December 2024
January 2025
Germany to Digitalize Visa Applications by 2025
Germany's Foreign Ministry plans to fully digitalize its visa application process by 2025 to reduce wait times and encourage skilled worker migration, prioritizing qualified applicants and addressing existing bureaucratic challenges.
Germany to Digitalize Visa Applications by 2025
Germany's Foreign Ministry plans to fully digitalize its visa application process by 2025 to reduce wait times and encourage skilled worker migration, prioritizing qualified applicants and addressing existing bureaucratic challenges.
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44% Bias Score
EU Faces Multiple Crises in 2025
In 2025, the European Union confronts a complex web of challenges: supporting Ukraine amidst a potential decrease in US aid, modernizing its military while grappling with significant budgetary shortfalls, managing debt and investment needs amidst economic and political instability in key member stat...
EU Faces Multiple Crises in 2025
In 2025, the European Union confronts a complex web of challenges: supporting Ukraine amidst a potential decrease in US aid, modernizing its military while grappling with significant budgetary shortfalls, managing debt and investment needs amidst economic and political instability in key member stat...
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48% Bias Score
Scholz Urges Unity After Deadly Magdeburg Attack
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addressed the nation following a Christmas market attack in Magdeburg, urging unity and acknowledging security concerns while highlighting Germany's economic resilience and support for Ukraine amidst global uncertainties.
Scholz Urges Unity After Deadly Magdeburg Attack
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addressed the nation following a Christmas market attack in Magdeburg, urging unity and acknowledging security concerns while highlighting Germany's economic resilience and support for Ukraine amidst global uncertainties.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Taiwan Faces Constitutional Crisis Amidst KMT's Judicial Blockade
Taiwan's Nationalist Kuomintang party is blocking the confirmation of judges to the Constitutional Court, causing a political crisis mirroring recent events in South Korea. The KMT's pro-Beijing stance and obstructionist tactics threaten Taiwan's stability at a critical geopolitical moment.
Taiwan Faces Constitutional Crisis Amidst KMT's Judicial Blockade
Taiwan's Nationalist Kuomintang party is blocking the confirmation of judges to the Constitutional Court, causing a political crisis mirroring recent events in South Korea. The KMT's pro-Beijing stance and obstructionist tactics threaten Taiwan's stability at a critical geopolitical moment.
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40% Bias Score
Greece's 2025 Defense Plan: Modernization and Personnel Focus
In 2025, Greece's military focuses on curbing personnel resignations, primarily in the Navy, while simultaneously expediting the procurement and upgrades of its defense systems, including two FDI Belharra frigates, advanced anti-air and anti-drone systems, and upgraded armored personnel carriers, wi...
Greece's 2025 Defense Plan: Modernization and Personnel Focus
In 2025, Greece's military focuses on curbing personnel resignations, primarily in the Navy, while simultaneously expediting the procurement and upgrades of its defense systems, including two FDI Belharra frigates, advanced anti-air and anti-drone systems, and upgraded armored personnel carriers, wi...
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44% Bias Score
China's Expanding Renewable Energy Footprint Fuels Global Green Transition
Chinese renewable energy firms are expanding globally, completing projects in Kazakhstan and Kenya, reducing energy costs, lowering carbon emissions, and fostering local economic growth, despite rising trade barriers in some developed nations.
China's Expanding Renewable Energy Footprint Fuels Global Green Transition
Chinese renewable energy firms are expanding globally, completing projects in Kazakhstan and Kenya, reducing energy costs, lowering carbon emissions, and fostering local economic growth, despite rising trade barriers in some developed nations.
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44% Bias Score
Oil Prices Set for Second Consecutive Annual Decline in 2024
Oil prices are set to fall for a second year in 2024, despite a slight uptick on Tuesday, due to weak Chinese demand, rising global supply, and the delayed increase in OPEC output; Brent crude is down 3.4% year-on-year, while WTI is down 0.4%.
Oil Prices Set for Second Consecutive Annual Decline in 2024
Oil prices are set to fall for a second year in 2024, despite a slight uptick on Tuesday, due to weak Chinese demand, rising global supply, and the delayed increase in OPEC output; Brent crude is down 3.4% year-on-year, while WTI is down 0.4%.
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32% Bias Score
Ukraine Halts Russian Gas Transit, Eastern EU Faces Energy Uncertainty
Ukraine will stop Russian gas transit on December 31, 2023, impacting eastern EU countries reliant on this route; Russia earned about $1 billion monthly from this transit by late 2023, and some countries like Hungary and Slovakia are exploring alternative supply methods despite EU assurances.
Ukraine Halts Russian Gas Transit, Eastern EU Faces Energy Uncertainty
Ukraine will stop Russian gas transit on December 31, 2023, impacting eastern EU countries reliant on this route; Russia earned about $1 billion monthly from this transit by late 2023, and some countries like Hungary and Slovakia are exploring alternative supply methods despite EU assurances.
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44% Bias Score
Scholz Urges Unity After Deadly Magdeburg Attack Amidst Economic Uncertainty and Political Tensions
In his New Year's address, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged national unity following a Christmas market terror attack in Magdeburg that killed 5 and injured over 200, raising questions about security failures and highlighting the need for a thorough investigation while subtly criticizing Elon Mus...
Scholz Urges Unity After Deadly Magdeburg Attack Amidst Economic Uncertainty and Political Tensions
In his New Year's address, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged national unity following a Christmas market terror attack in Magdeburg that killed 5 and injured over 200, raising questions about security failures and highlighting the need for a thorough investigation while subtly criticizing Elon Mus...
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40% Bias Score
Magdeburg Attack Prompts Debate Over State Parliament Investigation
A car attack on Magdeburg's Christmas market on December 24th, 2023, killed 5 and injured over 230; Saxony-Anhalt's state parliament is debating a formal investigation into the authorities' response and security failures, with several factions expressing support.
Magdeburg Attack Prompts Debate Over State Parliament Investigation
A car attack on Magdeburg's Christmas market on December 24th, 2023, killed 5 and injured over 230; Saxony-Anhalt's state parliament is debating a formal investigation into the authorities' response and security failures, with several factions expressing support.
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36% Bias Score
Hawaii County Election Lawsuit Highlights Mail-in Ballot Signature Verification Issues
In Maui County, Hawaii, hundreds of mail-in ballots were rejected due to signature mismatches, leading to a lawsuit challenging the close county council election results; the state Supreme Court upheld the original outcome, but the issue highlights broader problems with vote-by-mail signature verifi...
Hawaii County Election Lawsuit Highlights Mail-in Ballot Signature Verification Issues
In Maui County, Hawaii, hundreds of mail-in ballots were rejected due to signature mismatches, leading to a lawsuit challenging the close county council election results; the state Supreme Court upheld the original outcome, but the issue highlights broader problems with vote-by-mail signature verifi...
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36% Bias Score
Bangladesh: Thousands Protest, Demand Constitutional Changes After July Uprising
On December 31st, 2024, thousands of Bangladeshis protested in Dhaka, commemorating the July student uprising that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, demanding constitutional changes, and remembering over 1,000 deaths during the protests.
Bangladesh: Thousands Protest, Demand Constitutional Changes After July Uprising
On December 31st, 2024, thousands of Bangladeshis protested in Dhaka, commemorating the July student uprising that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, demanding constitutional changes, and remembering over 1,000 deaths during the protests.
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52% Bias Score