By Kaitlyn-Lee Mun It was a Sunday afternoon in early June at Hong Kong’s Kowloon Park. Cicadas buzzed incessantly, delivering a deafening chorus. On this humid day, the air like soup, people gathered to watch a weekly Kung Fu performance. I was in the crowd,...
A diplomatic spat between Saudi Arabia and Canada may seem childish. But the dispute has important implications for the West — including the United States. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (L) and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland (R) in...
Name: Marjan Aletomeh Birthplace: Tehran, Iran Age: 29 Occupation: I have a degree in criminology, and I work in retail banking. I plan to become a financial advisor. I recently moved to Toronto. I had lived in Vancouver for almost 19 years but felt I needed to...
By Janet Guttsman Canada ousted its secretive, centralized Conservative government in a decisive vote this week, opening the door to a Liberal administration that promises a stepped-up role in the fight against climate change and a more welcoming hand to refugees from...
News-Decoder’s correspondents have covered some of the world’s biggest health crises over the past half century — HIV/AIDS, mad-cow disease, SARS, bird flu, H1N1, Ebola and now the coronavirus disease. In the article below, first published in 2015,...