January 2025
February 2025
Germany's Rising Mail-in Voting: Impact on Elections
In Germany, the rising popularity of mail-in voting, reaching 47.3% in 2021, poses challenges to political campaigns by limiting their ability to sway undecided voters before election day, while also raising legal and practical concerns about potential fraud and voter coercion.
Germany's Rising Mail-in Voting: Impact on Elections
In Germany, the rising popularity of mail-in voting, reaching 47.3% in 2021, poses challenges to political campaigns by limiting their ability to sway undecided voters before election day, while also raising legal and practical concerns about potential fraud and voter coercion.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Millionaire Family Clears Single Mother's Debts, Supports Special Needs Foundation
Channel 5's Rich House, Poor House featured a multimillionaire family helping a single mother clear her debts and establish a foundation for children with special needs after a life swap highlighted the financial challenges faced by families raising children with disabilities.
Millionaire Family Clears Single Mother's Debts, Supports Special Needs Foundation
Channel 5's Rich House, Poor House featured a multimillionaire family helping a single mother clear her debts and establish a foundation for children with special needs after a life swap highlighted the financial challenges faced by families raising children with disabilities.
Progress
60% Bias Score
Assumption University Students Charged in Staged "Catch a Predator" Assault
Five Assumption University students are accused of luring a 22-year-old active-duty military member to campus via a dating app, assaulting him, and falsely accusing him of being a sexual predator; the incident was recorded and shared on TikTok.
Assumption University Students Charged in Staged "Catch a Predator" Assault
Five Assumption University students are accused of luring a 22-year-old active-duty military member to campus via a dating app, assaulting him, and falsely accusing him of being a sexual predator; the incident was recorded and shared on TikTok.
Progress
64% Bias Score
Misdiagnosis Delays Cancer Treatment for Two-Year-Old
Two-year-old Gracie McHugh from Halifax, West Yorkshire, was misdiagnosed with a virus before a devastating acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) diagnosis in January 2023; after intensive treatment and participation in a clinical trial, she is nearing the end of her treatment, but faces potential lon...
Misdiagnosis Delays Cancer Treatment for Two-Year-Old
Two-year-old Gracie McHugh from Halifax, West Yorkshire, was misdiagnosed with a virus before a devastating acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) diagnosis in January 2023; after intensive treatment and participation in a clinical trial, she is nearing the end of her treatment, but faces potential lon...
Progress
24% Bias Score
EDF, Edison, and ENEA Collaborate on Small Modular Reactor Technology
EDF, Edison, and ENEA signed a memorandum of understanding in Milano to collaborate on the industrial applications of small modular reactors (SMRs), focusing on system analysis, new technologies, and training, aiming to contribute to European carbon neutrality goals and strengthen Italy's role in in...
EDF, Edison, and ENEA Collaborate on Small Modular Reactor Technology
EDF, Edison, and ENEA signed a memorandum of understanding in Milano to collaborate on the industrial applications of small modular reactors (SMRs), focusing on system analysis, new technologies, and training, aiming to contribute to European carbon neutrality goals and strengthen Italy's role in in...
Progress
48% Bias Score
Ryanair Cuts Spanish Flights Due to Airport Tax Hikes
Ryanair will cut 800,000 seats on 12 routes across 7 Spanish regional airports from March 2025, closing operations in Jerez and Valladolid due to Aena's 2024 tax increases, impacting regional connectivity, employment, and tourism; Summer 2025 traffic will decrease by 18%.
Ryanair Cuts Spanish Flights Due to Airport Tax Hikes
Ryanair will cut 800,000 seats on 12 routes across 7 Spanish regional airports from March 2025, closing operations in Jerez and Valladolid due to Aena's 2024 tax increases, impacting regional connectivity, employment, and tourism; Summer 2025 traffic will decrease by 18%.
Progress
60% Bias Score
Bulgarian Coalition Government Faces Internal and External Pressures
Bulgaria's new four-party coalition government (GERB, BSP, ITN, DPS-Dogan), formed to end a political crisis, faces challenges due to internal divisions and potential backroom influences, particularly from Deljan Peevski, while external factors like the Eurozone accession could offer stability.
Bulgarian Coalition Government Faces Internal and External Pressures
Bulgaria's new four-party coalition government (GERB, BSP, ITN, DPS-Dogan), formed to end a political crisis, faces challenges due to internal divisions and potential backroom influences, particularly from Deljan Peevski, while external factors like the Eurozone accession could offer stability.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Pathologist disputes father's claim in daughter's kitchen knife death
Simon Vickers is accused of murdering his 14-year-old daughter, Scarlett, after a kitchen knife pierced her heart during what he claims was a play-fight; a pathologist deemed his account 'practically impossible'.
Pathologist disputes father's claim in daughter's kitchen knife death
Simon Vickers is accused of murdering his 14-year-old daughter, Scarlett, after a kitchen knife pierced her heart during what he claims was a play-fight; a pathologist deemed his account 'practically impossible'.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Deliveroo Shares Rise on Strong Q4 Sales Growth
Deliveroo's shares rose 4.8 percent on Thursday after reporting robust UK and Ireland sales growth of 9 percent in its final quarter, driven by increased orders and spending, exceeding expectations and placing the company on track for its first annual profit of between £110 million and £130 million.
Deliveroo Shares Rise on Strong Q4 Sales Growth
Deliveroo's shares rose 4.8 percent on Thursday after reporting robust UK and Ireland sales growth of 9 percent in its final quarter, driven by increased orders and spending, exceeding expectations and placing the company on track for its first annual profit of between £110 million and £130 million.
Progress
24% Bias Score
Bank of England Poised for February Rate Cut Amid Weak Growth and Inflation
Following weaker inflation (2.5 percent in December) and slow economic growth (0.1 percent in November), the Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates in February 2025, a move supported by economists who point to the need to stimulate the economy.
Bank of England Poised for February Rate Cut Amid Weak Growth and Inflation
Following weaker inflation (2.5 percent in December) and slow economic growth (0.1 percent in November), the Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates in February 2025, a move supported by economists who point to the need to stimulate the economy.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Spanish Septuagenarians Find Love, Highlight LGBTQ+ Elder Challenges
Two septuagenarians, Paco and Juan Carlos, found love after appearing on a Spanish television show and are now publicly embracing their relationship, highlighting the challenges faced by older LGBTQ+ individuals in Spain who experience higher rates of loneliness, depression, and discrimination.
Spanish Septuagenarians Find Love, Highlight LGBTQ+ Elder Challenges
Two septuagenarians, Paco and Juan Carlos, found love after appearing on a Spanish television show and are now publicly embracing their relationship, highlighting the challenges faced by older LGBTQ+ individuals in Spain who experience higher rates of loneliness, depression, and discrimination.
Progress
32% Bias Score
Junqueras and Puigdemont Meet, Signaling Potential United Front on Catalan Independence
Oriol Junqueras and Carles Puigdemont met in Waterloo on Thursday to coordinate efforts for Catalonia's future, initiating a new phase in their relationship amid the Spanish government's delays on key agreements.
Junqueras and Puigdemont Meet, Signaling Potential United Front on Catalan Independence
Oriol Junqueras and Carles Puigdemont met in Waterloo on Thursday to coordinate efforts for Catalonia's future, initiating a new phase in their relationship amid the Spanish government's delays on key agreements.
Progress
52% Bias Score