We are less than a month away from elections in the United States that will have worldwide implications. Whether young people ...

So many crises are happening all over the world at the same time. The old ways of solving world problems won’t work. Can we begin afresh with new solutions? This article was produced exclusively for ...

Students are taking to the streets. A few years ago it was pensioners and farmers. Ever since the revolution, French people have demanded their rights. Students stand in front of a blockaded high ...

How we think about the world depends on history we have accepted as true. But that version of the past relies on stories based on partial truths. Two photos: On the left, by Yuganov Konstantin, a ...

If a child is old enough to learn to read, it’s time to teach them to be media literate. But how to implement that in schools takes some problem solving skills. A teen shrugs at the difference between ...

Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Albania, Mother Teresa embodied many qualities that are held sacred in the Catholic Church — charity, humility, devotion — and she won the Nobel Peace Prize along with ...

At the United Nations University, researchers and policy makers across the globe work together to solve big problems and share knowledge. Dr. Erick Tambo, an associate academic officer at the United ...

This article is the fourth in a series to recognize World News Day. Check out these other stories in the series: →Why people turn to trusted news only when they think they need it. →Why people avoid ...

With the killing of six sex workers in Lima this year already, people are calling on the government to address the unequal treatment of transgender people. A group of transgender women protest outside ...

This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news service. It is through articles like this that News Decoder strives to provide context to complex global events and issues and ...

The global toy industry has a plastics predicament: How to feed children’s appetite for new toys, keep prices low and not harm the Earth in the process. Plastic is omnipresent in our lives and few ...

Bombs fly after a cease-fire is announced in wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Are these announcements real steps towards peace or just a distraction? This article was produced exclusively for News ...