by Malcolm Davidson | 1 Dec 2016 | Americas, Eyewitness
(All photos by Malcolm Davidson) News-Decoder correspondent Malcolm Davidson filed this report from Comandancia la Plata, Fidel Castro’s revolutionary headquarters in the Sierra Maestra mountains. By Malcolm Davidson A small bunch of pink and white flowers lie...
by News Decoder | 30 Nov 2016 | Americas, Eyewitness
By François Raitberger I had my first glimpse of Fidel Castro on my very first day in Cuba, and I was fascinated and ridiculed. As the Reuters correspondent I was invited to a reception for an African president in the lush gardens of a state villa in Havana. There I...
by Michael Arkus | 29 Nov 2016 | Americas, Eyewitness
Michael Arkus, who covered Fidel Castro — winning a memorable interview while swimming with “El Comandante” — reflects on what might have been. Michael Arkus was a Reuters correspondent in Cuba at the start of Fidel Castro’s rule. He has written a...
by News Decoder | 26 Jul 2016 | Americas, Discovery, Eyewitness, United States
Protesters in Cleveland, Ohio speak out against Republicans. Christopher Alexander Gellert spoke to protesters who demonstrated on the margins of the U.S. Republican National Convention last week in Cleveland, Ohio. They tell him why they decided to come into the...
by Christopher Alexander Gellert | 20 Jul 2016 | Americas, Discovery, Donald Trump, Eyewitness, United States
I’m from Cleveland, where Republicans have nominated Donald Trump as their presidential candidate. Farce has not yet descended into tragedy. The Barbarians are coming! I was not alone in this thought when I learned Republicans were descending on my dear...
by Robert Holloway | 18 Jul 2016 | Europe, Eyewitness, Islam, Terrorism
I was in Nice on Bastille Day and am lucky to be alive. I have a byline. But the 84 dead, they have no byline. French flags at half mast on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France, 16 July 2016. (EPA/Ian Langsdon) News-Decoder Editor Robert Holloway was in Nice on...
by Nelson Graves | 15 Jul 2016 | Europe, Eyewitness, Islam, Terrorism
“The truck plowed into the crowd, and then we heard screaming. It was really a horrible experience.” Robert Holloway saw the attack in Nice last night. Bodies at the scene of a truck attack in Nice, France, 15 July 2016. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) “We saw...
by Daria Kuznetsova | 12 Jul 2016 | Asia, Discovery, Europe, Eyewitness
It’s but a 20-minute stop on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. The airport and feed mill are deserted. But Barabinsk is my hometown and always will be. Abandoned Barabinsk Airport (Photo by Daria Kuznetsova) “A small town in the center of Siberia”. That’s the...
by News Decoder | 8 Jul 2016 | Africa, Discovery, Eyewitness
Landscape designer Chris Hendershot traveled to Mali in 2015 and has shared with us photos that he took while in the West African country. (All photos taken by Chris Hendershot in 2015) Landscape designer Chris Hendershot traveled to Mali in 2015 and has shared with...
by Enrique Shore | 8 Jun 2016 | Donald Trump, Eyewitness, United States
Hillary finally entered. When she raised her arms, the cheers turned very loud. Everybody understood that she had clinched the Democratic nomination. Hillary acknowledging applause, Brooklyn, New York, 7 June 2016 (Photo by Enrique Shore) News-Decoder correspondent...