole Nominees for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize have been named and the winner for the edition will be announced in October. The Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. The last edition was won by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his efforts to resolve a border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea. The 2021 edition has 210 individuals and 107 organizations vying for the prize, the Nobel Committee said. Here’s a short profile of five of the top contenders for the prize. 1. Greta Thunberg Born Janu...

Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Over War-Free Presidential Tenure © AP Photo / Alex Brandon Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202102011081947282-trump-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-over-war-free-presidential-tenure/ The Nobel Peace Prize committee is set to convene in October to vote on the laureates for the prestigious award. Among this year’s nominees, applications for which had to be submitted by 1 February, is the Black Lives Matter movement which rocked the world with protests throughout 2020. Jaak Madison, a...

Oskaloosa News Recap For February 1st, 2021  Scientists have finally figured out why wombat poop is cube-shaped. New research shows that the marsupial’s intestines stretch up to 33 feet long — about 10 times their body length. Due to the length, it takes four days for the critter to have a bowl movement, thus creating boxy-shaped feces as their muscles contract and it dries in part of their colon. The new findings shut down previous theories that wombats have a square-shaped sphincter or that they mold the feces themselves. ### Singing in German spreads COVID. According to a new study,...