by News Decoder | 23 Jan 2017 | Asia, Donald Trump, Future of Democracy, Globalization, Human Rights, United States, Women's rights
We asked News-Decoder correspondents and youth ambassadors for their thoughts following Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president. Here are three reactions. “The good ole days weren’t all that good.” – Betty Wong My biggest fear is a...
by News Decoder | 9 Jan 2017 | Africa, Europe, Human Rights, Nationalism, Refugees, Student Posts
By Tania Bagan The Mediterranean Sea is the most traveled, deadliest migration route on Earth. Last year, 5,079 migrants lost their lives trying to cross the world’s third-largest sea — 34 percent more than in 2015, according to the Missing Migrants Project....
by Michaela Cohen | 20 Dec 2016 | Americas, Donald Trump, Europe, Globalization, Greens Farms Academy, Student Posts, United States
With the election of Donald Trump and Brexit, the world is at a crossroads. We can close our ears to the pleas of the disaffected, or start to listen. Donald Trump welcomes Nigel Farage, left, ex-leader of the British UKIP party, at a campaign rally in Jackson, Miss.,...
by Nelson Graves | 22 Nov 2016 | Africa, Americas, Asia, Discovery, Europe, Islam, Middle East, Paris attacks, Refugees, Syria, Terrorism, United States
By Nelson Graves Let’s take time out from digesting Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election to look at a critical issue that is helping to shape politics in that country and around the world: terrorism. Terrorism sends shock waves around...
by Betty Wong | 15 Nov 2016 | Americas, Donald Trump, United States
Donald Trump’s win in the U.S. presidential election threw markets briefly for a loop. But now stocks are flirting with record highs. But for how long? A TV screen showing U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in front of the German share price index, Frankfurt,...