There’s been buzz around Carney for a prize long coveted by Trump

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has drawn attention as a potential candidate for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year after building a global profile by opposing US President Donald Trump. Prediction-market traders briefly made him the Nobel favorite at 14 percent before his odds declined.

Mark Carney built a global profile in 2026 by standing up to US President Donald Trump. If some prediction-market traders and prominent admirers are right, the Canadian prime minister could end the year with the Nobel Peace Prize and Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Carney briefly became the favourite Monday for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Kalshi, a US-based prediction market, when traders on the exchange put his chances at 14 per cent. His odds later fell, illustrating the highly...