by Gene Gibbons | 16 Jan 2025 | Decoders, Government, History, Politics, United States
For a democracy to last, its leaders must willingly step down and the transition from one to the next must be smooth and bloodless. Then-President Barack Obama shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump during the presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in...
by Tira Shubart | 9 Jan 2025 | History, Journalism, Politics, United States
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will be buried today. Our correspondent remembers meeting the man who put personal integrity over politics and profits. Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter in Wiesbaden, Germany 21 January 1981, greeting the U.S. hostages released...
by Barry Moody | 20 Dec 2024 | Africa, Decoders, History, Human Rights, Politics
An endless civil war in Sudan has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. But the world’s attention lies elsewhere. Sudanese refugees displaced by the conflict in Sudan gather to receive food staples from aid agencies at the Metche Camp in eastern...
by Julia Yarkoni | 17 Dec 2024 | Politics, Technology, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Some scientists are building a program that can do what your parents can’t. Get you all to stop arguing already. A computer mediator shows two bickering brothers wher they agree. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced exclusively for News...
by Bernd Debusmann | 16 Dec 2024 | Decoders, History, Human Rights, Israel-Palestine, Politics
The United States has shown staunch support for Israel since its birth as a state. But that was before it decided to decimate the Palestinian territories. Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago estate, 26 July 2024, in Palm...
by News Decoder | 11 Dec 2024 | Decoder Replay, History, Human Rights, Politics, Syria
The fall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has given hope to millions of Syrian refugees who fled their country during its 13-year civil war. We look back at the start and evolution of the conflict. Syrians wait to cross into Syria from Turkey at the Cilvegözü border...
by Susanne Courtney | 27 Nov 2024 | Decoder Replay, Politics
The island of Barbados has been calling on wealthy nations to fund climate change solutions to mitigate the harm that disproportionately affects small nations. A demonstrator displays hands that read “pay up” during a protest for climate finance at the...
by Feizal Samath | 26 Nov 2024 | Educators' Catalog, History, Politics, Wh-Y Vote
After failed attempts to topple the Sri Lankan government, a rebel group has come to power through peaceful means, with the help of a youth movement. Youth took to the streets in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 18 March 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) This article was...
by Shefali Malhotra | 25 Nov 2024 | India, Journalism, Media Literacy, Politics
The Indian government seeks to establish a system to weed out disinformation. But it seems targeted at only posts that knock those in power. Anti-government messages get stamped with a disinformation warning on a social media thread. (Illustration by News Decoder)...
by John West | 12 Nov 2024 | Asia, China, Decoders, History, Politics, Russia
The renegade nation launched ballistic missiles into the sea and sent troops to Russia and rubbish to its southern neighbor. Can Kim Jong Un be controlled? North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and then-U.S. President and current President-elect Donald Trump prepare...