by News Decoder | 11 Jul 2016 | Asia, China
By Paul Eckert An obscure international maritime arbitration panel in the Netherlands will deliver a ruling on July 12 on a testy dispute between China and the Philippines over remote islets in the South China Sea. The United States is not a party to the case in the...
by News Decoder | 8 Jul 2016 | Africa
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 News Decoder | 7 Jul 2016 | Greens Farms Academy, Middle East, Student Posts
The nuclear agreement between Iran and global powers sealed a year ago is good as it prevents Iran from building weapons for at least a decade. Iranian women in Tehran, Iran, 16 January 2016. (EPA/Abedin Teherkenareh) This is the second of two articles on the nuclear...
by News Decoder | 6 Jul 2016 | Greens Farms Academy, Middle East, Student Posts
It’s been a year since world powers signed a nuclear accord with Iran. This is not a good deal for the United States. Iranian demonstrators pour gasoline on U.S., British and Israeli flags, Tehran, 4 November 2015. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) This is the first of two...
by News Decoder | 30 Jun 2016 | Europe
By Alistair Lyon The EU referendum result struck me with a sickening jolt when I woke up last Friday. My mental universe had lurched all of a sudden. The shift seemed dangerous, uncontrollable and, at least for the immediate future, irrevocable. I felt furious at...