More than 50,000 people have signed petitions calling for New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her response to a pair of mosque shootings that killed 50 people. A change.org petition to the United Nations had gained more than 49,500 signatures as of Tuesday. A French petition calling for the prime minister to win the prestigious annual award had nearly 3,000 signatures.
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