December 2024
January 2025
Sanders and Warren Respond to Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Amid Healthcare Frustration
Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren responded to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, with Warren initially suggesting public anger was understandable before retracting her statement. The incident highlights the rising frustration with the US healthcare system, where high pro...
Sanders and Warren Respond to Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Amid Healthcare Frustration
Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren responded to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, with Warren initially suggesting public anger was understandable before retracting her statement. The incident highlights the rising frustration with the US healthcare system, where high pro...
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48% Bias Score
French Jihadists in Syria: A Lingering Security Concern
Approximately 110-120 French jihadists remain in Syria, divided among various factions including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Omar Diaby's group, posing a potential long-term security concern for France despite no immediate threat; 265 French individuals are detained in Kurdish-controlled camps in...
French Jihadists in Syria: A Lingering Security Concern
Approximately 110-120 French jihadists remain in Syria, divided among various factions including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Omar Diaby's group, posing a potential long-term security concern for France despite no immediate threat; 265 French individuals are detained in Kurdish-controlled camps in...
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52% Bias Score
Scholz Triggers Early German Elections via Vote of No Confidence
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz triggered a vote of no confidence on December 16th, 2024, aiming to dissolve the Bundestag and call for early federal elections on February 23rd, 2025, due to his coalition government's collapse in November and subsequent inability to secure parliamentary majorities.
Scholz Triggers Early German Elections via Vote of No Confidence
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz triggered a vote of no confidence on December 16th, 2024, aiming to dissolve the Bundestag and call for early federal elections on February 23rd, 2025, due to his coalition government's collapse in November and subsequent inability to secure parliamentary majorities.
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28% Bias Score
Volkswagen-IG Metall Labor Talks: Crucial Negotiations to Avert Major Dispute
Volkswagen and IG Metall are holding crucial two-day negotiations in Hannover to avert a major labor dispute involving potential 10% wage cuts, plant closures, and layoffs affecting roughly 130,000 employees across Niedersachsen, Hessen, and Sachsen. The union has already staged two rounds of strike...
Volkswagen-IG Metall Labor Talks: Crucial Negotiations to Avert Major Dispute
Volkswagen and IG Metall are holding crucial two-day negotiations in Hannover to avert a major labor dispute involving potential 10% wage cuts, plant closures, and layoffs affecting roughly 130,000 employees across Niedersachsen, Hessen, and Sachsen. The union has already staged two rounds of strike...
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36% Bias Score
Bronze Age Cannibalism in Britain: Mass Grave Reveals Violent Past
Excavation of a 15m-deep shaft at Charterhouse Warren in Somerset, England, unearthed the remains of at least 37 individuals from 2500 BC, showing evidence of a violent massacre, butchery, and potential cannibalism, challenging previous assumptions about this period.
Bronze Age Cannibalism in Britain: Mass Grave Reveals Violent Past
Excavation of a 15m-deep shaft at Charterhouse Warren in Somerset, England, unearthed the remains of at least 37 individuals from 2500 BC, showing evidence of a violent massacre, butchery, and potential cannibalism, challenging previous assumptions about this period.
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48% Bias Score
Two Russian Oil Tankers Sink in Kerch Strait, Causing Oil Spill and One Death
Two Russian oil tankers sank and ran aground in the Kerch Strait during a storm, resulting in one death, an oil spill of 4,300 tonnes of mazut, and significant environmental concerns; Ukraine blamed Russia for violating operating rules.
Two Russian Oil Tankers Sink in Kerch Strait, Causing Oil Spill and One Death
Two Russian oil tankers sank and ran aground in the Kerch Strait during a storm, resulting in one death, an oil spill of 4,300 tonnes of mazut, and significant environmental concerns; Ukraine blamed Russia for violating operating rules.
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24% Bias Score
Pope Francis Visits Corsica, Advocates for Dynamic Secularism
Pope Francis's December 15th, 2024, visit to Corsica involved meeting 12,000 people, addressing a congress on Mediterranean religiosity, advocating for a dynamic secularism, and calling for peace in various conflict zones; this is his 47th international trip and first to Corsica.
Pope Francis Visits Corsica, Advocates for Dynamic Secularism
Pope Francis's December 15th, 2024, visit to Corsica involved meeting 12,000 people, addressing a congress on Mediterranean religiosity, advocating for a dynamic secularism, and calling for peace in various conflict zones; this is his 47th international trip and first to Corsica.
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52% Bias Score
Pre-conception Genetic Testing: Potential to Reduce Severe Genetic Diseases in France
In France, 15,000-20,000 new cases of severe genetic diseases are diagnosed yearly, impacting 2-3% of the population. An Australian study showed pre-conception genetic testing identified 2% of 9,100 couples at risk, with 75% using this information for prenatal or preimplantation diagnosis, suggestin...
Pre-conception Genetic Testing: Potential to Reduce Severe Genetic Diseases in France
In France, 15,000-20,000 new cases of severe genetic diseases are diagnosed yearly, impacting 2-3% of the population. An Australian study showed pre-conception genetic testing identified 2% of 9,100 couples at risk, with 75% using this information for prenatal or preimplantation diagnosis, suggestin...
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40% Bias Score
Three West African Countries to Leave Ecowas
Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso will officially leave the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 29, 2025, after a failed mediation attempt; the decision follows the military juntas' accusations of Ecowas imposing inhumane sanctions and failing to help with security issues; a tr...
Three West African Countries to Leave Ecowas
Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso will officially leave the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 29, 2025, after a failed mediation attempt; the decision follows the military juntas' accusations of Ecowas imposing inhumane sanctions and failing to help with security issues; a tr...
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44% Bias Score
UK Government Devolves Planning Powers to Accelerate Building Projects
The UK government will devolve planning powers to English mayors, enabling them to expedite major building projects and meet yearly housing targets of 370,000 homes; however, concerns exist regarding potential conflicts with smaller district councils.
UK Government Devolves Planning Powers to Accelerate Building Projects
The UK government will devolve planning powers to English mayors, enabling them to expedite major building projects and meet yearly housing targets of 370,000 homes; however, concerns exist regarding potential conflicts with smaller district councils.
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40% Bias Score
Dutton Surges Ahead of Albanese in Latest Polling, Threatening Labor's Majority
Freshwater Strategy polling shows Peter Dutton outperforming Anthony Albanese in leadership qualities, with the Coalition potentially forming a minority government after the next federal election due to gains in key electorates.
Dutton Surges Ahead of Albanese in Latest Polling, Threatening Labor's Majority
Freshwater Strategy polling shows Peter Dutton outperforming Anthony Albanese in leadership qualities, with the Coalition potentially forming a minority government after the next federal election due to gains in key electorates.
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56% Bias Score
Spanish Government Attacks Judiciary Amid Upcoming Court Cases
The Spanish government is attacking its judiciary, accusing judges of a right-wing conspiracy, amid upcoming court cases involving people close to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez; this unprecedented attack on judicial independence is causing political tension and risks harming democratic institutions.
Spanish Government Attacks Judiciary Amid Upcoming Court Cases
The Spanish government is attacking its judiciary, accusing judges of a right-wing conspiracy, amid upcoming court cases involving people close to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez; this unprecedented attack on judicial independence is causing political tension and risks harming democratic institutions.
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64% Bias Score