Santander's Record €12.574 Billion Profit in 2024
Banco Santander smashed its profit record in 2024, earning €12.574 billion—a 14% increase—despite ECB rate cuts, fueled by strong performance in Spain, Mexico, and Brazil, and announcing a €10 billion shareholder payout for 2025-2026.
Santander's Record €12.574 Billion Profit in 2024
Banco Santander smashed its profit record in 2024, earning €12.574 billion—a 14% increase—despite ECB rate cuts, fueled by strong performance in Spain, Mexico, and Brazil, and announcing a €10 billion shareholder payout for 2025-2026.
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48% Bias Score
Post-Assad Syria: Revenge Killings Fuel Sectarian Violence
Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, a provisional Islamist government struggles to control the country amidst widespread revenge attacks and extrajudicial killings, exceeding 327 documented cases, raising concerns of escalating sectarian violence.
Post-Assad Syria: Revenge Killings Fuel Sectarian Violence
Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, a provisional Islamist government struggles to control the country amidst widespread revenge attacks and extrajudicial killings, exceeding 327 documented cases, raising concerns of escalating sectarian violence.
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40% Bias Score
Hainan Airlines' Interest in Air Europa Shakes Up Investment Race
Hainan Airlines, China's largest private airline, is exploring an investment in Air Europa, creating uncertainty for other bidders including IAG and impacting Air Europa's capital opening process.
Hainan Airlines' Interest in Air Europa Shakes Up Investment Race
Hainan Airlines, China's largest private airline, is exploring an investment in Air Europa, creating uncertainty for other bidders including IAG and impacting Air Europa's capital opening process.
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52% Bias Score
Major Chinese Tech Companies Integrate DeepSeek AI Models Amidst Growing Global Adoption
Tencent Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, and Baidu integrated DeepSeek's advanced AI models into their platforms on Tuesday, offering developers and businesses streamlined access and cost-effective solutions, highlighting the growing global acceptance of this Chinese AI provider despite some countries' recent ...
Major Chinese Tech Companies Integrate DeepSeek AI Models Amidst Growing Global Adoption
Tencent Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, and Baidu integrated DeepSeek's advanced AI models into their platforms on Tuesday, offering developers and businesses streamlined access and cost-effective solutions, highlighting the growing global acceptance of this Chinese AI provider despite some countries' recent ...
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44% Bias Score
Record-Breaking Spring Festival Travel and Consumption in China
China's Spring Festival, ending February 5th, saw record-breaking travel (2.3 billion trips), consumption, and international tourism, boosted by its recent UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status.
Record-Breaking Spring Festival Travel and Consumption in China
China's Spring Festival, ending February 5th, saw record-breaking travel (2.3 billion trips), consumption, and international tourism, boosted by its recent UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status.
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EU, Cyprus, and US diplomatic developments
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Tasos Hadjivassiliou addressed EU trade strategy against potential US tariffs, while Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met with UN officials regarding the Cyprus issue. Meanwhile, Kimberly Guilfoyle's nomination as US ambassador to Athens is pending Senate ap...
EU, Cyprus, and US diplomatic developments
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Tasos Hadjivassiliou addressed EU trade strategy against potential US tariffs, while Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met with UN officials regarding the Cyprus issue. Meanwhile, Kimberly Guilfoyle's nomination as US ambassador to Athens is pending Senate ap...
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EU Explores Fiscal Rule Relaxation to Boost Defense Spending
Facing pressure from the US and Russia's war in Ukraine, the European Commission proposes relaxing fiscal rules to enable increased military spending among member states, exploring potential temporary suspensions to aid this effort.
EU Explores Fiscal Rule Relaxation to Boost Defense Spending
Facing pressure from the US and Russia's war in Ukraine, the European Commission proposes relaxing fiscal rules to enable increased military spending among member states, exploring potential temporary suspensions to aid this effort.
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48% Bias Score
Spain Approves 37.5-Hour Workweek Bill
Spain's Council of Ministers approved a bill reducing the maximum legal workweek to 37.5 hours without pay cuts, strengthening digital timekeeping regulations, and enforcing a right to disconnect, pending parliamentary approval and impacting approximately 12.5 million employees.
Spain Approves 37.5-Hour Workweek Bill
Spain's Council of Ministers approved a bill reducing the maximum legal workweek to 37.5 hours without pay cuts, strengthening digital timekeeping regulations, and enforcing a right to disconnect, pending parliamentary approval and impacting approximately 12.5 million employees.
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China's Service Trade Surges Past $1 Trillion
China's service trade hit a record \$1.05 trillion in 2024, fueled by a 38.1% surge in tourism due to eased visa policies and the popularity of the #ChinaTravel hashtag, along with robust growth in knowledge-intensive services like gaming.
China's Service Trade Surges Past $1 Trillion
China's service trade hit a record \$1.05 trillion in 2024, fueled by a 38.1% surge in tourism due to eased visa policies and the popularity of the #ChinaTravel hashtag, along with robust growth in knowledge-intensive services like gaming.
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48% Bias Score
Merz's Far-Right Alliance Costs CDU 2% in Polls
Friedrich Merz's CDU party in Germany suffered a 2% drop in polls to 28% after aligning with the far-right AfD on immigration, breaking post-WWII democratic consensus despite a 34% decrease in asylum applications in 2024 and a 37% decrease last month; the move caused internal party divisions and pub...
Merz's Far-Right Alliance Costs CDU 2% in Polls
Friedrich Merz's CDU party in Germany suffered a 2% drop in polls to 28% after aligning with the far-right AfD on immigration, breaking post-WWII democratic consensus despite a 34% decrease in asylum applications in 2024 and a 37% decrease last month; the move caused internal party divisions and pub...
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64% Bias Score
China's Gold Market: Production Up, Consumption Down
In 2024, China's gold production rose slightly to 377.24 metric tons, while consumption fell 9.58 percent to 985.31 tons; jewelry consumption dropped significantly, but bar and coin demand increased substantially; the People's Bank of China added 44.17 tons to its gold reserves.
China's Gold Market: Production Up, Consumption Down
In 2024, China's gold production rose slightly to 377.24 metric tons, while consumption fell 9.58 percent to 985.31 tons; jewelry consumption dropped significantly, but bar and coin demand increased substantially; the People's Bank of China added 44.17 tons to its gold reserves.
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32% Bias Score
Turkey and Syria Cooperate on Counterterrorism, Reconstruction
Turkey's President Erdoğan hosted Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sara, in Ankara to discuss counterterrorism strategies targeting Kurdish groups in northern Syria, pledging support for Syria's reconstruction and offering military assistance; imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan is expected to ...
Turkey and Syria Cooperate on Counterterrorism, Reconstruction
Turkey's President Erdoğan hosted Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sara, in Ankara to discuss counterterrorism strategies targeting Kurdish groups in northern Syria, pledging support for Syria's reconstruction and offering military assistance; imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan is expected to ...
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56% Bias Score