Top 10 world news: Nobel Peace Prize winner, death toll after strike in Ukraine's Hroza rises to 52, and more
Top 10 world news
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize went to Narges Mohammadi. She was arrested for the first time in Iran for her criticism of the country's regimein 1998. In other news,The death toll from an airstrike on the northeastern Ukrainian village in the Kharkiv region rose to 52 on Friday (Oct 6), reported Reuters.
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