January 2025
February 2025
Knicks Fall Short Against Top-Seeded Thunder Despite Strong Showing
The New York Knicks lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder 117-107 on Friday, despite a strong second quarter performance and impressive individual efforts from Anunoby and Bridges, highlighting the team's progress but revealing areas for defensive improvement.
Knicks Fall Short Against Top-Seeded Thunder Despite Strong Showing
The New York Knicks lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder 117-107 on Friday, despite a strong second quarter performance and impressive individual efforts from Anunoby and Bridges, highlighting the team's progress but revealing areas for defensive improvement.
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36% Bias Score
Sachsen-Anhalt Sees Drop in Asylum Seekers, Rise in Deportations in 2024
Sachsen-Anhalt recorded 5,137 asylum seekers in 2024, a 34% decrease from 2023, with the most common origins being Syria, Turkey, Afghanistan, India, and Cameroon; despite this, deportations increased by 22%, reaching 653 individuals, with the majority being deported to Georgia, India, Afghanistan, ...
Sachsen-Anhalt Sees Drop in Asylum Seekers, Rise in Deportations in 2024
Sachsen-Anhalt recorded 5,137 asylum seekers in 2024, a 34% decrease from 2023, with the most common origins being Syria, Turkey, Afghanistan, India, and Cameroon; despite this, deportations increased by 22%, reaching 653 individuals, with the majority being deported to Georgia, India, Afghanistan, ...
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40% Bias Score
Wiesbaden Museum to Exhibit Extensive Global Sand Collection
Retired teacher RΓΌdiger Wandke's nearly 20-year collection of approximately 7,000 sand samples from around the world, with about 3,500 in the Wiesbaden Museum, will be partially displayed in the museum's new "Wandel" exhibit opening in April 2025, showcasing sand's diversity and geological significa...
Wiesbaden Museum to Exhibit Extensive Global Sand Collection
Retired teacher RΓΌdiger Wandke's nearly 20-year collection of approximately 7,000 sand samples from around the world, with about 3,500 in the Wiesbaden Museum, will be partially displayed in the museum's new "Wandel" exhibit opening in April 2025, showcasing sand's diversity and geological significa...
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24% Bias Score
Post-Lockdown Surge in Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) Infections
First isolated in 2001, human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a common respiratory virus, mainly affecting young children, causing bronchitis; post-COVID-19 lockdowns saw a surge in cases, particularly in toddlers, impacting healthcare systems worldwide.
Post-Lockdown Surge in Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) Infections
First isolated in 2001, human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a common respiratory virus, mainly affecting young children, causing bronchitis; post-COVID-19 lockdowns saw a surge in cases, particularly in toddlers, impacting healthcare systems worldwide.
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36% Bias Score
Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV): A Common Respiratory Virus with Post-Lockdown Surge
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV), first isolated in 2001, is a common respiratory virus related to RSV, causing mostly mild illness but occasionally severe bronchitis in toddlers; post-COVID lockdowns saw surges in severe cases due to a lack of prior exposure.
Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV): A Common Respiratory Virus with Post-Lockdown Surge
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV), first isolated in 2001, is a common respiratory virus related to RSV, causing mostly mild illness but occasionally severe bronchitis in toddlers; post-COVID lockdowns saw surges in severe cases due to a lack of prior exposure.
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36% Bias Score
Sony's Spider-Man Film Production Driven by Contractual Obligations
Sony's continued production of poorly-reviewed Spider-Man spinoff films is due to a 1998 licensing agreement with Marvel, requiring regular film releases to maintain the rights to the character, as revealed in a 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment hack.
Sony's Spider-Man Film Production Driven by Contractual Obligations
Sony's continued production of poorly-reviewed Spider-Man spinoff films is due to a 1998 licensing agreement with Marvel, requiring regular film releases to maintain the rights to the character, as revealed in a 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment hack.
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56% Bias Score
Saxony-Anhalt Sees Drop in Asylum Seekers, Rise in Deportations in 2024
Saxony-Anhalt recorded 5,137 asylum seekers in 2024, a 34% decrease from 2023; Interior Minister Tamara Zieschang noted high numbers of arrivals without protection grounds, while deportations increased by 22% to 653, with the largest numbers coming from Syria, Afghanistan, and India.
Saxony-Anhalt Sees Drop in Asylum Seekers, Rise in Deportations in 2024
Saxony-Anhalt recorded 5,137 asylum seekers in 2024, a 34% decrease from 2023; Interior Minister Tamara Zieschang noted high numbers of arrivals without protection grounds, while deportations increased by 22% to 653, with the largest numbers coming from Syria, Afghanistan, and India.
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44% Bias Score
Eschborn Cuts β¬250,000 from Children's Cultural Programs
Eschborn, Germany, will cut β¬250,000 from its 2026 budget, impacting children's and youth cultural programs, including the Lucas Children's Film Festival and Oper Frankfurt's "Jetzt!" program, due to broader budget constraints and a debate on whether arts programs are a necessary core function.
Eschborn Cuts β¬250,000 from Children's Cultural Programs
Eschborn, Germany, will cut β¬250,000 from its 2026 budget, impacting children's and youth cultural programs, including the Lucas Children's Film Festival and Oper Frankfurt's "Jetzt!" program, due to broader budget constraints and a debate on whether arts programs are a necessary core function.
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56% Bias Score
Expired Gift Certificates: A German Consumer Issue
Forty percent of Germans let gift certificates expire, despite their popularity and billions in annual revenue; this is due to a lack of awareness about the three-year expiration date stipulated by law, resulting in financial loss for consumers and businesses.
Expired Gift Certificates: A German Consumer Issue
Forty percent of Germans let gift certificates expire, despite their popularity and billions in annual revenue; this is due to a lack of awareness about the three-year expiration date stipulated by law, resulting in financial loss for consumers and businesses.
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36% Bias Score
Death of Novelist David Lodge
British novelist David Lodge, famed for his "campus trilogy" and insightful comedic works, died on January 1st, 2025, at age 89, leaving behind a rich literary legacy that includes novels, essays, and a three-volume autobiography.
Death of Novelist David Lodge
British novelist David Lodge, famed for his "campus trilogy" and insightful comedic works, died on January 1st, 2025, at age 89, leaving behind a rich literary legacy that includes novels, essays, and a three-volume autobiography.
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40% Bias Score
Illness Delays German Handball Team's World Championship Prep
Four players of the German national handball team are ill but expected to join the team by Monday before the World Championship in Denmark, Norway and Croatia, starting January 15th. The team will play preparation games against Brazil.
Illness Delays German Handball Team's World Championship Prep
Four players of the German national handball team are ill but expected to join the team by Monday before the World Championship in Denmark, Norway and Croatia, starting January 15th. The team will play preparation games against Brazil.
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4% Bias Score
Critique of Spanish Television: Quality, Integrity, and Political Discourse
A Spanish author critiques the state of their television, criticizing the lack of quality in series, the sensationalism in news reporting, the self-serving behavior of some presenters, and the low level of political debate, linking the latter to the enduring influence of Francoist-era biases within ...
Critique of Spanish Television: Quality, Integrity, and Political Discourse
A Spanish author critiques the state of their television, criticizing the lack of quality in series, the sensationalism in news reporting, the self-serving behavior of some presenters, and the low level of political debate, linking the latter to the enduring influence of Francoist-era biases within ...
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56% Bias Score