EPA Environmental Justice Office Closure Impacts 100-200 Employees
The Trump administration is enforcing an executive order eliminating the EPA's environmental justice office, placing approximately 100-200 employees on paid administrative leave, thereby hindering efforts to equitably address environmental injustices affecting underserved communities.
EPA Environmental Justice Office Closure Impacts 100-200 Employees
The Trump administration is enforcing an executive order eliminating the EPA's environmental justice office, placing approximately 100-200 employees on paid administrative leave, thereby hindering efforts to equitably address environmental injustices affecting underserved communities.
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48% Bias Score
EU Audit Exposes Slow Military Mobilization Due to Bureaucracy and Funding Gaps
An EU audit reveals slow military mobilization due to bureaucracy and planning flaws, risking delayed responses to aggression despite a €1.7 billion budget (2021-2027) fully allocated by 2023, creating a four-year funding gap and uneven project distribution.
EU Audit Exposes Slow Military Mobilization Due to Bureaucracy and Funding Gaps
An EU audit reveals slow military mobilization due to bureaucracy and planning flaws, risking delayed responses to aggression despite a €1.7 billion budget (2021-2027) fully allocated by 2023, creating a four-year funding gap and uneven project distribution.
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24% Bias Score
AI Deciphers 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scroll
AI and X-ray technology have revealed the contents of a 2,000-year-old burnt scroll from Herculaneum, part of the Vesuvius Challenge, with the ancient Greek word "διατροπή" (disgust) appearing twice; researchers are now interpreting other parts of the text.
AI Deciphers 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scroll
AI and X-ray technology have revealed the contents of a 2,000-year-old burnt scroll from Herculaneum, part of the Vesuvius Challenge, with the ancient Greek word "διατροπή" (disgust) appearing twice; researchers are now interpreting other parts of the text.
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24% Bias Score
Germany Announces Snap Election for February 23, 2025
Germany's snap federal election is set for February 23, 2025, following the collapse of the ruling coalition and a failed confidence vote in Chancellor Scholz, significantly altering the political timeline from the initially planned September date.
Germany Announces Snap Election for February 23, 2025
Germany's snap federal election is set for February 23, 2025, following the collapse of the ruling coalition and a failed confidence vote in Chancellor Scholz, significantly altering the political timeline from the initially planned September date.
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28% Bias Score
German CEOs Urge Open Immigration, Economic Reform Ahead of EU Elections
CEOs of major German companies, including Deutsche Bank, Siemens, and Mercedes-Benz, issued a joint statement advocating for open immigration policies to address labor shortages and urging for economic and political reforms in Germany and Europe ahead of the 2024 European elections.
German CEOs Urge Open Immigration, Economic Reform Ahead of EU Elections
CEOs of major German companies, including Deutsche Bank, Siemens, and Mercedes-Benz, issued a joint statement advocating for open immigration policies to address labor shortages and urging for economic and political reforms in Germany and Europe ahead of the 2024 European elections.
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44% Bias Score
Iran's Energy Crisis: Renewable Energy Plans Face Economic Hurdles
Facing a deepening energy crisis despite vast natural gas reserves, Iran plans to generate 30,000 megawatts of renewable energy within four years, starting with 2,400 megawatts by next summer, but faces financial and economic challenges.
Iran's Energy Crisis: Renewable Energy Plans Face Economic Hurdles
Facing a deepening energy crisis despite vast natural gas reserves, Iran plans to generate 30,000 megawatts of renewable energy within four years, starting with 2,400 megawatts by next summer, but faces financial and economic challenges.
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40% Bias Score
Decathlon Accused of Using Forced Uyghur Labor in China
French sporting goods retailer Decathlon is accused by Disclose and Cash Investigation of using a Chinese subcontractor linked to forced Uyghur labor and sourcing cotton from Xinjiang, allegations Decathlon denies, claiming its cotton is 100% from responsible sources.
Decathlon Accused of Using Forced Uyghur Labor in China
French sporting goods retailer Decathlon is accused by Disclose and Cash Investigation of using a Chinese subcontractor linked to forced Uyghur labor and sourcing cotton from Xinjiang, allegations Decathlon denies, claiming its cotton is 100% from responsible sources.
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36% Bias Score
EU Plans External "Return Centers" for Asylum Seekers, Facing Legal and Human Rights Challenges
The European Union plans to build external "return centers" for rejected asylum seekers, aiming to increase deportations, but facing legal and human rights concerns from NGOs and the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA).
EU Plans External "Return Centers" for Asylum Seekers, Facing Legal and Human Rights Challenges
The European Union plans to build external "return centers" for rejected asylum seekers, aiming to increase deportations, but facing legal and human rights concerns from NGOs and the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA).
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48% Bias Score
German Court Blocks Extradition to Hungary Over Detention Concerns
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court overturned the extradition of a non-binary German citizen to Hungary due to insufficient assessment of their detention conditions there, following charges of involvement in attacks on alleged far-right extremists in Budapest in February 2023, prompting concerns...
German Court Blocks Extradition to Hungary Over Detention Concerns
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court overturned the extradition of a non-binary German citizen to Hungary due to insufficient assessment of their detention conditions there, following charges of involvement in attacks on alleged far-right extremists in Budapest in February 2023, prompting concerns...
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48% Bias Score
Student Protest Erupts Over AfD Invite at Berlin School
Students at Berlin's Hans-und-Hilde-Coppi Gymnasium are protesting the school's invitation of AfD politician Beatrix von Storch to a Tuesday debate, citing her family's Nazi ties and controversial statements; a counter-protest is planned.
Student Protest Erupts Over AfD Invite at Berlin School
Students at Berlin's Hans-und-Hilde-Coppi Gymnasium are protesting the school's invitation of AfD politician Beatrix von Storch to a Tuesday debate, citing her family's Nazi ties and controversial statements; a counter-protest is planned.
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44% Bias Score
Trump Conditions US Aid to Ukraine on Rare Earth Mineral Access
President Trump linked continued US aid to Ukraine to Kyiv granting the US access to its rare earth minerals, a key component of Zelenskyy's "victory plan" presented in September 2024, which promised "returns on investments" in Ukraine's natural resources to supporting countries.
Trump Conditions US Aid to Ukraine on Rare Earth Mineral Access
President Trump linked continued US aid to Ukraine to Kyiv granting the US access to its rare earth minerals, a key component of Zelenskyy's "victory plan" presented in September 2024, which promised "returns on investments" in Ukraine's natural resources to supporting countries.
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40% Bias Score
India Awards $5.2 Billion Submarine Contract to Thyssenkrupp, Mazagon Dock
Thyssenkrupp and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders won a $5.2 billion contract to build six advanced submarines for the Indian Navy, beating a Spanish competitor, demonstrating growing Indo-German defense ties despite India's continued reliance on Russia for arms.
India Awards $5.2 Billion Submarine Contract to Thyssenkrupp, Mazagon Dock
Thyssenkrupp and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders won a $5.2 billion contract to build six advanced submarines for the Indian Navy, beating a Spanish competitor, demonstrating growing Indo-German defense ties despite India's continued reliance on Russia for arms.
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52% Bias Score