February 2025
March 2025
India's Natural Gas Demand to Surge 60% by 2030
India's natural gas demand is set to increase by almost 60% in the next five years, reaching 103 bcm annually by 2030, driven by infrastructure expansion, rising domestic production, and easing global market conditions, according to the IEA.
India's Natural Gas Demand to Surge 60% by 2030
India's natural gas demand is set to increase by almost 60% in the next five years, reaching 103 bcm annually by 2030, driven by infrastructure expansion, rising domestic production, and easing global market conditions, according to the IEA.
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24% Bias Score
Balti's Sanremo Appearance Challenges Beauty Norms Amid Cancer Battle
Italian model Bianca Balti, diagnosed with stage 3C ovarian cancer in September 2023, co-presented at the Sanremo Music Festival, showcasing her post-surgery scar and shaved head to promote self-acceptance and challenge beauty norms.
Balti's Sanremo Appearance Challenges Beauty Norms Amid Cancer Battle
Italian model Bianca Balti, diagnosed with stage 3C ovarian cancer in September 2023, co-presented at the Sanremo Music Festival, showcasing her post-surgery scar and shaved head to promote self-acceptance and challenge beauty norms.
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40% Bias Score
Roman Basilica Unearthed in London's Financial District
Archaeologists excavating in London's financial district unearthed a portion of Londinium's first Roman basilica, a significant 2,000-year-old structure dating back to around 80 AD, offering new insights into the city's Roman history and its rise as a major trading center.
Roman Basilica Unearthed in London's Financial District
Archaeologists excavating in London's financial district unearthed a portion of Londinium's first Roman basilica, a significant 2,000-year-old structure dating back to around 80 AD, offering new insights into the city's Roman history and its rise as a major trading center.
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8% Bias Score
Australian Pharmacy Merger Creates Billionaire Trio
The merger of Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare in Australia created a pharmacy giant, making over 100 shareholders millionaires, including three billionaires, and increasing the stock price by 5.4% on the first day of trading.
Australian Pharmacy Merger Creates Billionaire Trio
The merger of Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare in Australia created a pharmacy giant, making over 100 shareholders millionaires, including three billionaires, and increasing the stock price by 5.4% on the first day of trading.
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52% Bias Score
GLP-1 Drugs: Reshaping Beauty Standards and Social Status
The increasing availability of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs is disrupting traditional beauty standards, potentially diminishing the status associated with thinness and prompting the affluent to seek new markers of distinction.
GLP-1 Drugs: Reshaping Beauty Standards and Social Status
The increasing availability of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs is disrupting traditional beauty standards, potentially diminishing the status associated with thinness and prompting the affluent to seek new markers of distinction.
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52% Bias Score
Kansas Voucher Proposal Raises Concerns About Rural School Funding
Kansas lawmakers are considering an "Education Opportunity Tax Credit" that would provide up to $8,000 per child for private school tuition, capped at $125 million annually, despite concerns about its impact on rural schools and existing funding disparities.
Kansas Voucher Proposal Raises Concerns About Rural School Funding
Kansas lawmakers are considering an "Education Opportunity Tax Credit" that would provide up to $8,000 per child for private school tuition, capped at $125 million annually, despite concerns about its impact on rural schools and existing funding disparities.
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56% Bias Score
Spain's Economic Boom Cuts Poverty to Lowest Level Since 2008
Spain's economy grew by 3.2% in 2024, the highest among major European countries, resulting in the lowest poverty rate (19.7%) since 2008, driven by economic recovery, public policies, and improved labor market conditions.
Spain's Economic Boom Cuts Poverty to Lowest Level Since 2008
Spain's economy grew by 3.2% in 2024, the highest among major European countries, resulting in the lowest poverty rate (19.7%) since 2008, driven by economic recovery, public policies, and improved labor market conditions.
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32% Bias Score
Turkish Government Rejects TÜSİAD Criticism of Arrests and Dismissals
Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç responded to TÜSİAD's criticism of recent arrests and military dismissals by asserting that no institution is above the rule of law in Turkey, rejecting TÜSİAD's claims of extrajudicial actions targeting politicians, businesspeople, journalists, and military personnel.
Turkish Government Rejects TÜSİAD Criticism of Arrests and Dismissals
Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç responded to TÜSİAD's criticism of recent arrests and military dismissals by asserting that no institution is above the rule of law in Turkey, rejecting TÜSİAD's claims of extrajudicial actions targeting politicians, businesspeople, journalists, and military personnel.
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44% Bias Score
Dutch "Autonomes" Convicted, Judge Targeted
Two Utrecht men, self-proclaimed "autonomes" rejecting government authority, were convicted for threatening police and planned to "arrest" a judge; their actions highlight a growing anti-authoritarian movement in the Netherlands fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic and "conspirituality".
Dutch "Autonomes" Convicted, Judge Targeted
Two Utrecht men, self-proclaimed "autonomes" rejecting government authority, were convicted for threatening police and planned to "arrest" a judge; their actions highlight a growing anti-authoritarian movement in the Netherlands fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic and "conspirituality".
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40% Bias Score
Trump's Pro-Straw Executive Order Contradicts Overwhelming Public Support for Plastic Reduction
President Trump issued an executive order on Monday reversing the Biden administration's plan to phase out government purchases of plastic straws, cutlery, and packaging, despite an Oceana poll showing 81% of U.S. voters support reducing plastic production and single-use plastics.
Trump's Pro-Straw Executive Order Contradicts Overwhelming Public Support for Plastic Reduction
President Trump issued an executive order on Monday reversing the Biden administration's plan to phase out government purchases of plastic straws, cutlery, and packaging, despite an Oceana poll showing 81% of U.S. voters support reducing plastic production and single-use plastics.
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60% Bias Score
Inflation Surges Unexpectedly in January
January's consumer price index rose 3% annually, exceeding forecasts, largely due to a 15% increase in egg prices from bird flu outbreaks; this led to market selloffs and dashed hopes for rate cuts.
Inflation Surges Unexpectedly in January
January's consumer price index rose 3% annually, exceeding forecasts, largely due to a 15% increase in egg prices from bird flu outbreaks; this led to market selloffs and dashed hopes for rate cuts.
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64% Bias Score
US Mars Colonization Efforts Face Uncertain Future
Multiple US presidents have expressed interest in sending humans to Mars, with current efforts focusing on the Artemis program's moon landing as a precursor. However, the program's high cost and delays, coupled with Elon Musk's independent Mars ambitions, create uncertainty about the future of human...
US Mars Colonization Efforts Face Uncertain Future
Multiple US presidents have expressed interest in sending humans to Mars, with current efforts focusing on the Artemis program's moon landing as a precursor. However, the program's high cost and delays, coupled with Elon Musk's independent Mars ambitions, create uncertainty about the future of human...
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44% Bias Score