2025 Corporate Governance: Navigating Complexity and Uncertainty
In 2025, corporate boards face unprecedented challenges navigating political polarization, climate change impacts, and evolving social expectations, demanding transparent, substantive decision-making, as exemplified by Costco's successful defense of its DEI policies against a shareholder proposal (9...
2025 Corporate Governance: Navigating Complexity and Uncertainty
In 2025, corporate boards face unprecedented challenges navigating political polarization, climate change impacts, and evolving social expectations, demanding transparent, substantive decision-making, as exemplified by Costco's successful defense of its DEI policies against a shareholder proposal (9...
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40% Bias Score
White House Threatens Tariffs Over Foreign Digital Services Taxes on Big Tech
The White House issued a memo condemning foreign digital services taxes (DSTs) on American tech companies, threatening retaliatory tariffs unless these taxes are repealed, potentially sparking a trade war that disadvantages American consumers and businesses while protecting Big Tech's profits.
White House Threatens Tariffs Over Foreign Digital Services Taxes on Big Tech
The White House issued a memo condemning foreign digital services taxes (DSTs) on American tech companies, threatening retaliatory tariffs unless these taxes are repealed, potentially sparking a trade war that disadvantages American consumers and businesses while protecting Big Tech's profits.
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60% Bias Score
Trump Reinstates Tariffs on Mexico and Canada
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the planned 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods are "on time" and will be enacted early next month, despite previous delays and agreements to improve border security; the White House cited a national emergency caused by illegal immigration and dr...
Trump Reinstates Tariffs on Mexico and Canada
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the planned 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods are "on time" and will be enacted early next month, despite previous delays and agreements to improve border security; the White House cited a national emergency caused by illegal immigration and dr...
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44% Bias Score
Ukrainian Drone Warfare Stalls Russian Advance on Pokrovsk
Ukrainian forces have retaken terrain near Pokrovsk, aided by effective drone warfare that has hampered Russian supply lines and logistics; this counteroffensive follows similar actions earlier this month.
Ukrainian Drone Warfare Stalls Russian Advance on Pokrovsk
Ukrainian forces have retaken terrain near Pokrovsk, aided by effective drone warfare that has hampered Russian supply lines and logistics; this counteroffensive follows similar actions earlier this month.
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48% Bias Score
Trump Confirms Tariffs, Expresses Optimism on Ukraine War End Through Economic Deals with Russia
President Trump announced that tariffs on Canada and Mexico will proceed as planned, citing unfair treatment; he also expressed optimism about a swift end to the Ukraine war based on ongoing discussions with Russia involving potential economic development deals, though details remain scarce.
Trump Confirms Tariffs, Expresses Optimism on Ukraine War End Through Economic Deals with Russia
President Trump announced that tariffs on Canada and Mexico will proceed as planned, citing unfair treatment; he also expressed optimism about a swift end to the Ukraine war based on ongoing discussions with Russia involving potential economic development deals, though details remain scarce.
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40% Bias Score
Dozens of USAID Humanitarian Aid Workers Terminated
Dozens of USAID's Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance employees received unexpected termination notices over the weekend, despite assurances from Secretary of State Marco Rubio that core humanitarian aid would be preserved, raising concerns about the U.S.'s future capacity for international disaster r...
Dozens of USAID Humanitarian Aid Workers Terminated
Dozens of USAID's Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance employees received unexpected termination notices over the weekend, despite assurances from Secretary of State Marco Rubio that core humanitarian aid would be preserved, raising concerns about the U.S.'s future capacity for international disaster r...
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44% Bias Score
Ukraine's Drone Strikes Cripple Russian Oil Refining
On Sunday or early Monday, Ukrainian drones struck the Ryazan oil refinery in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, damaging its primary oil processing unit and impacting 5% of Russian oil production. This follows similar strikes on other Russian refineries, temporarily reducing Russia's total oil refining by as m...
Ukraine's Drone Strikes Cripple Russian Oil Refining
On Sunday or early Monday, Ukrainian drones struck the Ryazan oil refinery in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, damaging its primary oil processing unit and impacting 5% of Russian oil production. This follows similar strikes on other Russian refineries, temporarily reducing Russia's total oil refining by as m...
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56% Bias Score
Greenpeace Faces $300 Million Lawsuit Over Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
Greenpeace faces a $300 million defamation lawsuit from Energy Transfer, the operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline, due to protests against its construction near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, which could bankrupt the environmental group.
Greenpeace Faces $300 Million Lawsuit Over Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
Greenpeace faces a $300 million defamation lawsuit from Energy Transfer, the operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline, due to protests against its construction near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, which could bankrupt the environmental group.
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44% Bias Score
Lisbon Maru Commemoration Highlights UK-China Wartime Friendship
Around 100 family members of British prisoners of war (POWs) who survived the 1942 sinking of the Japanese transport ship Lisbon Maru, attended a commemorative event in London on Saturday; the event highlighted the heroic rescue of 384 survivors by Chinese fishermen, despite the Japanese army firing...
Lisbon Maru Commemoration Highlights UK-China Wartime Friendship
Around 100 family members of British prisoners of war (POWs) who survived the 1942 sinking of the Japanese transport ship Lisbon Maru, attended a commemorative event in London on Saturday; the event highlighted the heroic rescue of 384 survivors by Chinese fishermen, despite the Japanese army firing...
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20% Bias Score
Johnson Condemns Trump's Zelenskyy Insults, Urges Increased UK Defense Spending
Boris Johnson criticized Donald Trump's insults towards Ukrainian President Zelenskyy as "ghastly untruths", while proposing a 30,000-strong Anglo-French force to bolster Ukraine's security and urging increased UK defense spending to 3% of GDP by 2030, in addition to optimism for a US-Ukraine econom...
Johnson Condemns Trump's Zelenskyy Insults, Urges Increased UK Defense Spending
Boris Johnson criticized Donald Trump's insults towards Ukrainian President Zelenskyy as "ghastly untruths", while proposing a 30,000-strong Anglo-French force to bolster Ukraine's security and urging increased UK defense spending to 3% of GDP by 2030, in addition to optimism for a US-Ukraine econom...
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52% Bias Score
Idaho Woman Forcibly Removed from Town Hall, Sparking Free Speech Debate
At an Idaho town hall, Teresa Borrenpohl was forcibly removed by unidentified men after repeatedly disrupting the event, leading to a police investigation, dismissal of charges against Borrenpohl, and a recommendation to revoke the security firm's license; a GoFundMe raised over \$94,000 for her leg...
Idaho Woman Forcibly Removed from Town Hall, Sparking Free Speech Debate
At an Idaho town hall, Teresa Borrenpohl was forcibly removed by unidentified men after repeatedly disrupting the event, leading to a police investigation, dismissal of charges against Borrenpohl, and a recommendation to revoke the security firm's license; a GoFundMe raised over \$94,000 for her leg...
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64% Bias Score
Inmate Dies Amidst New York Prison Officer Strike
Jonathon Grant, a 61-year-old inmate serving a sentence for rape and burglary, died Saturday at Auburn Correctional Facility in New York during an ongoing corrections officer strike; a medical examiner will determine the cause of death, while the Legal Aid Society cites the strike's impact on medica...
Inmate Dies Amidst New York Prison Officer Strike
Jonathon Grant, a 61-year-old inmate serving a sentence for rape and burglary, died Saturday at Auburn Correctional Facility in New York during an ongoing corrections officer strike; a medical examiner will determine the cause of death, while the Legal Aid Society cites the strike's impact on medica...
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40% Bias Score