December 2024
January 2025
"Hague Explosions: Five Dead, Investigation Underway"
"Two explosions at a Hague apartment complex resulted in five deaths, injuries to five others, and damage to nineteen homes; authorities are investigating a potential link to drug crime and seeking information about a fleeing car and driver."
"Hague Explosions: Five Dead, Investigation Underway"
"Two explosions at a Hague apartment complex resulted in five deaths, injuries to five others, and damage to nineteen homes; authorities are investigating a potential link to drug crime and seeking information about a fleeing car and driver."
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28% Bias Score
"Buy Now": How Retailers Drive Overconsumption
The Netflix documentary "Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy" reveals how retailers use design and marketing to encourage overconsumption, highlighting Amazon's 'buy now' button, the rise of Black Friday, and the impact of planned obsolescence on consumer electronics and clothing.
"Buy Now": How Retailers Drive Overconsumption
The Netflix documentary "Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy" reveals how retailers use design and marketing to encourage overconsumption, highlighting Amazon's 'buy now' button, the rise of Black Friday, and the impact of planned obsolescence on consumer electronics and clothing.
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56% Bias Score
Apple's Encryption Under Attack: Lawsuit and FBI Demands Threaten User Privacy
Apple faces a class-action lawsuit for allegedly allowing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to be stored on iCloud, while the FBI seeks access to encrypted iPhone data, creating a global privacy crisis.
Apple's Encryption Under Attack: Lawsuit and FBI Demands Threaten User Privacy
Apple faces a class-action lawsuit for allegedly allowing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to be stored on iCloud, while the FBI seeks access to encrypted iPhone data, creating a global privacy crisis.
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52% Bias Score
ANZ CEO Resigns Amid Governance Scandal; Matos Appointed
ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott resigned after nine years, replaced by Nuno Matos, effective July 3, to manage the $4.9 billion Suncorp acquisition and address corporate governance concerns stemming from a bond trading scandal and resulting penalties.
ANZ CEO Resigns Amid Governance Scandal; Matos Appointed
ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott resigned after nine years, replaced by Nuno Matos, effective July 3, to manage the $4.9 billion Suncorp acquisition and address corporate governance concerns stemming from a bond trading scandal and resulting penalties.
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48% Bias Score
Holiday Returns to Reach $890 Billion in 2024
Holiday returns are expected to hit $890 billion in 2024, a 20% increase from 2023, due to increased online shopping and practices like "bracketing" and "wardrobing", posing challenges for retailers' profits and sustainability.
Holiday Returns to Reach $890 Billion in 2024
Holiday returns are expected to hit $890 billion in 2024, a 20% increase from 2023, due to increased online shopping and practices like "bracketing" and "wardrobing", posing challenges for retailers' profits and sustainability.
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48% Bias Score
Syrian Rebel Leader's Image Shift After Damascus Capture
Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, now using his real name Ahmed al-Sharaa, has led Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in capturing Damascus, marking a strategic shift in his public image and aiming to legitimize HTS's control over Syria.
Syrian Rebel Leader's Image Shift After Damascus Capture
Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, now using his real name Ahmed al-Sharaa, has led Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in capturing Damascus, marking a strategic shift in his public image and aiming to legitimize HTS's control over Syria.
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40% Bias Score
New York CEO Murder: Police Release Shooter Photos
In New York City, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot Wednesday; police released photos of the shooter, who remains at large, and found Monopoly money and a Tommy Hilfiger jacket in a discarded backpack. The FBI offers a $50,000 reward for information.
New York CEO Murder: Police Release Shooter Photos
In New York City, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot Wednesday; police released photos of the shooter, who remains at large, and found Monopoly money and a Tommy Hilfiger jacket in a discarded backpack. The FBI offers a $50,000 reward for information.
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36% Bias Score
Air Cargo Boom: "Air Silk Road" Fuels 46% Surge in China-Africa Trade
Boosted by the "Air Silk Road", cross-border e-commerce has driven a 46% year-on-year increase in air cargo volume between China and Africa in 2024, exceeding pre-pandemic levels, with Ethiopian Airlines and a new Etihad Cargo-SF Airlines joint venture significantly contributing to this growth.
Air Cargo Boom: "Air Silk Road" Fuels 46% Surge in China-Africa Trade
Boosted by the "Air Silk Road", cross-border e-commerce has driven a 46% year-on-year increase in air cargo volume between China and Africa in 2024, exceeding pre-pandemic levels, with Ethiopian Airlines and a new Etihad Cargo-SF Airlines joint venture significantly contributing to this growth.
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44% Bias Score
Parliamentary Report Recommends Changes to Superannuation Laws to Protect Domestic Violence Victims
Following the domestic violence-related suicide of Molly Wilkes in July 2022, a parliamentary report recommends amending the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 to prevent abusers from inheriting victims' superannuation; this follows a campaign by Molly's mother.
Parliamentary Report Recommends Changes to Superannuation Laws to Protect Domestic Violence Victims
Following the domestic violence-related suicide of Molly Wilkes in July 2022, a parliamentary report recommends amending the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 to prevent abusers from inheriting victims' superannuation; this follows a campaign by Molly's mother.
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24% Bias Score
FBI Offers $1 Million Reward for Kidnapped Journalist Austin Tice
The FBI is offering a $1 million reward for information on Austin Tice, a journalist kidnapped in Syria in 2012, as his family reveals credible information suggesting he is alive and well.
FBI Offers $1 Million Reward for Kidnapped Journalist Austin Tice
The FBI is offering a $1 million reward for information on Austin Tice, a journalist kidnapped in Syria in 2012, as his family reveals credible information suggesting he is alive and well.
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28% Bias Score
Cuba's Tourism Suffers Blow from Power Outages and Potential US Sanctions
Sunwing Vacations Group removed 26 hotels from its Cuba portfolio due to recent power outages and instability, impacting Cuba's tourism-dependent economy, especially given the possibility of stricter US sanctions under a Trump presidency.
Cuba's Tourism Suffers Blow from Power Outages and Potential US Sanctions
Sunwing Vacations Group removed 26 hotels from its Cuba portfolio due to recent power outages and instability, impacting Cuba's tourism-dependent economy, especially given the possibility of stricter US sanctions under a Trump presidency.
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52% Bias Score
India's Great Nicobar Development: A $9bn Threat to Indigenous Tribe
India's $9bn Great Nicobar Island development project, including a harbor, power plant, airport, and township, threatens the extinction of the Shompen tribe and the destruction of 964,000 trees, sparking concerns among environmentalists and anthropologists.
India's Great Nicobar Development: A $9bn Threat to Indigenous Tribe
India's $9bn Great Nicobar Island development project, including a harbor, power plant, airport, and township, threatens the extinction of the Shompen tribe and the destruction of 964,000 trees, sparking concerns among environmentalists and anthropologists.
Progress
40% Bias Score