December 2024
January 2025
"Notre-Dame Reopening: A Blend of Religious Revival and Political Spectacle"
"The reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris featured a procession for its Virgin Mary statue, daily masses with high attendance, and a televised mass watched by millions, coinciding with a politically significant gathering of world leaders, including Macron, Trump, and Zelenskyy."
"Notre-Dame Reopening: A Blend of Religious Revival and Political Spectacle"
"The reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris featured a procession for its Virgin Mary statue, daily masses with high attendance, and a televised mass watched by millions, coinciding with a politically significant gathering of world leaders, including Macron, Trump, and Zelenskyy."
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52% Bias Score
Google Achieves Quantum Computing Breakthrough with Error Correction Below Critical Threshold
Google's new quantum processor, "Willow," successfully reduced the error rate in quantum computations below a critical threshold by combining multiple physical qubits into more stable logical qubits, a crucial step toward practical quantum computers despite needing significantly more qubits for larg...
Google Achieves Quantum Computing Breakthrough with Error Correction Below Critical Threshold
Google's new quantum processor, "Willow," successfully reduced the error rate in quantum computations below a critical threshold by combining multiple physical qubits into more stable logical qubits, a crucial step toward practical quantum computers despite needing significantly more qubits for larg...
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40% Bias Score
Assad Regime's Collapse Weakens Iran, Raises Instability Concerns
The collapse of Syria's Assad regime, a key Iranian ally, significantly weakens Iran's regional influence and raises concerns about internal instability due to financial strain and potential political upheaval.
Assad Regime's Collapse Weakens Iran, Raises Instability Concerns
The collapse of Syria's Assad regime, a key Iranian ally, significantly weakens Iran's regional influence and raises concerns about internal instability due to financial strain and potential political upheaval.
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48% Bias Score
Google Unveils Gemini 2.0: AI Assistant with Enhanced Capabilities and Local Computing
Google unveiled Gemini 2.0, an AI assistant capable of completing tasks like online shopping (without checkout) and integrated into Project Mariner and Project Astra for smart glasses, alongside Gemini Flash 2.0 for local computation.
Google Unveils Gemini 2.0: AI Assistant with Enhanced Capabilities and Local Computing
Google unveiled Gemini 2.0, an AI assistant capable of completing tasks like online shopping (without checkout) and integrated into Project Mariner and Project Astra for smart glasses, alongside Gemini Flash 2.0 for local computation.
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44% Bias Score
Dutch Court convicts ISIS member of crimes against humanity
A Dutch court convicted Hasna A. of crimes against humanity for enslaving a Yazidi woman in Syria while part of ISIS, sentencing her to 10 years in prison; this is the Netherlands' first such conviction related to the Yazidi genocide.
Dutch Court convicts ISIS member of crimes against humanity
A Dutch court convicted Hasna A. of crimes against humanity for enslaving a Yazidi woman in Syria while part of ISIS, sentencing her to 10 years in prison; this is the Netherlands' first such conviction related to the Yazidi genocide.
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32% Bias Score
Sara Sharif: Family Found Guilty After Pakistan Escape
Sara Sharif's father, stepmother, and uncle were found guilty of murder (parents) and causing/allowing death (uncle) after fleeing to Pakistan following the discovery of her body with extensive injuries in Woking; their five siblings remain in Pakistan.
Sara Sharif: Family Found Guilty After Pakistan Escape
Sara Sharif's father, stepmother, and uncle were found guilty of murder (parents) and causing/allowing death (uncle) after fleeing to Pakistan following the discovery of her body with extensive injuries in Woking; their five siblings remain in Pakistan.
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44% Bias Score
South Korea's Political Crisis Deepens After Ex-Minister's Suicide Attempt
South Korean ex-Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun attempted suicide in his prison cell in Seoul after being arrested on Sunday for his role in President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived declaration of martial law. The incident has deepened South Korea's political crisis, with a second impeachment attempt ag...
South Korea's Political Crisis Deepens After Ex-Minister's Suicide Attempt
South Korean ex-Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun attempted suicide in his prison cell in Seoul after being arrested on Sunday for his role in President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived declaration of martial law. The incident has deepened South Korea's political crisis, with a second impeachment attempt ag...
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36% Bias Score
Ancient Mesopotamian Emotion Map Challenges Modern Understandings
A study analyzing one million words of ancient Mesopotamian texts (934-612 BC) reveals unique emotion localization, with happiness and love in the liver, anger in the thighs and feet, and suffering in the armpits, challenging modern understandings of emotional experience.
Ancient Mesopotamian Emotion Map Challenges Modern Understandings
A study analyzing one million words of ancient Mesopotamian texts (934-612 BC) reveals unique emotion localization, with happiness and love in the liver, anger in the thighs and feet, and suffering in the armpits, challenging modern understandings of emotional experience.
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32% Bias Score
Bank of Canada Cuts Rates, Signals Slower Pace of Cuts Ahead
The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 3.25 per cent on Wednesday, its fifth cut since June, amid rising economic uncertainty and slowing growth, signaling a potential slowdown in the pace of future rate reductions.
Bank of Canada Cuts Rates, Signals Slower Pace of Cuts Ahead
The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 3.25 per cent on Wednesday, its fifth cut since June, amid rising economic uncertainty and slowing growth, signaling a potential slowdown in the pace of future rate reductions.
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16% Bias Score
Scholz Proposes VAT Cut on Food Amid Rising Prices
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz proposed lowering the reduced VAT rate for many foods from 7% to 5% to alleviate rising food prices, a move criticized by the opposition and economic experts for its potential ineffectiveness and distributional consequences.
Scholz Proposes VAT Cut on Food Amid Rising Prices
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz proposed lowering the reduced VAT rate for many foods from 7% to 5% to alleviate rising food prices, a move criticized by the opposition and economic experts for its potential ineffectiveness and distributional consequences.
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32% Bias Score
JWST Reveals Galaxy Formation in Unprecedented Detail
The James Webb Space Telescope captured an image of "Firefly Sparkle," a galaxy 13 billion light-years away, showing ten star clusters in different formation stages, providing unprecedented detail on early galaxy formation 600 million years after the Big Bang and enabled by gravitational lensing.
JWST Reveals Galaxy Formation in Unprecedented Detail
The James Webb Space Telescope captured an image of "Firefly Sparkle," a galaxy 13 billion light-years away, showing ten star clusters in different formation stages, providing unprecedented detail on early galaxy formation 600 million years after the Big Bang and enabled by gravitational lensing.
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40% Bias Score
Ghost Gun Found on Suspect in CEO Shooting
Luigi Mangione, suspected of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, possessed an untraceable "ghost gun" when arrested; this highlights the ongoing problem of easily obtainable, untraceable firearms.
Ghost Gun Found on Suspect in CEO Shooting
Luigi Mangione, suspected of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, possessed an untraceable "ghost gun" when arrested; this highlights the ongoing problem of easily obtainable, untraceable firearms.
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40% Bias Score