February 2025
March 2025
Rubiales Trial Highlights Power Imbalance and Potential Cover-Up in Spanish Football
Following Spain's Women's World Cup victory in August 2023, Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish Football Federation, kissed player Jenni Hermoso, leading to a trial where Rubiales faces charges of inappropriate conduct and subsequent attempts to cover up the incident.
Rubiales Trial Highlights Power Imbalance and Potential Cover-Up in Spanish Football
Following Spain's Women's World Cup victory in August 2023, Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish Football Federation, kissed player Jenni Hermoso, leading to a trial where Rubiales faces charges of inappropriate conduct and subsequent attempts to cover up the incident.
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64% Bias Score
TUSIAD Leaders Investigated After Criticizing Systemic Failures in Turkey
Following criticism of systemic failures in Turkey, resulting in loss of life from events such as the February 6th earthquakes and Kartalkaya fire, TUSIAD leaders Ömer Aras and Orhan Turan face investigations for "attempting to influence fair trial" and "publicly spreading misinformation".
TUSIAD Leaders Investigated After Criticizing Systemic Failures in Turkey
Following criticism of systemic failures in Turkey, resulting in loss of life from events such as the February 6th earthquakes and Kartalkaya fire, TUSIAD leaders Ömer Aras and Orhan Turan face investigations for "attempting to influence fair trial" and "publicly spreading misinformation".
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40% Bias Score
Ukraine War: Village Fears New Russian Border
Residents of Malokaterynivka, a Ukrainian village 15 kilometers from the frontline, fear that the war's end could leave them near a new Russian border, despite both Ukraine and the US seeking peace, with disagreements on security guarantees and NATO membership. The current fighting has resulted in m...
Ukraine War: Village Fears New Russian Border
Residents of Malokaterynivka, a Ukrainian village 15 kilometers from the frontline, fear that the war's end could leave them near a new Russian border, despite both Ukraine and the US seeking peace, with disagreements on security guarantees and NATO membership. The current fighting has resulted in m...
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40% Bias Score
Cyprus and Egypt to Sign Historic Natural Gas Commercialization Agreements
Cyprus and Egypt will sign two agreements in Cairo on Monday, marking the first commercialization deals for Cypriot natural gas, involving ENI, Total, Chevron, Shell, and NewMed, aiming to lower electricity prices and boost the Cypriot economy.
Cyprus and Egypt to Sign Historic Natural Gas Commercialization Agreements
Cyprus and Egypt will sign two agreements in Cairo on Monday, marking the first commercialization deals for Cypriot natural gas, involving ENI, Total, Chevron, Shell, and NewMed, aiming to lower electricity prices and boost the Cypriot economy.
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4% Bias Score
WWII: The Mauritshuis Museum's Strategic Preservation of its Art Collection
During WWII, the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, directed by a German national, strategically protected its collection, including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, using a bomb shelter and transferring works to bunkers, while also making compromises with the Nazi regime, ultimately preserving mo...
WWII: The Mauritshuis Museum's Strategic Preservation of its Art Collection
During WWII, the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, directed by a German national, strategically protected its collection, including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, using a bomb shelter and transferring works to bunkers, while also making compromises with the Nazi regime, ultimately preserving mo...
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36% Bias Score
Eastern Europe Leads in Ukraine Aid; Future US Support Uncertain
The Kiel Institute's updated Ukraine Support Tracker reveals that Eastern and Northern European countries provided disproportionately more aid to Ukraine than larger Western nations, with the Netherlands leading among West European countries; however, total Western aid is considered historically low...
Eastern Europe Leads in Ukraine Aid; Future US Support Uncertain
The Kiel Institute's updated Ukraine Support Tracker reveals that Eastern and Northern European countries provided disproportionately more aid to Ukraine than larger Western nations, with the Netherlands leading among West European countries; however, total Western aid is considered historically low...
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32% Bias Score
Zelenskyy Sanctions Poroshenko, Intensifying Ukraine's Internal Political Conflict
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy imposed sweeping sanctions on his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, including asset freezes and business restrictions, amid accusations of treason and collaboration with Russia, sparking protests and intensifying internal political divisions in the midst of the o...
Zelenskyy Sanctions Poroshenko, Intensifying Ukraine's Internal Political Conflict
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy imposed sweeping sanctions on his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, including asset freezes and business restrictions, amid accusations of treason and collaboration with Russia, sparking protests and intensifying internal political divisions in the midst of the o...
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48% Bias Score
Munich Car Attack: Afghan Man Confesses to Religious Motivation
A 24-year-old Afghan man legally residing in Munich drove his car into a crowd at a labor demonstration, injuring 36 people; he confessed to the attack, citing religious reasons, prompting an investigation into potential Islamist motivations.
Munich Car Attack: Afghan Man Confesses to Religious Motivation
A 24-year-old Afghan man legally residing in Munich drove his car into a crowd at a labor demonstration, injuring 36 people; he confessed to the attack, citing religious reasons, prompting an investigation into potential Islamist motivations.
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52% Bias Score
Munich Security Conference Addresses Rising Global Security Challenges
The 61st Munich Security Conference, opened Friday, brings together global leaders to address urgent security challenges amid rising multipolarity, including climate change, cybersecurity, and regional conflicts like those in Ukraine and Sudan, with discussions focused on global governance and the f...
Munich Security Conference Addresses Rising Global Security Challenges
The 61st Munich Security Conference, opened Friday, brings together global leaders to address urgent security challenges amid rising multipolarity, including climate change, cybersecurity, and regional conflicts like those in Ukraine and Sudan, with discussions focused on global governance and the f...
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40% Bias Score
Munich Attack: Afghan Man Drives into Demonstrators, Injuring 36
A 24-year-old Afghan man with permanent residency in Germany intentionally drove his car into a union demonstration in Munich on October 25, injuring 36 people, two critically; he confessed, stating "Allahu Akbar", prompting an investigation into religiously motivated terrorism; the incident took pl...
Munich Attack: Afghan Man Drives into Demonstrators, Injuring 36
A 24-year-old Afghan man with permanent residency in Germany intentionally drove his car into a union demonstration in Munich on October 25, injuring 36 people, two critically; he confessed, stating "Allahu Akbar", prompting an investigation into religiously motivated terrorism; the incident took pl...
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52% Bias Score
Ransomware Victims Lack Choice, SMB Attacks Underreported: PhD Research
Tom Meurs' PhD research, conducted for the Dutch police, reveals that ransomware victims often have no choice but to pay, and that attacks on small and medium-sized businesses are significantly underreported; interventions such as taking down leak sites are effective deterrents.
Ransomware Victims Lack Choice, SMB Attacks Underreported: PhD Research
Tom Meurs' PhD research, conducted for the Dutch police, reveals that ransomware victims often have no choice but to pay, and that attacks on small and medium-sized businesses are significantly underreported; interventions such as taking down leak sites are effective deterrents.
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36% Bias Score
Schiphol's \$6 Billion Investment Plan: Port Charges to Rise 41%
Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam announced a plan to increase port charges by 41% in 2025 and 5% in 2026 to fund a \$6 billion investment addressing maintenance backlog and aiming to improve its poor passenger service ranking, while facing an ACM review and airline opposition.
Schiphol's \$6 Billion Investment Plan: Port Charges to Rise 41%
Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam announced a plan to increase port charges by 41% in 2025 and 5% in 2026 to fund a \$6 billion investment addressing maintenance backlog and aiming to improve its poor passenger service ranking, while facing an ACM review and airline opposition.
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40% Bias Score