by News Decoder | 10 Oct 2017 | Americas, Chadwick School, China, Donald Trump, North Korea, Student Posts, United States, Youth Voices
By Suining Sim History never repeats itself, but it often echoes. In an exclusive webinar with former Reuters Editor-in-Chief David Schlesinger, students from the ISF Academy in Hong Kong and Chadwick International school in South Korea discussed tensions between the...
by Danielle Castonzo | 9 Oct 2017 | Decoders, Europe, Future of Democracy, Identity
Catalonia’s drive to win independence from Spain is the latest threat to Europe’s framework and a reminder of other movements on the continent. People raise their hands as they demonstrate in favor of dialogue, Barcelona, Spain, 7 October 2017...
by News Decoder | 5 Oct 2017 | Americas, Donald Trump, Sport, United States
By John Mehaffey U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on professional football players who have protested during the national anthem against racial injustice and police brutality tap into a toxic racist well depressingly familiar to generations of black American...
by News Decoder | 4 Oct 2017 | Africa, Future of Democracy, Student Posts
By Dennis Kabutha Hardly had Kenyans washed the ink off their fingers following their presidential election in August than the Supreme Court nullified the results of the vote and ordered a fresh ballot this month — a momentous ruling for the East African nation...
by News Decoder | 3 Oct 2017 | Middle East, Student Posts, Syria, Terrorism
By Chermaine Tay Islamic State fighters are on the run in Syria, squeezed on all sides by armed opponents whose only common goal is to annihilate the militant group. The eventual defeat of ISIS would be welcomed by their many disparate foes, who range from the Syrian...
by News Decoder | 28 Sep 2017 | Chadwick School, China
by Kate West Moran | 28 Sep 2017 | Africa, Europe, Human Rights, Refugees, Student Posts, Youth Voices
They try to cross the Mediterranean with their families. But child migrants and refugees are at great risk of abuse, exploitation and human trafficking. The body of a 3-year–old Syrian migrant boy, Aylan Kurdi, lies on the sea shore, near Bodrum, Turkey, 2 September...
by News Decoder | 26 Sep 2017 | Asia, China, Donald Trump, Immigration, United States
(David Schlesinger on China: “A Journey Towards Ambiguity”) By Nelson Graves Does China’s rise as an economic and military power mean an inevitable clash with the United States? Can China help defuse the nuclear threat from North Korea? And does...
by Harvey Morris | 22 Sep 2017 | Middle East, Refugees, Terrorism
The Kurdish region of Iraq is under pressure to scrap an independence vote that critics say could hinder the fight against Islamic State militants. Kurds rally for an independence referendum in Iraq, Beirut, Lebanon, 17 September 2017 (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)...
by News Decoder | 21 Sep 2017 | Americas, Discovery, Donald Trump, United States
By Roberto Lopez It is September 12. Today I helped 21-year-old José, who had crossed illegally into Texas from Mexico with his family at age five, renew a request that the U.S. government delay his deportation and allow him to continue to work. For the third time in...