January 2025
February 2025
Canada Mobilizes Allies Against Trump's Threatened Tariffs
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is working with international allies to dissuade Donald Trump from imposing tariffs on Canadian goods by February 1st, citing Canada's significant role as a major U.S. trading partner; however, a White House executive order sets an April 1st deadline fo...
Canada Mobilizes Allies Against Trump's Threatened Tariffs
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is working with international allies to dissuade Donald Trump from imposing tariffs on Canadian goods by February 1st, citing Canada's significant role as a major U.S. trading partner; however, a White House executive order sets an April 1st deadline fo...
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48% Bias Score
French Government Faces Budget Crisis, Makes Concessions to Avoid No-Confidence Vote
The French government is struggling to pass its 2025 budget, facing a 23 billion euro deficit in social security. Prime Minister François Bayrou is making concessions, including abandoning 4,000 teacher job cuts, to avoid a no-confidence vote, while also addressing concerns about immigration.
French Government Faces Budget Crisis, Makes Concessions to Avoid No-Confidence Vote
The French government is struggling to pass its 2025 budget, facing a 23 billion euro deficit in social security. Prime Minister François Bayrou is making concessions, including abandoning 4,000 teacher job cuts, to avoid a no-confidence vote, while also addressing concerns about immigration.
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56% Bias Score
Auschwitz Visit Stirs French Students' Awareness of Holocaust
A guided tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau for nearly 200 French high school students on January 23rd, 2024, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation, profoundly impacted their understanding of the Holocaust and its continued relevance.
Auschwitz Visit Stirs French Students' Awareness of Holocaust
A guided tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau for nearly 200 French high school students on January 23rd, 2024, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation, profoundly impacted their understanding of the Holocaust and its continued relevance.
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24% Bias Score
Russian Military Fears Peace Deal With US Over Ukraine
Concerns are rising within Russian military and nationalist circles over potential US-Russia peace negotiations regarding Ukraine, despite 60% of the Russian population favoring a peace deal; fears of a conflict freeze and insufficient security guarantees from a Trump administration are driving this...
Russian Military Fears Peace Deal With US Over Ukraine
Concerns are rising within Russian military and nationalist circles over potential US-Russia peace negotiations regarding Ukraine, despite 60% of the Russian population favoring a peace deal; fears of a conflict freeze and insufficient security guarantees from a Trump administration are driving this...
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56% Bias Score
China's 60-Gigawatt Motuo Dam Sparks Water Concerns in India and Bangladesh
China officially approved a massive 60-gigawatt hydroelectric dam in Tibet, the Motuo Dam, in December 2023, sparking concerns in India and Bangladesh over potential water shortages and environmental damage, with the project's details remaining largely unknown and human rights groups reporting popul...
China's 60-Gigawatt Motuo Dam Sparks Water Concerns in India and Bangladesh
China officially approved a massive 60-gigawatt hydroelectric dam in Tibet, the Motuo Dam, in December 2023, sparking concerns in India and Bangladesh over potential water shortages and environmental damage, with the project's details remaining largely unknown and human rights groups reporting popul...
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40% Bias Score
French PM Announces Budget Concessions Amidst Deficit and Immigration Debate
French Prime Minister François Bayrou announced concessions on the 2025 budget, abandoning cuts to teaching positions and unpaid work hours, while confirming a special tax on high earners and large companies; he also addressed concerns about immigration, sparking controversy. Negotiations on the bud...
French PM Announces Budget Concessions Amidst Deficit and Immigration Debate
French Prime Minister François Bayrou announced concessions on the 2025 budget, abandoning cuts to teaching positions and unpaid work hours, while confirming a special tax on high earners and large companies; he also addressed concerns about immigration, sparking controversy. Negotiations on the bud...
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40% Bias Score
Human Rights Abuses in Russian-Occupied Ukraine
Since the February 2022 invasion, Russian occupation of Ukrainian regions has resulted in widespread human rights abuses including torture, forced disappearances, Russification of education, and suppression of Ukrainian culture, causing a humanitarian crisis and mass displacement.
Human Rights Abuses in Russian-Occupied Ukraine
Since the February 2022 invasion, Russian occupation of Ukrainian regions has resulted in widespread human rights abuses including torture, forced disappearances, Russification of education, and suppression of Ukrainian culture, causing a humanitarian crisis and mass displacement.
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24% Bias Score
Denmark to Invest \$2.06 Billion in Arctic Military Buildup After Trump's Greenland Interest
In response to US President Trump's Greenland ambitions, Denmark will invest \$2.06 billion to upgrade its Arctic military capabilities, including new ships, drones, and satellite surveillance, to safeguard Greenland, its autonomous territory.
Denmark to Invest \$2.06 Billion in Arctic Military Buildup After Trump's Greenland Interest
In response to US President Trump's Greenland ambitions, Denmark will invest \$2.06 billion to upgrade its Arctic military capabilities, including new ships, drones, and satellite surveillance, to safeguard Greenland, its autonomous territory.
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36% Bias Score
Russian Opposition to Ukraine Peace Talks Amidst Military Concerns and Public Support
Concerns grow in Russia over potential US-Russia peace negotiations in Ukraine, with military and nationalist circles opposing a conflict freeze despite a poll showing 60% of Russians favoring peace; fears exist regarding insufficient security guarantees from Trump, army desertions, and societal unr...
Russian Opposition to Ukraine Peace Talks Amidst Military Concerns and Public Support
Concerns grow in Russia over potential US-Russia peace negotiations in Ukraine, with military and nationalist circles opposing a conflict freeze despite a poll showing 60% of Russians favoring peace; fears exist regarding insufficient security guarantees from Trump, army desertions, and societal unr...
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56% Bias Score
French National Rally's Marginalization in European Parliament Despite Electoral Success
Following the June 2024 European elections, the French National Rally (RN), despite securing 30 of 81 French seats and leading the third-largest group in the European Parliament, faces significant marginalization, holding no key positions and struggling for acceptance despite a rightward shift in th...
French National Rally's Marginalization in European Parliament Despite Electoral Success
Following the June 2024 European elections, the French National Rally (RN), despite securing 30 of 81 French seats and leading the third-largest group in the European Parliament, faces significant marginalization, holding no key positions and struggling for acceptance despite a rightward shift in th...
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44% Bias Score
CIA Suggests COVID-19 Lab Leak More Likely Than Natural Origin
The CIA assesses, with low confidence, that a lab leak is the more likely origin of COVID-19, contradicting a previous joint China-WHO investigation that deemed a lab leak extremely improbable; China rejects the US assertion.
CIA Suggests COVID-19 Lab Leak More Likely Than Natural Origin
The CIA assesses, with low confidence, that a lab leak is the more likely origin of COVID-19, contradicting a previous joint China-WHO investigation that deemed a lab leak extremely improbable; China rejects the US assertion.
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36% Bias Score
Ford Calls Early Ontario Election Amidst High Approval Ratings and RCMP Investigation
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling an early election despite having a majority government and ample time until the next scheduled election, due to high approval ratings, low name recognition for opposition leaders, and an ongoing RCMP investigation into potential Greenbelt development irregulariti...
Ford Calls Early Ontario Election Amidst High Approval Ratings and RCMP Investigation
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling an early election despite having a majority government and ample time until the next scheduled election, due to high approval ratings, low name recognition for opposition leaders, and an ongoing RCMP investigation into potential Greenbelt development irregulariti...
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68% Bias Score