The United States and Russia have brokered a truce in Syria in hopes of resuming United Nations-backed peace talks on March 9. Today News-Decoder correspondent Rashad Mammadov looks at what Russia hopes to gain in the five-year-old conflict. By Rashad Mammadov Once...
Latin American demagogues such as Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez have made careers with invective and outlandish accusations. Have they met their match in Donald Trump? We asked News-Decoder correspondents, who have lived all over the world and observed many leaders,...
By Bernd Debusmann In the most bizarre U.S. election campaign in generations, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have taken pole position in the race to become the presidential candidates of their parties. Trump easily won the Republican primary in South Carolina on...
The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has greatly raised the stakes in the presidential and congressional elections. Justice Antonin Scalia’s chair draped in black, Washington, DC, 16 February 2016(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) How will the death of...
U.S. Supreme Court rulings can have a sweeping impact on business, society and politics. Here’s a primer. The U.S. Supreme Court building, Washington, 14 February 2016.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) This article is part of a News-Decoder series of...