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Nobel Panel Can't Even Reach Her: Navi Pillay Wins 2026 Peace Prize for a Lifetime Fighting Impunity

The 85-year-old South African jurist, who went from defending apartheid-era political prisoners to judging war crimes at the UN, was named this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Friday — before the committee could even notify her.

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POLITICS · THE FED FIGHT

Trial By Trump: White House Convenes Secret Tribunal to Finally Oust the Fed's Lisa Cook

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WORLD · CENTRAL AMERICA

Panama Rocked: Massive 7.7 Quake Topples Cathedral, Sparks Tsunami Alarms Across Five Nations

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US · WASHINGTON

Trump Taps MAGA Commentator as His Sixth Press Secretary

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US · BRONX, NY

ICE Agent Shoots Bronx Man in Front of His 5-Year-Old Son, Igniting NYC Protests and a Mamdani-Trump Showdown

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US · GULF COAST

Category 2 Hurricane Isaias Slams Toward Gulf Coast as Alabama Orders Mass Evacuations

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South Korea Yanks Ambassador From Kyiv in Secret POW Blowup With Zelenskyy

Seoul is pulling its envoy out of Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed in a UN speech that the allies had quietly swapped captured North Korean soldiers — a deal South Korea says was supposed to stay secret.

WORLD · STOCKHOLM

Canada's Anne Carson Wins Nobel Prize in Literature — "Crazy," Says the Poet Herself

YESTERDAY

WORLD · ATHENS

Rubio Preaches 'Renaissance of the Western Spirit' From Ancient Athens Hill Where Democracy Was Born

YESTERDAY

HORN OF AFRICA

Eritrean Troops Reportedly Cross Into Ethiopia as Reignited Tigray War Threatens to Engulf the Horn of Africa

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Nobel Panel Can't Even Reach Her: Navi Pillay Wins 2026 Peace Prize for a Lifetime Fighting Impunity

Trial By Trump: White House Convenes Secret Tribunal to Finally Oust the Fed's Lisa Cook

Panama Rocked: Massive 7.7 Quake Topples Cathedral, Sparks Tsunami Alarms Across Five Nations

US News

Trump Taps MAGA Commentator as His Sixth Press Secretary

ICE Agent Shoots Bronx Man in Front of His 5-Year-Old Son, Igniting NYC Protests and a Mamdani-Trump Showdown

Category 2 Hurricane Isaias Slams Toward Gulf Coast as Alabama Orders Mass Evacuations

World

South Korea Yanks Ambassador From Kyiv in Secret POW Blowup With Zelenskyy

Canada's Anne Carson Wins Nobel Prize in Literature — "Crazy," Says the Poet Herself

Rubio Preaches 'Renaissance of the Western Spirit' From Ancient Athens Hill Where Democracy Was Born

Eritrean Troops Reportedly Cross Into Ethiopia as Reignited Tigray War Threatens to Engulf the Horn of Africa

Celebrity & Entertainment

NBC Sitcom 'Newlyweds' Fires Its Showrunner Three Weeks Before Premiere

Journey Halts Tulsa Show After Drummer Deen Castronovo Rushed to Hospital Mid-Concert

Shane Gillis Hosts 'SNL' Again This Weekend, With Rosalía Set to Perform

Joe Manganiello Reveals He Hid a Near-Fatal Illness and an Ostomy Bag to Land His Batman Villain Role

Trump Donor Says Ambassador Guilfoyle Demanded $100K in 'Quid Pro Quo' Days Before Senate Hearing

Trump's 32-Day Midterm Marathon Hits Syracuse as GOP Quietly Frets Over How Bad November Could Get

Vance Slaps Microsoft, Adobe With Green-Card Ban — Hours Before Trump Honors Microsoft's CEO

Farm Belt Shockwave: Feds Launch Joint Probe Into Deere, AGCO, CNH as Tractor Stocks Tumble

Delta Rakes In Record Revenue — But a $4 Billion Fuel Bill Just Torched Nearly Half Its Profit

Could Starbucks Really Swallow Chipotle? The 'Crazy Enough to Work' Merger Theory Rattling Wall Street

Levi's "Beat" Was Mostly a Tax Refund in Disguise — Shares Sink Anyway

Sports

Zero To Hero: Undrafted Rookie Jalon Daniels Shocks Cowboys For Bucs' First Win

NFL Trade Deadline Buzz: Browns' Jerry Jeudy, Chargers' Khalil Mack Among Names in Play

Mitchell's Wall-Climbing Robbery Seals It — Brewers Topple Padres, Punch NLCS Ticket