Bloomberg: “Now Norway waits. Trump isn’t shy about his grudges (as the United Nations learned last month about a decades-old renovation contract, of all things). As he and his people have ratcheted up ‘The Peace President’ rhetoric — emboldened no doubt by a ceasefire in Gaza — Norway has become increasingly worried about the diplomatic and economic fallout from a snub. For one, it still lacks a trade deal with the US.”

“The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who built a powerful social movement and has been living in hiding since last year, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday,” the New York Times reports.

“The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised ‘her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.’”

“Ms. Machado emerged from Venezuela’s political sidelines and corralled the country’s fractious opposition behind her ahead of the 2024 election. That followed years of political apathy in Venezuela, where the government of President Nicolás Maduro crushed protests and arrested dissidents, helping to spur an enormous exodus from the country.”

Jonathan Martin: “What I saw at the Conservative Party conference here this week was a party and country lagging behind its American cousins on the right — but quickly and ominously catching up. The Tories may be out of power, and in some polls sliding to a stunning fourth place, but their dismal straits offer lessons for both parties across the Atlantic as well as the mainstream parties in Europe’s two other dominant economies.”

“The Israeli military said on Friday that a cease-fire had come into effect at noon and that its soldiers were repositioning themselves within Gaza,” the New York Times reports.