December 2024
January 2025
US Government Shutdown Looms, Highlighting Challenges for Trump's Agenda
The US Congress is grappling to avert a government shutdown due to Republican infighting and resistance to President-elect Trump's plan to raise the debt ceiling, offering investors a preview of potential challenges for his administration's policy implementation in 2025.
US Government Shutdown Looms, Highlighting Challenges for Trump's Agenda
The US Congress is grappling to avert a government shutdown due to Republican infighting and resistance to President-elect Trump's plan to raise the debt ceiling, offering investors a preview of potential challenges for his administration's policy implementation in 2025.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Samuel Paty Murder: Accomplices Receive Prison Sentences
A French court sentenced two friends of Samuel Paty's murderer to 16 years in prison for complicity, while two others received 13 and 15 years for inciting violence through an online hate campaign that targeted the teacher before his murder on October 16, 2020.
Samuel Paty Murder: Accomplices Receive Prison Sentences
A French court sentenced two friends of Samuel Paty's murderer to 16 years in prison for complicity, while two others received 13 and 15 years for inciting violence through an online hate campaign that targeted the teacher before his murder on October 16, 2020.
Progress
64% Bias Score
German Union Party Shifts Right, Unveiling Austerity-Focused Election Platform
Germany's CDU/CSU party launched a right-leaning election platform advocating for fiscal austerity, reduced social spending, stricter immigration policies, and the reversal of recent social reforms, contrasting sharply with left-leaning parties and potentially jeopardizing legal and humanitarian sta...
German Union Party Shifts Right, Unveiling Austerity-Focused Election Platform
Germany's CDU/CSU party launched a right-leaning election platform advocating for fiscal austerity, reduced social spending, stricter immigration policies, and the reversal of recent social reforms, contrasting sharply with left-leaning parties and potentially jeopardizing legal and humanitarian sta...
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60% Bias Score
Car Kills Two at German Christmas Market
A car intentionally drove into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany on Friday night, killing at least two people, including a child, and injuring many others; police have arrested a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian man.
Car Kills Two at German Christmas Market
A car intentionally drove into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany on Friday night, killing at least two people, including a child, and injuring many others; police have arrested a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian man.
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24% Bias Score
Airborne Microplastics Linked to Serious Health Risks: UCSF Study
A University of California, San Francisco, review of 3,000 studies shows a suspected link between airborne microplastics—primarily from tire wear and waste—and various health problems, including infertility, colon and lung cancer, and respiratory issues, urging immediate regulatory action.
Airborne Microplastics Linked to Serious Health Risks: UCSF Study
A University of California, San Francisco, review of 3,000 studies shows a suspected link between airborne microplastics—primarily from tire wear and waste—and various health problems, including infertility, colon and lung cancer, and respiratory issues, urging immediate regulatory action.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Georgia's EU Accession Delay Sparks Uneven Protests Across Regions
Thousands protested in Tbilisi, Georgia, against the Georgian Dream party's decision to halt EU accession talks until 2028; however, in Achalkalaki, only seven people demonstrated, highlighting regional economic dependence on Russia and historical political passivity.
Georgia's EU Accession Delay Sparks Uneven Protests Across Regions
Thousands protested in Tbilisi, Georgia, against the Georgian Dream party's decision to halt EU accession talks until 2028; however, in Achalkalaki, only seven people demonstrated, highlighting regional economic dependence on Russia and historical political passivity.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Magdeburg Attack: Bayern Munich Cancels Christmas Show
A Christmas market attack in Magdeburg, Germany, left at least two dead and over 50 injured, leading to the cancellation of a planned post-game celebration by FC Bayern Munich following their Bundesliga victory.
Magdeburg Attack: Bayern Munich Cancels Christmas Show
A Christmas market attack in Magdeburg, Germany, left at least two dead and over 50 injured, leading to the cancellation of a planned post-game celebration by FC Bayern Munich following their Bundesliga victory.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Magdeburg Christmas Market Bombing: Brandenburg Offers Support
A bomb attack at Magdeburg's Christmas market on December 22, 2024, caused casualties, prompting immediate aid and support from neighboring Brandenburg, which offered medical assistance and police support to Saxony-Anhalt, as well as evoking memories of the 2016 Berlin Christmas market attack.
Magdeburg Christmas Market Bombing: Brandenburg Offers Support
A bomb attack at Magdeburg's Christmas market on December 22, 2024, caused casualties, prompting immediate aid and support from neighboring Brandenburg, which offered medical assistance and police support to Saxony-Anhalt, as well as evoking memories of the 2016 Berlin Christmas market attack.
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24% Bias Score
San José Galleon: A Legal Battle Over Looted Gold
The Spanish galleon San José, sunk in Colombian waters in 1708, containing gold looted from indigenous groups, is at the center of a legal battle involving Sea Search Armada, indigenous communities, Spain, and Colombia, raising complex issues of ownership and cultural heritage.
San José Galleon: A Legal Battle Over Looted Gold
The Spanish galleon San José, sunk in Colombian waters in 1708, containing gold looted from indigenous groups, is at the center of a legal battle involving Sea Search Armada, indigenous communities, Spain, and Colombia, raising complex issues of ownership and cultural heritage.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Lenient Sentences in Pelicot Gang Rape Case Spark Outrage, Expose Systemic Issues
The Pelicot trial in Avignon resulted in 428 years of sentences for 51 men who gang-raped Gisèle Pelicot, significantly less than the 652 years requested by the prosecution; this sparked outrage, highlighting systemic issues in the French justice system and the global spread of online networks facil...
Lenient Sentences in Pelicot Gang Rape Case Spark Outrage, Expose Systemic Issues
The Pelicot trial in Avignon resulted in 428 years of sentences for 51 men who gang-raped Gisèle Pelicot, significantly less than the 652 years requested by the prosecution; this sparked outrage, highlighting systemic issues in the French justice system and the global spread of online networks facil...
Progress
64% Bias Score
VW Agrees to 35,000 Job Cuts, Avoiding Plant Closures
Volkswagen and the IG Metall union concluded the longest wage negotiations in VW's history, agreeing to cut over 35,000 jobs by 2030 without plant closures or forced layoffs, after over 70 hours of talks in Hanover, Germany.
VW Agrees to 35,000 Job Cuts, Avoiding Plant Closures
Volkswagen and the IG Metall union concluded the longest wage negotiations in VW's history, agreeing to cut over 35,000 jobs by 2030 without plant closures or forced layoffs, after over 70 hours of talks in Hanover, Germany.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Biden Races Against Time to Secure Legacy Before Trump Inauguration
In his final month, President Biden is rushing to finalize several key policy initiatives including a Gaza ceasefire, increased aid to Ukraine, pardons, student loan forgiveness, and blocking a steel company sale before President-elect Trump takes office, potentially reversing many of his achievemen...
Biden Races Against Time to Secure Legacy Before Trump Inauguration
In his final month, President Biden is rushing to finalize several key policy initiatives including a Gaza ceasefire, increased aid to Ukraine, pardons, student loan forgiveness, and blocking a steel company sale before President-elect Trump takes office, potentially reversing many of his achievemen...
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40% Bias Score