January 2025
February 2025
Auschwitz's Enduring Legacy: A Family's Search for Meaning
The author reflects on their family's Holocaust experiences, linking their mother's forced labor in Auschwitz to current events, questioning the seemingly senseless cruelty, and ultimately emphasizing the importance of kindness over cruelty.
Auschwitz's Enduring Legacy: A Family's Search for Meaning
The author reflects on their family's Holocaust experiences, linking their mother's forced labor in Auschwitz to current events, questioning the seemingly senseless cruelty, and ultimately emphasizing the importance of kindness over cruelty.
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40% Bias Score
Mixed Market Reactions to Trump's Tariff Hints
Global stock markets displayed mixed performance Friday; Canada's TSX rose slightly, while US indices fluctuated amid Boeing's profit warning and Trump's tariff threats on Mexico, Canada, China, and the EU, possibly effective February 1st or April 1st, sparking investor uncertainty.
Mixed Market Reactions to Trump's Tariff Hints
Global stock markets displayed mixed performance Friday; Canada's TSX rose slightly, while US indices fluctuated amid Boeing's profit warning and Trump's tariff threats on Mexico, Canada, China, and the EU, possibly effective February 1st or April 1st, sparking investor uncertainty.
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36% Bias Score
ICC to Seek Arrest Warrants for Taliban Leaders Over Persecution of Women
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor plans to seek arrest warrants for Taliban leaders Hibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani for persecuting women, a crime against humanity, due to the Taliban's severe restrictions on women's rights in Afghanistan, which the UN calls 'gender apa...
ICC to Seek Arrest Warrants for Taliban Leaders Over Persecution of Women
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor plans to seek arrest warrants for Taliban leaders Hibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani for persecuting women, a crime against humanity, due to the Taliban's severe restrictions on women's rights in Afghanistan, which the UN calls 'gender apa...
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44% Bias Score
Trump to Visit Disaster Zones Amidst FEMA Overhaul and Politicized Aid Concerns
President Trump is visiting hurricane-ravaged western North Carolina and wildfire-stricken Los Angeles on Friday, aiming to assess disaster responses criticized as politicized; he plans to overhaul FEMA, potentially shifting responsibility to states and making aid conditional.
Trump to Visit Disaster Zones Amidst FEMA Overhaul and Politicized Aid Concerns
President Trump is visiting hurricane-ravaged western North Carolina and wildfire-stricken Los Angeles on Friday, aiming to assess disaster responses criticized as politicized; he plans to overhaul FEMA, potentially shifting responsibility to states and making aid conditional.
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52% Bias Score
Rising Housing Costs Force Middle-Class Families to Seek Aid from Housing Charities
In Peterborough, Ontario, Serena and Caleb Bowyer, a middle-class couple with a combined annual income of $70,000, were unable to buy a home without assistance from Habitat for Humanity due to the dramatic rise in housing costs; this reflects a broader trend of housing non-profits aiding middle-clas...
Rising Housing Costs Force Middle-Class Families to Seek Aid from Housing Charities
In Peterborough, Ontario, Serena and Caleb Bowyer, a middle-class couple with a combined annual income of $70,000, were unable to buy a home without assistance from Habitat for Humanity due to the dramatic rise in housing costs; this reflects a broader trend of housing non-profits aiding middle-clas...
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24% Bias Score
€26 Million Awarded for German Coastal Climate Protection Projects
Germany's federal government granted €26 million to four northern coastal states for 15 marine and climate protection projects in the North and Baltic Seas, focusing on restoring salt marshes, seagrass meadows, and seaweed forests to improve carbon sequestration and biodiversity.
€26 Million Awarded for German Coastal Climate Protection Projects
Germany's federal government granted €26 million to four northern coastal states for 15 marine and climate protection projects in the North and Baltic Seas, focusing on restoring salt marshes, seagrass meadows, and seaweed forests to improve carbon sequestration and biodiversity.
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36% Bias Score
Trump's Policies Cause Uncertainty, Oil Prices Fluctuate
On Friday, oil prices saw a slight increase despite a weekly decline, influenced by President Trump's push to increase U.S. production and pressure OPEC for lower prices; Brent crude reached $78.88, and WTI reached $75.11, with weekly losses of 2.4 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively.
Trump's Policies Cause Uncertainty, Oil Prices Fluctuate
On Friday, oil prices saw a slight increase despite a weekly decline, influenced by President Trump's push to increase U.S. production and pressure OPEC for lower prices; Brent crude reached $78.88, and WTI reached $75.11, with weekly losses of 2.4 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Storm Eowyn Brings Hurricane-Force Winds, Widespread Disruptions Across Ireland and U.K.
Hurricane-force winds from Storm Eowyn caused widespread power outages and travel disruptions across Ireland and parts of the U.K. on Friday, prompting rare red weather warnings and urging millions to stay home due to danger to life.
Storm Eowyn Brings Hurricane-Force Winds, Widespread Disruptions Across Ireland and U.K.
Hurricane-force winds from Storm Eowyn caused widespread power outages and travel disruptions across Ireland and parts of the U.K. on Friday, prompting rare red weather warnings and urging millions to stay home due to danger to life.
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16% Bias Score
Dissolved Algerian Human Rights League Re-emerges in France Amidst Crackdown
Exiled members of the dissolved Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights have re-established the organization in France, highlighting the ongoing repression of civil liberties in Algeria under President Tebboune, where at least 215 political prisoners remain.
Dissolved Algerian Human Rights League Re-emerges in France Amidst Crackdown
Exiled members of the dissolved Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights have re-established the organization in France, highlighting the ongoing repression of civil liberties in Algeria under President Tebboune, where at least 215 political prisoners remain.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Rising Early-Onset Cancers Challenge Canadian Healthcare
Rates of early-onset cancers are rising globally, particularly colorectal cancer among Gen X and millennials in Canada, who experience rates double those of previous generations; factors include lifestyle, environment, and reproductive changes, straining healthcare systems designed for older patient...
Rising Early-Onset Cancers Challenge Canadian Healthcare
Rates of early-onset cancers are rising globally, particularly colorectal cancer among Gen X and millennials in Canada, who experience rates double those of previous generations; factors include lifestyle, environment, and reproductive changes, straining healthcare systems designed for older patient...
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44% Bias Score
Canada's Four-Tiered Healthcare System: A Crisis of Access and Affordability
Canada's healthcare system is facing a crisis due to a shortage of family doctors (affecting 6.5 million people) and the rise of private healthcare options that exacerbate inequalities based on income.
Canada's Four-Tiered Healthcare System: A Crisis of Access and Affordability
Canada's healthcare system is facing a crisis due to a shortage of family doctors (affecting 6.5 million people) and the rise of private healthcare options that exacerbate inequalities based on income.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Renewable Energy Growth Surges, but Falls Short of Climate Goals
Global renewable energy sources, mainly solar and wind, increased their share in the electricity mix from 5% in 2015 to 19% in 2024, with solar capacity reaching 2200 GW by late 2024, and wind power adding a record 150 GW of new capacity in 2024; however, the growth needs acceleration to meet climat...
Renewable Energy Growth Surges, but Falls Short of Climate Goals
Global renewable energy sources, mainly solar and wind, increased their share in the electricity mix from 5% in 2015 to 19% in 2024, with solar capacity reaching 2200 GW by late 2024, and wind power adding a record 150 GW of new capacity in 2024; however, the growth needs acceleration to meet climat...
Progress
32% Bias Score