February 2025
March 2025
China's Record Spring Festival Travel Fuels Booming "Silver Tourism" Market
China's Spring Festival travel rush hit a record 9.02 billion trips, a 7.1% rise year-on-year, driven by 510 million train journeys and a booming "silver tourism" market catering to its aging population of 310.31 million people aged 60 or older, projected to generate 30 trillion yuan by 2035.
China's Record Spring Festival Travel Fuels Booming "Silver Tourism" Market
China's Spring Festival travel rush hit a record 9.02 billion trips, a 7.1% rise year-on-year, driven by 510 million train journeys and a booming "silver tourism" market catering to its aging population of 310.31 million people aged 60 or older, projected to generate 30 trillion yuan by 2035.
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48% Bias Score
China Considers Lowering Marriage Age to Combat Population Decline
A Chinese political advisor proposed lowering the legal marriage age to 18 and removing restrictions on family size to combat a declining birth rate and aging population, citing projections showing a significant drop in the number of women of childbearing age after 2035.
China Considers Lowering Marriage Age to Combat Population Decline
A Chinese political advisor proposed lowering the legal marriage age to 18 and removing restrictions on family size to combat a declining birth rate and aging population, citing projections showing a significant drop in the number of women of childbearing age after 2035.
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48% Bias Score
Israel's Unexpected Post-Attack Baby Boom
Despite the October 7, 2024, attacks in Israel, the country experienced an unexpected 10% surge in births in 2024, reaching approximately 181,000, a rate significantly higher than other OECD countries and defying predictions of a decline.
Israel's Unexpected Post-Attack Baby Boom
Despite the October 7, 2024, attacks in Israel, the country experienced an unexpected 10% surge in births in 2024, reaching approximately 181,000, a rate significantly higher than other OECD countries and defying predictions of a decline.
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60% Bias Score
Four Charged with Murder of Indigenous Teenager Cassius Turvey
Four adults are on trial in Australia for the murder of 15-year-old Cassius Turvey, who died 10 days after an alleged attack with a metal pole on October 13, 2022, following escalating conflicts stemming from a love triangle and social media exchanges.
Four Charged with Murder of Indigenous Teenager Cassius Turvey
Four adults are on trial in Australia for the murder of 15-year-old Cassius Turvey, who died 10 days after an alleged attack with a metal pole on October 13, 2022, following escalating conflicts stemming from a love triangle and social media exchanges.
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60% Bias Score
High Court Challenge Hampers CFMEU Corruption Investigation
A High Court challenge threatens to reinstate former CFMEU bosses, hindering a federal government-led investigation into union corruption that uncovered links to underworld figures and over \$3 million in allegedly misappropriated funds.
High Court Challenge Hampers CFMEU Corruption Investigation
A High Court challenge threatens to reinstate former CFMEU bosses, hindering a federal government-led investigation into union corruption that uncovered links to underworld figures and over \$3 million in allegedly misappropriated funds.
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52% Bias Score
Woodside Faces Delays, Raising Australian Energy Crisis Fears
Woodside's six-year-old application to extend its North West Shelf gas operations until 2070 faces further delays, causing frustration and raising concerns about a looming energy crisis in Victoria and NSW due to declining Bass Strait gas production and a slower-than-expected shift to electric alter...
Woodside Faces Delays, Raising Australian Energy Crisis Fears
Woodside's six-year-old application to extend its North West Shelf gas operations until 2070 faces further delays, causing frustration and raising concerns about a looming energy crisis in Victoria and NSW due to declining Bass Strait gas production and a slower-than-expected shift to electric alter...
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48% Bias Score
Chinese SOEs Accelerate AI Integration with DeepSeek
Chinese State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are rapidly integrating DeepSeek AI across various sectors, boosting efficiency, creating new revenue, and aligning with China's 'AI+' strategy; this follows a SASAC meeting emphasizing LLM innovation.
Chinese SOEs Accelerate AI Integration with DeepSeek
Chinese State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are rapidly integrating DeepSeek AI across various sectors, boosting efficiency, creating new revenue, and aligning with China's 'AI+' strategy; this follows a SASAC meeting emphasizing LLM innovation.
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52% Bias Score
Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Defy WTO Rules
President Trump's proposed reciprocal tariff policy, which would match tariffs imposed by other countries on US goods, violates the WTO's Most Favored Nation principle requiring equal tariffs regardless of origin, except under free trade agreements; examples include higher US tariffs on milk imports...
Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Defy WTO Rules
President Trump's proposed reciprocal tariff policy, which would match tariffs imposed by other countries on US goods, violates the WTO's Most Favored Nation principle requiring equal tariffs regardless of origin, except under free trade agreements; examples include higher US tariffs on milk imports...
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48% Bias Score
Netanyahu Vows to Secure Release of All Hostages Following Call with Freed Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with recently released hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen for 12 minutes on Monday, November 6, 2023, expressing commitment to securing the release of all remaining hostages held by Hamas since the October 7 attacks; Dekel-Chen, kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz, invited Ne...
Netanyahu Vows to Secure Release of All Hostages Following Call with Freed Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with recently released hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen for 12 minutes on Monday, November 6, 2023, expressing commitment to securing the release of all remaining hostages held by Hamas since the October 7 attacks; Dekel-Chen, kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz, invited Ne...
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36% Bias Score
Crenshaw's Apparent Threat Against Carlson Sparks Outrage and Face-to-Face Offer
Following a hot mic incident where Rep. Dan Crenshaw appeared to threaten Tucker Carlson, Carlson responded by offering Crenshaw his address for a face-to-face meeting; their feud stems from disagreements over aid to Ukraine, with Carlson previously mocking Crenshaw's military service.
Crenshaw's Apparent Threat Against Carlson Sparks Outrage and Face-to-Face Offer
Following a hot mic incident where Rep. Dan Crenshaw appeared to threaten Tucker Carlson, Carlson responded by offering Crenshaw his address for a face-to-face meeting; their feud stems from disagreements over aid to Ukraine, with Carlson previously mocking Crenshaw's military service.
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44% Bias Score
"Gene Therapy Breakthrough: Cell-Free Production Method Receives $5.2 Million in Funding"
"Moorfields Eye Hospital successfully used gene therapy to save the sight of four children with a rare blinding genetic condition; this success highlights the potential of Fuse Vectors, a Danish biotech startup, which just secured $5.2 million in funding to revolutionize gene therapy manufacturing t...
"Gene Therapy Breakthrough: Cell-Free Production Method Receives $5.2 Million in Funding"
"Moorfields Eye Hospital successfully used gene therapy to save the sight of four children with a rare blinding genetic condition; this success highlights the potential of Fuse Vectors, a Danish biotech startup, which just secured $5.2 million in funding to revolutionize gene therapy manufacturing t...
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52% Bias Score
Musk Demands Federal Workers Report Weekly Accomplishments, Threatens Termination
On February 24, 2025, Elon Musk demanded federal employees report weekly accomplishments via email, threatening termination for non-compliance; the OPM issued guidance allowing agencies to exempt employees or take action for non-responses, following a large-scale dismissal of over 1,400 VA probation...
Musk Demands Federal Workers Report Weekly Accomplishments, Threatens Termination
On February 24, 2025, Elon Musk demanded federal employees report weekly accomplishments via email, threatening termination for non-compliance; the OPM issued guidance allowing agencies to exempt employees or take action for non-responses, following a large-scale dismissal of over 1,400 VA probation...
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48% Bias Score