Australia is drawing up a roadmap for regulating social media. Is it one other countries should follow? A phone screen asks a user to opt in for a social media algorithm. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global...
Devices keep us connected. But can we connect to the communities whose lives are upended in making those devices? A group of artists and activists show us how. Participants in a social experiment session in Lubumbashi, DRC that was put together by Collectif Cobalt, a...
As Canada’s relationship with the United States sours, Europe looks to sweeten its ties to the Land of the Maple Leaf. Here is a taste of what that means. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney holds up a bottle of maple syrup as a gift to President of the European...
The death of musician Zubeen Garg brought an entire Indian state to a standstill. When people turn stardom into selflessness they can touch millions. A mural portrait of Zubeen Garg. (Photo by Deeya Borpatra Gohain) This article was produced exclusively for News...
Some promising new drugs have been shown to prevent new HIV infections. But for now, it seems, they go only to countries that can pay. Activists protest the limited access to lenacapavir in front of pharmaceutical company Gilead’s booth at AIDS 2026 in Rio in...
When two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City on 11 September 2001 the world was forever changed. Rescue workers on 13 September 2001 search as smoke rises from the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser)...
The Himalayan mountains hold the largest concentration of ice and snow outside the polar regions. They are already melting. A drone view of the aftermath of flash flooding along the Trishuli river in Nuwakot district, Nepal, 30 August 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar...
In India and across the world, journalists are finding that they must please a robot before they can get their story to an audience. An editor tells a reporter the algorithm liked their story. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced exclusively for...
People, businesses and organizations base their actions and decisions on data we get from the government. How reliable is that? Two people question the data they see on a computer. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s...
In a world where things move so fast, people travel from over the world to appreciate the timelessness of books written by human hand, on paper. Translations of books by James Joyce on display at the Museum of Literature Ireland. (Illustration by News Decoder) This...