Photo / APThe 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia. The winners were announced today by Berit Reiss-Andersen, chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Ressa in 2012 co-founded Rappler, a news website that has focused "critical attention on the (President Rodrigo) Duterte regime's controversial, murderous anti-drug campaign", the Nobel committee said. Photo / AP"Novaya Gazeta is the most independent newspaper in Russia today, with a fundamentally critical attitude towards power," the Nobel committee said. On Monday, the Nobel Committee awarded the prize in physiology or medicine to Americans David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries into how the human body perceives temperature and touch.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 08, 2021 09:11 UTC