Two News-Decoder “ambassadors” offer their thoughts on Hillary Clinton’s campaign to become the next U.S. president. Hillary Clinton, Ankeny, Iowa, 16 August 2015. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Two of News-Decoder’s young...
To see the future of national life after terror attacks, France or other countries blown by its ruthless wind could learn from Sri Lanka’s hard lessons. Sri Lankan soldiers after an explosion by a Tamil suicide bomber, Colombo, 2 January 2009.(AP Photo/Eranga...
Dee Colon is a transgender who has lived most of her life in a quiet New York community. Staying close to her roots has helped her survive. Dee Colon is a transgender caregiver who was born in Manhattan in the 1960s and has lived most of her life in the quiet,...
Some students at Princeton University in the United States want the name of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. president who died in 1924, to be removed from the university’s programs and buildings because of his racist views. The debate has reached the national...
By Pauline Bock Fresh flowers, candles and messages of love mark the sites of the Paris attacks where shaken survivors and mourners pay their respects at makeshift shrines and wonder what the future will bring. “I think about it constantly,” said...
By Barry Moody The horrific attacks in Paris have given new impetus to the struggle against extremism, but they also highlight the failures and limitations of Western policy. After the November 13 attacks, President François Hollande said France was at war with...
By John Mehaffey Evidence that the 2012 London Olympics were tainted by Russian doping and a French police investigation into the former president of the world athletics governing body on charges of accepting money to cover up positive drugs tests represent another...
(November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, designated as such by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999.) By Urvashi Bundel It’s been 22 years since the UN adopted a declaration urging states to end all violence...
The shooting down of a Russian warplane by Turkey could mark a turning point in President Vladimir Putin’s military muscle-flexing. A demonstrator protesting against Russian military operations in Syria. Istanbul, 3 October 2015 (AP Photo) Airspace violations...
They can deliver medicine and kill from afar. Drones hold huge promise, but legal, security and regulatory questions hover over their future. A drone in Shenzhen, China, 15 December 2014. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) This article is part of a News-Decoder series of...