Isabella Mackie
The inherent paradox of the Nobel Peace Prize
This is not the first time the Nobel committee has awarded its prize for peace before such ambitions have been fully realized.
The Nobel Peace Prize sometimes goes to those who haven't fully achieved peace
The world's most famous prize was just awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, days after his historic peace deal with FARC rebels suffered a razor-thin defeat at the ballot box.
Colombia's president wins Nobel Prize despite failed peace deal
President Juan Manuel Santos has spent the last four years on a deal with FARC guerrillas that would bring peace to a country that has experienced civil war for five decades.
Venice really hates being the world's tourist destination
"We need to get things changing for the better or we'd risk losing one of the most wonderful cities in the world, letting it become a theme park," says activist Marco Caberlotto.
UK universities are worried that Brexit will destroy diversity
International students generate a whopping £7bn a year for the UK economy, but numbers have been falling, and by last spring, the total number of applications from non-EU students had dropped by 6 percent.
Abortion could soon be banned in Poland, and women are fighting back
The strike is the latest in a series of actions over the tightening of abortion laws in the mostly Catholic country.