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Nobel Foundation Says Prize Can't Be Passed On To Others After Trump–Machado Meeting Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Nobel Foundation said Sunday reiterated its prestigious Nobel Peace Prize cannot be passed on to another person after a Venezuelan opposition leader gifted the prize that she won to President Donald Trump last week. President Donald Trump meets with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in the Oval Office, during which she presented the President with her Nobel Peace Prize, on Jan. 15, 2026. Daniel Torok/The White House/Handout via Reuters During a meeting at the White House on Jan. 15, the leader, Maria Corina Machado, gave her Peace Prize medal to Trump, which the president accepted. However, the Nobel Foundation weighed in on the matter on Sunday, asserting that the prize can’t be transferred. “One of the core missions of the Nobel Foundation is to safeguard the dignity of the Nobel Prizes and their administration. The Foundation upholds Alfred Nobel’s will and its stipulations,” it said in a statement, referring to the Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite who started the foundation in the late 19th century. The will of Nobel had said that the prizes should be given to people who “have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind,” the statement said, adding that his will also “specifies who has the right to award each respective prize.” “A prize can therefore not, even symbolically, be passed on or further distributed,” the foundation said. After the prize was awarded to Machado last year, she said she would give it to Trump. She also backed the U.S. military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan socialist leader Nicolás Maduro earlier this month, although Trump has said that he would not support installing Machado as the leader of Venezuela and instead suggested that Maduro’s vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, be in charge of the country. In a social media post on Jan. 15, Trump wrote that “Maria presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Maria!” Machado last week said the gift was in recognition of what she called his commitment to the freedom of the Venezuelan people. The White House later posted a photo of Trump and Machado with the president holding up a large, gold-colored frame displaying the medal. Text of the statement that she wrote said: “To President Donald J. Trump In Gratitude for Your Extraordinary Leadership in Promoting Peace through Strength.” She labeled the gesture as a “Personal Symbol of Gratitude on behalf of the Venezuelan People.” Trump had openly campaigned for the prize before Machado was awarded it, saying that he was snubbed after having ended wars around the world, including in the Middle East, and is seeking to end more armed conflicts. Asked on Wednesday if he wanted Machado to give him the prize, Trump told the Reuters news agency: “No, I didn’t say that. She won the Nobel Peace Prize.” In October 2025, Trump said that Machado had called him, telling him she was “accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.“ After his capture, Maduro and his wife appeared in a federal courtroom in New York and pleaded not guilty to a range of charges, including drug trafficking. The Trump administration said that he was heavily involved in the smuggling of narcotics, namely cocaine, sourced from neighboring Colombia to other countries, including the United States. The U.S. military under the Trump administration, meanwhile, has seized roughly a half-dozen oil tankers that officials say were trying to evade U.S. sanctions, including a vessel that was flying a Russian flag. Reuters contributed to this report. Tyler Durden Mon, 01/19/2026 - 13:50

C’est le Slovène Slavko Vincic qui dirigera le match entre l’OM et Liverpool mercredi soir en Champions League. Il a déjà arbitré les Phocéens contre des Anglais et ça ne leur avait pas souri… Actuellement 16e, l’Olympique de Marseille aurait de bonnes chances de participer aux play-offs de la Champions League selon les outils de ... Lire plus The post OM : l’arbitre du choc contre Liverpool réveille un douloureux souvenir first appeared on But! Football Club.

Recruté l’été dernier en provenance du Celtic Glasgow, le milieu défensif sud-coréen Hyeok-kyu Kwon est déjà poussé vers la sortie par le FC Nantes. Il aurait une touche en Ligue 2. L’été dernier, le FC Nantes a voulu faire un mercato à l’économie et est en train de le payer cher. Les Kita père et ... Lire plus The post FC Nantes Mercato : un flop estival bientôt en L2 ? first appeared on But! Football Club.

Japanese Yields Soar To All Time High After PM Takaichi Calls Snap Election Seeking More Spending, Less Taxes In the rapidly approaching endgame for Japan's monetary experiment, overnight Japanese bond yields hit new record highs, with the long end surging as much as 10bps... ... which in turn helped send gold to fresh record highs above $4,600 (as we discussed previously)... ... after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she will call a national election on February 8 to seek voter backing for everything that guarantees a bond market collapse, namely increased spending, tax cuts and a new security strategy that is expected to accelerate a defence build-up. According to Reuters, Takaichi plans to dissolve parliament on Friday ahead of the snap vote for all 465 seats in the lower house of parliament, in her first electoral test since becoming Japan's first female premier in October. "I am staking my own political future as prime minister on this election," Takaichi told a press conference on Monday. "I want the public to judge directly whether they will entrust me with the management of the nation." Of course, that's not the story at all: she is promising more spending and less taxes, so of course she will get what she wants from the free shit army. The question is what happens when Japanese bond yields rise so high the country can no longer pretend it isn't facing the biggest bond crisis in history. Takaichi has promised a two-year halt to a consumption tax of 8% on food, adding that her spending plans would create jobs, boost household spending and increase other tax revenues. And all for the low, low price of another 10-20% in debt/GDP. Sure enough, the prospect of such a tax cut, which the government estimates would reduce its revenue by 5 trillion yen ($32 billion) a year, sent the yield on Japan's 10-year government bonds to a 27-year high earlier on Monday. Calling an early election allows Takaichi to cement her political role and capitalize on strong public support to tighten her grip on the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and shore up her coalition’s fragile majority. The election will test voter appetite for higher spending - i.e., more handouts - at a time when the rising cost of living is the public's top concern. Then again, Takaichi can just blame the BOJ for not raising rates enough. Having dealt with deflation for nearly 40 years, runaway prices are a new concept for Japan, yet that's precisely where the country is right now: prices are the main worry of 45% of the respondents in a poll released by public broadcaster NHK last week, followed by diplomacy and national security at 16%. Making sure inflation rises even more, Takaichi's administration plans a new national security strategy this year after deciding to hasten a military build-up that will lift defence spending to 2% of GDP, a sharp break from decades in which Japan capped such outlays at around 1%. Translation: even more spending and even more debt monetization by the BOJ. Takaichi has not set a new spending target beyond that level, but rising tension with China over Taiwan and disputed islands in the East China Sea, coupled with U.S. pressure for allies to spend more, are likely to push defence outlays higher. Last week, China banned exports of items destined for Japan's military that have civilian and military uses, including some critical minerals. "China has conducted military exercises around Taiwan, and economic coercion is increasingly being used through control of key supply-chain materials," she said. "The international security environment is becoming more severe." The LDP and Ishin go into the Feb 8 election, which coincides with a planned national election in Thailand, with a combined 233 seats. Takaichi said her target was for the coalition to retain its majority in the lower chamber. Her main challenger will be the Centrist Reform Alliance, a new political party combining the largest opposition group, the Constitutional Democratic Party…

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