by Birgit Kaspar and Alistair Lyon | 12 Mar 2025 | Africa, Decoder Replay, France, History, Human Rights
It’s been 60 years since Algeria won freedom. The nation’s former ruler, France, is still struggling with its colonial legacy, national identity and values. A Sunday school girl has her schoolbag inspected by French army soldiers before she is allowed to...
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 Andrea Knezevic | 30 Dec 2024 | Art, Culture, History
A teddy bear and child’s swing buried in rubble are some of the relics of war that remind us: soldiers aren’t the only casualties of conflict. Presents for children in Ukraine prepared by Bosnian children are seen at the War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo,...
by Bernd Debusmann | 16 Dec 2024 | Decoders, History, Human Rights, Israel-Palestine, Politics
The United States has shown staunch support for Israel since its birth as a state. But that was before it decided to decimate the Palestinian territories. Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago estate, 26 July 2024, in Palm...
by Betty Wong | 6 Nov 2024 | Decoder Replay, Economy
Financial markets are so connected that floods, drought or war in one country can sink an economy halfway across the globe. How does that work? A woman walks by piled up cars after floods in Massanassa, just outside of Valencia, Spain, 1 November 2024. (AP...