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Oslo (AFP) - Norway's royal court on Tuesday announced the engagement of Princess Martha Louise to her US boyfriend Durek Verrett, a self-professed shaman and guru to celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow. Fourth in the order of succession behind her brother Prince Haakon and his children, Princess Martha Louise, 50, has previously relinquished most of her official titles and duties in order to devote herself to her private activities. "His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen send their most heartfelt congratulations and wish them all the best in the future," the Royal House of Norway sa...
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Oslo (AFP) - Black Lives Matter, a movement which became a rallying cry after the killing by US police of an unarmed black man, has been proposed for the Nobel Peace Prize, a Norwegian MP said Saturday. Founded in the United States in 2013, the movement received an impetus in May after George Floyd died. A white policeman had knelt on Floyd's neck for eight minutes ignoring Floyd's pleas that he couldn't breathe. The incident fuelled protests in the United States that sped across the world. "This movement has become one of the strongest global movements for working with racial injustice," Pet...
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Oslo (AFP) - The Norwegian MP who last week nominated Donald Trump for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize said Tuesday the US president may come across as "boorish and arrogant" but insisted he was a "worthy" candidate.Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of parliament for Norway's anti-immigration populist party, made waves on September 10 when he announced he had nominated Trump for the prestigious prize. He cited the "unique and historic" agreement Trump helped broker normalising relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), he told AFP.The Norwegian Nobel Committee welcomes all the na...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump revelled Wednesday in his nomination by a right-wing Norwegian politician for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize."Thank you!" he said in one of a flurry of tweets and retweets celebrating the nomination, which cited Trump's role in brokering an agreement to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.Norwegian member of parliament Christian Tybring-Gjedde told AFP that he has nominated the Republican due to the "unique and historic agreement between Israel and the UAE -- an agreement that, we hope, can be extended to other Arab countries...
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