by Richard Hubbard | 5 Dec 2024 | Australia, Economy
Housing prices in Australia are so high young people can’t get loans to buy them. Luckily for some, there’s the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’. An ATM welcomes a user to the bank of mum and dad. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced...
by Christianez Ratna Kiruba | 28 Nov 2024 | Health and Wellness, India, Sports, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Weight lifting has all kinds of health benefits. But many woman in India find going to the gym takes an inner strength they didn’t think they had. Mirabai Chanu Saikhom of India competes during the women’s 49kg weightlifting event at the 2024 Summer...
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 Jurriaan van Eerten | 21 Nov 2024 | Educators' Catalog, Europe, Media Literacy
After massive floods in Valencia, fake news messages on the internet seemed targeted to intensify chaos and undermine trust in the authorities. A mud-covered car in a garage destroyed by floods in Valencia, Spain in November 2024. (Credit: Eline van Nes) This article...
by News Decoder | 19 Nov 2024 | Culture, Europe, France, History, Personal Reflections, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Youth Voices
A trip to Bordeaux, France opened the eyes of three U.S. teens in ways they hadn’t expected. The Cathédrale Saint-André de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France. (Photo by Christopher “Breck” DuPaul) This article was produced out of News Decoder’s school...
by Karolina Krakowiak | 18 Nov 2024 | Americas, Environment
As nations gather in Baku for COP29 to fight climate change, a less noticed gathering took place in Colombia to protect the myriad forms of life we might lose. An artist puts the finishing touches on a mural a day ahead of the COP16 United Nations biodiversity...
by Andersson Boscán | 14 Nov 2024 | Americas, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
In a key stop in a global cocaine network, residents of Durán are trying to just live their lives in a place that has become the murder capital of the world. A handcuffed resident is led away during a military and police operation searching homes for weapons and drugs...
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...
by News Decoder | 5 Nov 2024 | Government, Politics, United States, Wh-Y Vote
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...
by Leah Pattem | 31 Oct 2024 | Europe, Health and Wellness, Politics, Spain
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...