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Ukraine's first Nobel Peace Prize winners 'astonished'
Ukraine's first Nobel Peace Prize winners 'astonished'
World
by  AFP

The Kyiv-based Center for Civil Liberties has run successful campaigns for political prisoners, tracked enforced disappearances and focused on Russian war crimes, but they did not see a Nobel Peace prize coming. The peace prize laureates "represent civil society in their countries" said the Nobel committee.

US hiring slows in September as unemployment rate dips
US hiring slows in September as unemployment rate dips
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Hiring in the US economy slowed slightly in September, as expected, while the jobless rate ticked back down to the same level as July, the government reported Friday. But the central bank likely will want to see more progress on slowing price gains, which have been the fastest in 40 years, before pulling back on its aggressive interest rate increases.