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...
Western countries have been obsessively following the U.S presidential election. Around the world, there are reasons people are taking note. Campaign signs for the candidates in the U.S. presidential election. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced...
In Madrid and across Europe people are rising up in anger that housing has become like a real-life game of Monopoly and out of reach for too many. A protest in Madrid 13 October 2024 over high rents and a shortage of long term rentals. (Credit: Leah Pattem) This...
The Western world is obsessed with the upcoming contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Elsewhere, other things are happening. A man freaks out over multiple screens of election poll headlines. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced...
Online sales of pesticides helps farmers in places far from suppliers. Can we keep them out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them? A person pulls up an online site for buying pesticides. (Illustration by News Decoder) Warning: This article contains...
If you owe too much money and can’t repay it, you could lose your car or home. Can a nation have too much debt? What happens then? A rooster, a national symbol of France, peeks out from within an empty bank vault. (Illustration by News Decoder) Editor’s...
We colour history with nostalgia when we are dissatisfied with the present. But for those who know only what’s now? They might not want to go back. Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, right, looking at his watch, and newly-appointed President Vladimir Putin,...
Even as different places adapt differently to floods and famine, heat and cold, we have to learn how to cool down our planet together. A resident paddles through a flooded street in Bohumin, Czech Republic, 17 September 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) This article was...
In Sri Lanka and elsewhere, people are telling elected politicians to clean up their act or find themselves out of a job. Supporters of National People’s Power cheer their leader and presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake during a public rally in...
Jimmy Carter wasn’t expected to be president. When he failed to get reelected, most people expected to forget him. He ended up setting a model few could follow. Jimmy Carter (center) talking outside the White House to reporters, including the author, Gene...