December 2024
January 2025
NSW Home Building Rectification Orders: High Non-Compliance Rate
Between January 1 and October 8, 2024, 39.5% of 319 rectification orders for non-compliant standalone houses in NSW were not met on time, amid widespread defects and concerns about builder compliance, and despite the state needing to build 378,000 homes by July 2029.
NSW Home Building Rectification Orders: High Non-Compliance Rate
Between January 1 and October 8, 2024, 39.5% of 319 rectification orders for non-compliant standalone houses in NSW were not met on time, amid widespread defects and concerns about builder compliance, and despite the state needing to build 378,000 homes by July 2029.
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52% Bias Score
Improved Enemy Missile Technology Challenges Israeli Defenses
Two ballistic missiles, exhibiting mid-flight trajectory adjustments, struck a school in Ramat Efal and a playground in Jaffa, Israel, raising concerns about a significant improvement in enemy missile technology and prompting analysis of Israel's defensive capabilities.
Improved Enemy Missile Technology Challenges Israeli Defenses
Two ballistic missiles, exhibiting mid-flight trajectory adjustments, struck a school in Ramat Efal and a playground in Jaffa, Israel, raising concerns about a significant improvement in enemy missile technology and prompting analysis of Israel's defensive capabilities.
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44% Bias Score
£13.8bn Hospital Repair Backlog Cripples English NHS
England's hospitals face a £13.8bn repair backlog, causing 600 lost clinical days in the past year due to high-risk issues like roof failures and broken lifts, resulting from a decade of underfunding and bureaucratic delays; the government is investing £1bn to address this.
£13.8bn Hospital Repair Backlog Cripples English NHS
England's hospitals face a £13.8bn repair backlog, causing 600 lost clinical days in the past year due to high-risk issues like roof failures and broken lifts, resulting from a decade of underfunding and bureaucratic delays; the government is investing £1bn to address this.
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44% Bias Score
Parents' Grief Spurs Charity Amidst Disparities in Perinatal Care
In Ballarat, Australia, the deaths of two babies, Lenny and Rosie, at 22 weeks gestation, prompted the creation of Babies Above, a charity offering support to families experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death, highlighting disparities in regional perinatal care.
Parents' Grief Spurs Charity Amidst Disparities in Perinatal Care
In Ballarat, Australia, the deaths of two babies, Lenny and Rosie, at 22 weeks gestation, prompted the creation of Babies Above, a charity offering support to families experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death, highlighting disparities in regional perinatal care.
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20% Bias Score
Gazprom Halts Gas Exports to Moldova, Raising Fears of Wider European Disruptions
Gazprom will halt natural gas exports to Moldova on January 1st, 2024, due to a disputed debt, potentially impacting other European countries and causing widespread power outages in Moldova and Transnistria as a result of a possible end to a gas transit agreement through Ukraine on December 31st.
Gazprom Halts Gas Exports to Moldova, Raising Fears of Wider European Disruptions
Gazprom will halt natural gas exports to Moldova on January 1st, 2024, due to a disputed debt, potentially impacting other European countries and causing widespread power outages in Moldova and Transnistria as a result of a possible end to a gas transit agreement through Ukraine on December 31st.
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44% Bias Score
Gig Economy Expands into Retail: Flexibility and Risks
Gig economy apps like Young Ones and Temper are facilitating the shift to on-demand staffing in retail and restaurants, offering flexibility but raising concerns about worker rights and economic stability; almost 5 million people in the US declared platform-based income in 2023.
Gig Economy Expands into Retail: Flexibility and Risks
Gig economy apps like Young Ones and Temper are facilitating the shift to on-demand staffing in retail and restaurants, offering flexibility but raising concerns about worker rights and economic stability; almost 5 million people in the US declared platform-based income in 2023.
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36% Bias Score
Political Timing and Legacy: A Comparative Analysis
The article analyzes the careers of Angela Merkel, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and Anthony Albanese, arguing that their success is largely determined by the timing of their rise and fall from power; Albanese's premiership is now challenged by a shift away from the liberal era.
Political Timing and Legacy: A Comparative Analysis
The article analyzes the careers of Angela Merkel, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and Anthony Albanese, arguing that their success is largely determined by the timing of their rise and fall from power; Albanese's premiership is now challenged by a shift away from the liberal era.
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48% Bias Score
Western Tech Fuels Russia's New Ballistic Missiles
Russia's new Oreshnik ballistic missiles, tested against Ukraine, utilize Western high-tech components from Germany and Japan, despite sanctions, highlighting continued reliance on foreign technology for precision manufacturing and challenging international efforts to curb arms production.
Western Tech Fuels Russia's New Ballistic Missiles
Russia's new Oreshnik ballistic missiles, tested against Ukraine, utilize Western high-tech components from Germany and Japan, despite sanctions, highlighting continued reliance on foreign technology for precision manufacturing and challenging international efforts to curb arms production.
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40% Bias Score
Buffett Invests $563 Million in Occidental, Sirius XM, and VeriSign Amidst Market Volatility
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway invested $563 million in Occidental Petroleum ($405 million), Sirius XM ($113 million), and VeriSign ($45 million) despite recent market volatility and the underperformance of these stocks in 2024, signaling a long-term value investment strategy.
Buffett Invests $563 Million in Occidental, Sirius XM, and VeriSign Amidst Market Volatility
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway invested $563 million in Occidental Petroleum ($405 million), Sirius XM ($113 million), and VeriSign ($45 million) despite recent market volatility and the underperformance of these stocks in 2024, signaling a long-term value investment strategy.
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44% Bias Score
Venezuela-Argentina Conflict Escalates Over Gendarme's Arrest
Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo was arrested in Venezuela on December 8th and charged with terrorism, prompting a strong response from Argentina's government who called it a political kidnapping. Venezuela links Gallo to Argentina's top officials.
Venezuela-Argentina Conflict Escalates Over Gendarme's Arrest
Argentine gendarme Nahuel Gallo was arrested in Venezuela on December 8th and charged with terrorism, prompting a strong response from Argentina's government who called it a political kidnapping. Venezuela links Gallo to Argentina's top officials.
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68% Bias Score
Netherlands Debates Assisted Dying Amidst Legal Cases and Technological Advancements
In the Netherlands, legal battles over a self-administered euthanasia drug and the rise of the Sarco euthanasia capsule highlight the ongoing debate over assisted dying and self-determination at life's end, influencing a potential "completed life" law and prompting ethical discussions about aging an...
Netherlands Debates Assisted Dying Amidst Legal Cases and Technological Advancements
In the Netherlands, legal battles over a self-administered euthanasia drug and the rise of the Sarco euthanasia capsule highlight the ongoing debate over assisted dying and self-determination at life's end, influencing a potential "completed life" law and prompting ethical discussions about aging an...
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44% Bias Score
Allied Miscalculations in the Ardennes: Churchill's Account
Churchill's account details the German Ardennes counteroffensive in December 1944, highlighting Allied strategic miscalculations that left the 8th US Corps guarding a 120km front with only four divisions against 70 German divisions (15 armored); poor weather hindered Allied reconnaissance, leading t...
Allied Miscalculations in the Ardennes: Churchill's Account
Churchill's account details the German Ardennes counteroffensive in December 1944, highlighting Allied strategic miscalculations that left the 8th US Corps guarding a 120km front with only four divisions against 70 German divisions (15 armored); poor weather hindered Allied reconnaissance, leading t...
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44% Bias Score