January 2025
February 2025
Experts Predict a Complex 2025: Challenges and Opportunities
Six global experts offered their predictions for 2025 to Euronews, ranging from environmental concerns (Piccard, Neubauer) and social issues (Doowy, Herrero) to specific conflicts (Watson), reflecting a complex interplay of challenges and opportunities.
Experts Predict a Complex 2025: Challenges and Opportunities
Six global experts offered their predictions for 2025 to Euronews, ranging from environmental concerns (Piccard, Neubauer) and social issues (Doowy, Herrero) to specific conflicts (Watson), reflecting a complex interplay of challenges and opportunities.
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20% Bias Score
Record High in Early-Stage Cancer Diagnoses in England
In England, 58.7% of approximately 206,000 cancer diagnoses between September 2023 and August 2024 were at stages one or two, a record high and a 7,000-patient increase compared to pre-pandemic levels, though survival rates remain lower than in the rest of Europe and disparities exist between afflue...
Record High in Early-Stage Cancer Diagnoses in England
In England, 58.7% of approximately 206,000 cancer diagnoses between September 2023 and August 2024 were at stages one or two, a record high and a 7,000-patient increase compared to pre-pandemic levels, though survival rates remain lower than in the rest of Europe and disparities exist between afflue...
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44% Bias Score
Canadian Drug Overdose Deaths Fall in First Half of 2024
Preliminary data shows an 11 percent decrease in Canadian opioid-related deaths in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, with Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario showing significant reductions, although some provinces experienced increases. This follows a similar trend in th...
Canadian Drug Overdose Deaths Fall in First Half of 2024
Preliminary data shows an 11 percent decrease in Canadian opioid-related deaths in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, with Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario showing significant reductions, although some provinces experienced increases. This follows a similar trend in th...
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36% Bias Score
Major Insider Buying Spree Signals Strong Confidence Across Four Public Companies
Between December 13 and 30, 2024, four senior executives—John O'Neill (AHIP), Lyne Castonguay (CTC), Jeff Lawson (CVE), and Vito Culmone (STN)—invested over $1 million in their companies' shares, signaling positive confidence in their future performance.
Major Insider Buying Spree Signals Strong Confidence Across Four Public Companies
Between December 13 and 30, 2024, four senior executives—John O'Neill (AHIP), Lyne Castonguay (CTC), Jeff Lawson (CVE), and Vito Culmone (STN)—invested over $1 million in their companies' shares, signaling positive confidence in their future performance.
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48% Bias Score
Hesse Demands Harsher Penalties for Attacks on Emergency Responders After Violent New Year's Eve
Following New Year's Eve attacks on German emergency responders, including an e-scooter thrown at a police car in Frankfurt and assaults in Obertshausen and Viernheim, Hesse's Interior Minister Roman Poseck demands harsher penalties, advocating for at least six months imprisonment for such attacks a...
Hesse Demands Harsher Penalties for Attacks on Emergency Responders After Violent New Year's Eve
Following New Year's Eve attacks on German emergency responders, including an e-scooter thrown at a police car in Frankfurt and assaults in Obertshausen and Viernheim, Hesse's Interior Minister Roman Poseck demands harsher penalties, advocating for at least six months imprisonment for such attacks a...
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48% Bias Score
Germany Alters Bundestag Presidency Rules to Exclude AfD
Germany's parliament amended the rules for selecting its temporary presiding officer, the "Alterspräsident", to prevent the far-right AfD party from holding the position due to concerns about its lack of experience, thereby ensuring a more experienced parliamentarian leads the initial session.
Germany Alters Bundestag Presidency Rules to Exclude AfD
Germany's parliament amended the rules for selecting its temporary presiding officer, the "Alterspräsident", to prevent the far-right AfD party from holding the position due to concerns about its lack of experience, thereby ensuring a more experienced parliamentarian leads the initial session.
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52% Bias Score
Conflicting 2025 Predictions: Hope, Fears, and the Path Forward
Several experts offered contrasting predictions for 2025, including the end of wars (Herrero), environmental improvements contingent on behavioral change (Piccard), potential catastrophes and a battle for truth (Neubauer), a shift towards genuine social connections (Doowy), and the end of whale hunt...
Conflicting 2025 Predictions: Hope, Fears, and the Path Forward
Several experts offered contrasting predictions for 2025, including the end of wars (Herrero), environmental improvements contingent on behavioral change (Piccard), potential catastrophes and a battle for truth (Neubauer), a shift towards genuine social connections (Doowy), and the end of whale hunt...
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24% Bias Score
Bavaria to Commemorate Multiple Historical Anniversaries in 2025
Bavaria will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII and the Nuremberg Trials, the 500th anniversary of the Memmingen Peasant Revolt, and the 200th anniversary of King Ludwig I's reign in 2025, with various exhibitions and events planned, alongside the Champions League final in Munich.
Bavaria to Commemorate Multiple Historical Anniversaries in 2025
Bavaria will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII and the Nuremberg Trials, the 500th anniversary of the Memmingen Peasant Revolt, and the 200th anniversary of King Ludwig I's reign in 2025, with various exhibitions and events planned, alongside the Champions League final in Munich.
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28% Bias Score
Rogers Sugar's $300 Million Expansion to Boost Canadian Food Production
Rogers Sugar Inc. is investing $300 million to expand its Lantic Montreal sugar refinery, increasing production capacity by 20 percent to meet growing demand from food manufacturers in Canada and the U.S., despite potential U.S. tariffs.
Rogers Sugar's $300 Million Expansion to Boost Canadian Food Production
Rogers Sugar Inc. is investing $300 million to expand its Lantic Montreal sugar refinery, increasing production capacity by 20 percent to meet growing demand from food manufacturers in Canada and the U.S., despite potential U.S. tariffs.
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44% Bias Score
Montenegro Mass Shooting: 12 Dead, Gun Control Scrutiny Intensifies
A gunman killed 12 people, including two children, and injured four others in a shooting rampage across four locations in Bajice, Montenegro on Wednesday, before taking his own life; the incident is attributed to a personal dispute.
Montenegro Mass Shooting: 12 Dead, Gun Control Scrutiny Intensifies
A gunman killed 12 people, including two children, and injured four others in a shooting rampage across four locations in Bajice, Montenegro on Wednesday, before taking his own life; the incident is attributed to a personal dispute.
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32% Bias Score
Mixed Market Reactions Follow Holiday, Commodity Prices Rise
Global markets displayed mixed reactions on the first trading day of the year, with rising commodity prices offsetting concerns about the incoming Trump administration and weaker economic data from China. The Canadian dollar fell against the US dollar.
Mixed Market Reactions Follow Holiday, Commodity Prices Rise
Global markets displayed mixed reactions on the first trading day of the year, with rising commodity prices offsetting concerns about the incoming Trump administration and weaker economic data from China. The Canadian dollar fell against the US dollar.
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44% Bias Score
German Corporate Leadership: A Rapid Shift in Gender Representation
As of late 2023, over 25 percent of DAX executive board positions are held by women, a sharp increase from under 1 percent in 2009, driven by government-mandated quotas and resulting in shorter average tenures for women compared to men.
German Corporate Leadership: A Rapid Shift in Gender Representation
As of late 2023, over 25 percent of DAX executive board positions are held by women, a sharp increase from under 1 percent in 2009, driven by government-mandated quotas and resulting in shorter average tenures for women compared to men.
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36% Bias Score