This article is part of a News-Decoder series of “decoders” that explain crucial background to big issues. For more decoders, click here. By Pauline Bock The Volkswagen diesel car scandal has thrown a spotlight on corporate cheating, consumer regulations...
Hopes for an agreement at a global climate summit in Paris are rising. But will it be enough to stave off disaster? An Indian villager walks over parched land, 2 May 2009 (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout, File) The presidents of the United States and China have outlined a...
Five News-Decoder correspondents look at the VW scandal and what it means for carmakers, Germany, climate change talks — and trade-in value. Former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn, who resigned last month, in a 2008 photo. (EPA/Marijan Murat) We asked five News-Decoder...
Name: Emefa Addo Agawu Birth place: Ithaca, New York Age: 22 Occupation: Research assistant, Empirical Studies of Conflict Project at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School. Graduated in May from Yale College with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science....
By Nelson Graves Climate change is considered the biggest global threat by much of the world, but the Islamic militant group ISIS is the top worry in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Those are among the conclusions of a recent poll by the Pew Research...