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Can a healthier population harm a national economy in the long run if there are fewer young people to care for rising numbers ...

Many argue that technology comes with high social and environmental costs. Others say innovation will save our planet. Can both be right? This article by student AyanfeOluwa Ayanlade was produced out ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Much of the news people consume is produced by newswires. Their reporters keep their opinions to themselves so you can make up your own mind about world events. A microphone from a reporter from the ...

A Russian bear, American eagle and Chinese panda loom over a Canadian moose. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news service. It is through ...

Those funny political memes that constantly come across your feed when scrolling on social media aren’t only making people laugh: it turns out that they are also spreading across the globe and adding ...

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 ...