January 2025
February 2025
Trump Hints at Military Intervention, Seeks Control of Panama Canal and Greenland
President-elect Donald Trump, speaking from Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, hinted at military intervention in the Americas and Middle East, threatened consequences if Gaza captives aren't released, and suggested Canada should become the 51st US state, while also calling for increased NATO defense spending.
Trump Hints at Military Intervention, Seeks Control of Panama Canal and Greenland
President-elect Donald Trump, speaking from Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, hinted at military intervention in the Americas and Middle East, threatened consequences if Gaza captives aren't released, and suggested Canada should become the 51st US state, while also calling for increased NATO defense spending.
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48% Bias Score
Partial Hostage Release Deal Disputed Amidst Ongoing Gaza Violence
Amidst ongoing cease-fire talks in Gaza, a list of 34 hostages slated for release by Hamas has been publicized, though disputed by Israel, alongside continued violence in Gaza and the West Bank, impacting aid operations and resulting in civilian casualties; the Israeli government faces internal crit...
Partial Hostage Release Deal Disputed Amidst Ongoing Gaza Violence
Amidst ongoing cease-fire talks in Gaza, a list of 34 hostages slated for release by Hamas has been publicized, though disputed by Israel, alongside continued violence in Gaza and the West Bank, impacting aid operations and resulting in civilian casualties; the Israeli government faces internal crit...
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48% Bias Score
13 Dead in Russian Strike on Zaporizhzhia
A Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 13 civilians and wounded 29 others on [Date], prompting condemnation from Ukrainian President Zelensky and highlighting the ongoing conflict's human cost; the attack followed a Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian fuel depot.
13 Dead in Russian Strike on Zaporizhzhia
A Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 13 civilians and wounded 29 others on [Date], prompting condemnation from Ukrainian President Zelensky and highlighting the ongoing conflict's human cost; the attack followed a Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian fuel depot.
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48% Bias Score
Devastating Wildfires Destroy Pacific Palisades, Leaving Two Dead and Thousands Evacuated
Fueled by 60mph Santa Ana winds, wildfires have ravaged Pacific Palisades, destroying an estimated 1,000 structures, killing at least two people, and displacing 30,000 residents; the fire is 0% contained and the costliest in California history.
Devastating Wildfires Destroy Pacific Palisades, Leaving Two Dead and Thousands Evacuated
Fueled by 60mph Santa Ana winds, wildfires have ravaged Pacific Palisades, destroying an estimated 1,000 structures, killing at least two people, and displacing 30,000 residents; the fire is 0% contained and the costliest in California history.
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36% Bias Score
Trump Suggests Annexing Canada and Greenland, Renaming Gulf of Mexico
On January 20th, during a press conference, former US President Donald Trump suggested the US might annex Canada and Greenland for national security reasons, rename the Gulf of Mexico, and increase NATO members' defense spending to 5 percent of GDP; his son Don Jr. was in Greenland on a private trip...
Trump Suggests Annexing Canada and Greenland, Renaming Gulf of Mexico
On January 20th, during a press conference, former US President Donald Trump suggested the US might annex Canada and Greenland for national security reasons, rename the Gulf of Mexico, and increase NATO members' defense spending to 5 percent of GDP; his son Don Jr. was in Greenland on a private trip...
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48% Bias Score
Welle Predicts Frozen Conflict in Ukraine, Calls for European Security Guarantee
Klaus Welle, speaking at the Martens Centre's European Ideas Forum 2024, predicted a frozen conflict in Ukraine, likening the situation to post-war Germany, where a ceasefire would likely leave Russian-occupied territories under Russian control indefinitely, necessitating strong European security gu...
Welle Predicts Frozen Conflict in Ukraine, Calls for European Security Guarantee
Klaus Welle, speaking at the Martens Centre's European Ideas Forum 2024, predicted a frozen conflict in Ukraine, likening the situation to post-war Germany, where a ceasefire would likely leave Russian-occupied territories under Russian control indefinitely, necessitating strong European security gu...
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40% Bias Score
Nurse Arrested, Seven Infants Injured in Hospital NICU
A former nurse at Henrico Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, was arrested and charged with felony child abuse after seven male infants suffered unexplained injuries in the hospital's NICU between 2023 and 2024; the hospital temporarily closed its NICU pending the investigation.
Nurse Arrested, Seven Infants Injured in Hospital NICU
A former nurse at Henrico Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, was arrested and charged with felony child abuse after seven male infants suffered unexplained injuries in the hospital's NICU between 2023 and 2024; the hospital temporarily closed its NICU pending the investigation.
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52% Bias Score
Amazon Drought Cripples Essential Services, Threatening 420,000 Children
A record-breaking drought in the Amazon River basin is severely impacting over 420,000 children in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, disrupting essential services and increasing risks of malnutrition, disease, and exploitation, highlighting the urgent need for increased climate financing.
Amazon Drought Cripples Essential Services, Threatening 420,000 Children
A record-breaking drought in the Amazon River basin is severely impacting over 420,000 children in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, disrupting essential services and increasing risks of malnutrition, disease, and exploitation, highlighting the urgent need for increased climate financing.
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24% Bias Score
Imminent Gaza Ceasefire: Blinken Announces Breakthrough
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that a ceasefire agreement in Gaza is imminent, following discussions between Israel and Hamas; the plan will be handed to the incoming Trump administration if not finalized before the end of Biden's term.
Imminent Gaza Ceasefire: Blinken Announces Breakthrough
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that a ceasefire agreement in Gaza is imminent, following discussions between Israel and Hamas; the plan will be handed to the incoming Trump administration if not finalized before the end of Biden's term.
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40% Bias Score
IDF Finds Body of Hostage in Gaza; Fate of Son Unclear
Israeli forces discovered the body of Yusuf al-Ziyadn, a hostage taken during Hamas' October 7th attack, in a Gaza tunnel; the IDF claims he was killed, while reports conflict on the fate of his son, Hamza, leaving 99 hostages unaccounted for.
IDF Finds Body of Hostage in Gaza; Fate of Son Unclear
Israeli forces discovered the body of Yusuf al-Ziyadn, a hostage taken during Hamas' October 7th attack, in a Gaza tunnel; the IDF claims he was killed, while reports conflict on the fate of his son, Hamza, leaving 99 hostages unaccounted for.
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40% Bias Score
Gaza Crisis: 2,000 Palestinians Remain in Northern Gaza Amidst Humanitarian Catastrophe
Due to the Israeli blockade and attacks on aid convoys, only about 2,000 Palestinians remain in northern Gaza, facing a dire humanitarian crisis with limited access to essential supplies and the recent closure of the last hospital in the area.
Gaza Crisis: 2,000 Palestinians Remain in Northern Gaza Amidst Humanitarian Catastrophe
Due to the Israeli blockade and attacks on aid convoys, only about 2,000 Palestinians remain in northern Gaza, facing a dire humanitarian crisis with limited access to essential supplies and the recent closure of the last hospital in the area.
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56% Bias Score
Trump Appeals Hush Money Sentencing to Supreme Court
President-elect Donald Trump is appealing to the Supreme Court to halt his upcoming sentencing in New York for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election; his lawyers argue the conviction would harm the presiden...
Trump Appeals Hush Money Sentencing to Supreme Court
President-elect Donald Trump is appealing to the Supreme Court to halt his upcoming sentencing in New York for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election; his lawyers argue the conviction would harm the presiden...
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56% Bias Score