by Daniel Warner | 10 Mar 2025 | Decoders, Europe, History, Politics, Russia, Ukraine, United States
How to get the significance of Donald Trump’s bitterness towards Europe? You have to look at the complicated dance between Russia and the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a...
by Susanne Courtney | 3 Mar 2025 | Economy, Politics
Maple syrup is linked to Canada’s national identity and economy. Threats of U.S. tariffs makes the trade relationship between the two nations quite sticky. Steam escaping from an evaporator in the author’s “sugar shack”. (Credit: Susanne...
by Bernd Debusmann | 24 Feb 2025 | History, Human Rights, Israel-Palestine, United States
The U.S. real estate developer-in-chief sees profit potential in the beaches of Gaza. But the forced relocation of people is a crime against humanity. Palestinians displaced by the war between Israel and Hamas, take refuge in a tented settlement along the...
by Dylan Carlson-Sirvent | 12 Feb 2025 | Decoder Replay, Health and Wellness
During the Covid pandemic, nations realized they needed to work together to keep their people safe. That’s where the World Health Organization comes in. A worker in Dubai prepares a package of healthcare materials from the World Health Organization for Ukraine,...
by Amina McCauley | 31 Jan 2025 | Americas, Europe, History, Politics
Long ignored by much of the world, Greenland finds itself stanned by Donald Trump. How do the 56,000 people who live there feel about this uninvited attention? Imagining two harp seals lying on melting ice by a “not” for sale sign in Tasililaq, East...