Young people led political revolutions in the 50s and 60s but now seem to throw their support to those past retirement age. Former President of Ireland and Former UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 9 December...
In the United States there seems to be a war on free speech. But taking down TV shows is just one way the powerful can silence speech they don’t like. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution with the sections on free speech and press redacted. (Illustration...
Podcasts have become an essential way to tell important stories, whether they are in French, Spanish, Swedish or Albanian. A European Union flag with a podcasting symbol in the center. (Illustration by News Decoder.) Podcasting has moved quickly from niche to...
Globally, rates of smoking are in decline. But in Indonesia, a cigarette is a measure of masculinity and hospitality. That makes it habit hard to break. A hand holds a lit cigarette. (Credit: Geri Tech, Pexels) To see blue fire that flames up as high as five meters...
Muslim Indians near Bangladesh find themselves seized and sent over the border, even when they can prove their citizenship. Muslims protest against being declared foreigners in Assam. (Photo courtesy of Sajid Raina and Tauseef Ahmad) This article was produced...
In a small town in Northern Italy, young people transform discarded materials into musical instruments to bridge social barriers. Drums made out of discarded material. (Photo courtesy of Banda Rulli Frulli) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s...
In India, a private ambulance service is filling a need in a country with a dire shortage of emergency medical services. But should there be profit in that? An ambulance in Old Goa, India 8 July 2023. Credit: Radosław Botev for Wikimedia Commons Quick-commerce service...
Some 90 million students across the globe lose their access to education, not from snow or hurricanes, but from the political storms that rage around them. Sarah Qanan studies inside her family’s tent in the Gaza city of Khan Younis 28 June 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel...
It is difficult to undo almost eight decades of hostility. To understand what’s happening now in Gaza you have to go back to the creation of the Israeli state. The bodies of Palestinians who were killed while attempting to access aid trucks entering northern...
Racial bias isn’t readily apparent in Latvia. But simply how you use your voice can set you apart as a foreigner. People tell a young woman to be quiet. (Illustration by News Decoder) The first time someone told me I was “too loud” in Latvia, I laughed. Not...