by News Decoder | 17 May 2015 | Americas
By Janet Guttsman If the Canadian province of Alberta were part of the United States, it would be what U.S. locals call a “red state.” That means a U.S. state that consistently elects the right-of-center Republican party, dislikes big government, believes firmly in...
by News Decoder | 17 May 2015 | Asia
At 240 million people, it is home to the world’s fourth largest population. It’s also the third most populous democracy after India and the United States. It has by far the world’s biggest Muslim population but has always rejected attempts to create an Islamic state....
by News Decoder | 17 May 2015 | Middle East
By Alistair Lyon Yemen’s green terraced mountains, exuberant architecture and proud heritage of music, poetry and Islamic learning, not to mention its inhabitants’ fondness for whiling away the afternoons chewing mildly narcotic leaves, mark it out from its Arab...
by News Decoder | 17 May 2015 | Sports
By John Mehaffey Just when professional boxing is slipping into what many feel would be well-deserved oblivion, a prize fight combining elements that make the sport both compelling and repellent will be staged this week in Las Vegas. The gambling center of the world...
by News Decoder | 17 May 2015 | Uncategorized
We last saw Anusheh Naveed Ashraf of Pakistan in a video alongside News-Decoder’s most senior supporter. Now Anusheh has received some very good news that deserves to be shared — she has won a Fulbright Scholarship to study in the United States. Anusheh’s success is a...