February 2025
March 2025
Trump Administration's Research Cuts Threaten Global Science
The ALLAEA alliance of European science academies denounces the Trump administration's attacks on US research freedom, citing censorship and funding cuts impacting international projects, including the IPCC's climate report, with dozens of PhD programs affected and many more threatened.
Trump Administration's Research Cuts Threaten Global Science
The ALLAEA alliance of European science academies denounces the Trump administration's attacks on US research freedom, citing censorship and funding cuts impacting international projects, including the IPCC's climate report, with dozens of PhD programs affected and many more threatened.
Progress
44% Bias Score
German Left Party's Unexpected Electoral Gains: Migration and Socioeconomic Factors
In the recent German election, the Left party saw unexpected growth, partly due to their candidate's social media popularity and criticism of the CDU's migration policies, although 25% of their voters harbor immigration concerns. Their focus on socioeconomic inequality and higher wages also played a...
German Left Party's Unexpected Electoral Gains: Migration and Socioeconomic Factors
In the recent German election, the Left party saw unexpected growth, partly due to their candidate's social media popularity and criticism of the CDU's migration policies, although 25% of their voters harbor immigration concerns. Their focus on socioeconomic inequality and higher wages also played a...
Progress
56% Bias Score
German Election Results Raise Economic Concerns Amid Recession
Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc won the recent Bundestag elections with 28.5% of the vote, but a fragmented result complicates government formation amid an ongoing recession and the rise of the far-right AfD, raising concerns about economic stability and skilled labor.
German Election Results Raise Economic Concerns Amid Recession
Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc won the recent Bundestag elections with 28.5% of the vote, but a fragmented result complicates government formation amid an ongoing recession and the rise of the far-right AfD, raising concerns about economic stability and skilled labor.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Yoon Suk Yeol's Impeachment Trial: Closing Statements Underway
South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol faces an impeachment trial for a short-lived martial law declaration in December 2023; his defense cites a US Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity, while prosecutors highlight potential impacts on soldiers; a verdict is expected in mid-March.
Yoon Suk Yeol's Impeachment Trial: Closing Statements Underway
South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol faces an impeachment trial for a short-lived martial law declaration in December 2023; his defense cites a US Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity, while prosecutors highlight potential impacts on soldiers; a verdict is expected in mid-March.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Germany's Foreign Policy Shift: Self-Reliance Amidst Geopolitical Uncertainty
Germany's new government faces significant foreign policy challenges due to the US questioning its security guarantees, requiring Germany to increase defense spending and possibly contribute troops to a Ukraine peace deal, prompting a shift toward greater self-reliance and diversified partnerships.
Germany's Foreign Policy Shift: Self-Reliance Amidst Geopolitical Uncertainty
Germany's new government faces significant foreign policy challenges due to the US questioning its security guarantees, requiring Germany to increase defense spending and possibly contribute troops to a Ukraine peace deal, prompting a shift toward greater self-reliance and diversified partnerships.
Progress
40% Bias Score
German Election Results: Coalition Government Likely, Left Party Surges, AfD Gains Ground
Germany's recent elections resulted in a potential CDU/CSU-SPD coalition government, while the Left party unexpectedly gained nearly 9% of the vote, exceeding polls, and the AfD achieved significant success, particularly in eastern Germany.
German Election Results: Coalition Government Likely, Left Party Surges, AfD Gains Ground
Germany's recent elections resulted in a potential CDU/CSU-SPD coalition government, while the Left party unexpectedly gained nearly 9% of the vote, exceeding polls, and the AfD achieved significant success, particularly in eastern Germany.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Museum to Stalin Associate Zhdanov Opens in Occupied Mariupol
A museum dedicated to Andrei Zhdanov, a Stalin associate involved in the Great Terror, opened in occupied Mariupol, Ukraine, on the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII, per President Putin's order; it replaces a local history museum's collection of Ukrainian cultural artifacts.
Museum to Stalin Associate Zhdanov Opens in Occupied Mariupol
A museum dedicated to Andrei Zhdanov, a Stalin associate involved in the Great Terror, opened in occupied Mariupol, Ukraine, on the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII, per President Putin's order; it replaces a local history museum's collection of Ukrainian cultural artifacts.
Progress
60% Bias Score
Berlinale 2023: "Drรธmmer" Wins Golden Bear Amidst Antisemitic Controversy
The 75th Berlinale, concluded Saturday, awarded the Golden Bear to "Drรธmmer," while controversies arose from antisemitic remarks by participants, including Tilda Swinton's expression of support for BDS, leading to investigations and highlighting the conflict between artistic freedom and legal bounda...
Berlinale 2023: "Drรธmmer" Wins Golden Bear Amidst Antisemitic Controversy
The 75th Berlinale, concluded Saturday, awarded the Golden Bear to "Drรธmmer," while controversies arose from antisemitic remarks by participants, including Tilda Swinton's expression of support for BDS, leading to investigations and highlighting the conflict between artistic freedom and legal bounda...
Progress
56% Bias Score
CDU/CSU Wins German Snap Election, AfD Makes Significant Gains
Germany's snap election on February 23rd saw the CDU/CSU bloc win with 28.6% of the vote, while the SPD suffered its worst result ever at 16.4%, leaving Chancellor Olaf Scholz to remain in office until a new government is formed, likely with CDU/CSU as the leading party and AfD becoming the second l...
CDU/CSU Wins German Snap Election, AfD Makes Significant Gains
Germany's snap election on February 23rd saw the CDU/CSU bloc win with 28.6% of the vote, while the SPD suffered its worst result ever at 16.4%, leaving Chancellor Olaf Scholz to remain in office until a new government is formed, likely with CDU/CSU as the leading party and AfD becoming the second l...
Progress
44% Bias Score
CDU/CSU Wins German Election, Faces Coalition Challenges
In Germany's recent federal election, the CDU/CSU won the most votes (around 28 percent), but fell short of a majority, while the far-right AfD secured about 20 percent, creating a complicated coalition landscape and immense budgetary challenges for the next government.
CDU/CSU Wins German Election, Faces Coalition Challenges
In Germany's recent federal election, the CDU/CSU won the most votes (around 28 percent), but fell short of a majority, while the far-right AfD secured about 20 percent, creating a complicated coalition landscape and immense budgetary challenges for the next government.
Progress
52% Bias Score
FDP's Election Defeat Leads to Leadership Crisis
Germany's FDP party, led by Christian Lindner, received only 4.3% of the vote in the recent election, resulting in its removal from the Bundestag and triggering the resignation of Lindner and other key figures, leaving the party without leadership and facing an uncertain future.
FDP's Election Defeat Leads to Leadership Crisis
Germany's FDP party, led by Christian Lindner, received only 4.3% of the vote in the recent election, resulting in its removal from the Bundestag and triggering the resignation of Lindner and other key figures, leaving the party without leadership and facing an uncertain future.
Progress
44% Bias Score
UN Security Council Passes Resolution Urging End to Ukraine Conflict
On February 24th, the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling for an end to the war in Ukraine, with 10 members voting in favor and 5 abstaining; Russia, a permanent member with veto power, abstained, marking a rare occurrence.
UN Security Council Passes Resolution Urging End to Ukraine Conflict
On February 24th, the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling for an end to the war in Ukraine, with 10 members voting in favor and 5 abstaining; Russia, a permanent member with veto power, abstained, marking a rare occurrence.
Progress
56% Bias Score