January 2025
February 2025
Failure of Canada's Cybersecurity Bill Exposes Critical Infrastructure to Attacks
Canada's cybersecurity bill, Bill C-26, which aimed to protect critical infrastructure, died due to the recent parliamentary prorogation, leaving businesses vulnerable to cyberattacks costing \$1.2 billion in 2023; experts urge proactive measures until the bill is reinstated.
Failure of Canada's Cybersecurity Bill Exposes Critical Infrastructure to Attacks
Canada's cybersecurity bill, Bill C-26, which aimed to protect critical infrastructure, died due to the recent parliamentary prorogation, leaving businesses vulnerable to cyberattacks costing \$1.2 billion in 2023; experts urge proactive measures until the bill is reinstated.
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40% Bias Score
Volkswagen Warns of Tariff Impact on US Consumers
Volkswagen voiced concern over potential 25% US tariffs on Mexican goods, impacting its major Puebla plant (producing ~350,000 cars annually for US export) and potentially harming American consumers; the company is investing over $10 billion in US facilities.
Volkswagen Warns of Tariff Impact on US Consumers
Volkswagen voiced concern over potential 25% US tariffs on Mexican goods, impacting its major Puebla plant (producing ~350,000 cars annually for US export) and potentially harming American consumers; the company is investing over $10 billion in US facilities.
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40% Bias Score
Musk's Hitler-Salute-Like Gesture Sparks Outrage and Debate
Following President Trump's swearing-in, Elon Musk made a gesture resembling a Nazi salute, sparking widespread criticism and diverse reactions from politicians, organizations, and historians, highlighting political polarization and the challenges of interpreting ambiguous actions in the public sphe...
Musk's Hitler-Salute-Like Gesture Sparks Outrage and Debate
Following President Trump's swearing-in, Elon Musk made a gesture resembling a Nazi salute, sparking widespread criticism and diverse reactions from politicians, organizations, and historians, highlighting political polarization and the challenges of interpreting ambiguous actions in the public sphe...
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52% Bias Score
Panama Canal: Economic Importance and Geopolitical Tensions
The Panama Canal, opened in 1914 after a history of French failure and US intervention, generates \$3.3 billion annually in fees and handles 5% of global shipping, but increasing Chinese presence in port operations raises geopolitical concerns.
Panama Canal: Economic Importance and Geopolitical Tensions
The Panama Canal, opened in 1914 after a history of French failure and US intervention, generates \$3.3 billion annually in fees and handles 5% of global shipping, but increasing Chinese presence in port operations raises geopolitical concerns.
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44% Bias Score
Davos Protest Highlights Youth Demand for Inclusion in WEF
A small but vocal protest of a few hundred young people against the World Economic Forum (WEF) took place in Davos, Switzerland, highlighting youth dissatisfaction with the perceived lack of inclusivity and focus on the wealthy, while some young leaders are participating in WEF discussions to influe...
Davos Protest Highlights Youth Demand for Inclusion in WEF
A small but vocal protest of a few hundred young people against the World Economic Forum (WEF) took place in Davos, Switzerland, highlighting youth dissatisfaction with the perceived lack of inclusivity and focus on the wealthy, while some young leaders are participating in WEF discussions to influe...
Progress
36% Bias Score
Vietnam's Falling Birth Rate Raises Concerns About Future Economic Growth
Vietnam's 2024 birth rate hit a record low of 1.91 children per woman, raising concerns about a shrinking workforce and increased strain on state resources as the population ages, despite a booming economy and efforts by cities like Ho Chi Minh City to incentivize higher birth rates.
Vietnam's Falling Birth Rate Raises Concerns About Future Economic Growth
Vietnam's 2024 birth rate hit a record low of 1.91 children per woman, raising concerns about a shrinking workforce and increased strain on state resources as the population ages, despite a booming economy and efforts by cities like Ho Chi Minh City to incentivize higher birth rates.
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48% Bias Score
No Blanket Tariffs Boost ECB Rate Cut Bets
The lack of sweeping U.S. trade tariffs has boosted market confidence in the ECB's ability to cut rates, reversing recent investor fears about inflation and leading to predictions of four rate cuts this year; however, President Trump's future trade policy remains a wild card.
No Blanket Tariffs Boost ECB Rate Cut Bets
The lack of sweeping U.S. trade tariffs has boosted market confidence in the ECB's ability to cut rates, reversing recent investor fears about inflation and leading to predictions of four rate cuts this year; however, President Trump's future trade policy remains a wild card.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Trump Issues Sweeping Executive Orders on Inauguration Day
On his second inauguration day, President Trump signed numerous executive orders at Capitol One Arena and the White House, including overturning 78 Biden-era regulations, addressing the cost of living crisis, stopping government censorship, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and the WHO, declaring...
Trump Issues Sweeping Executive Orders on Inauguration Day
On his second inauguration day, President Trump signed numerous executive orders at Capitol One Arena and the White House, including overturning 78 Biden-era regulations, addressing the cost of living crisis, stopping government censorship, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and the WHO, declaring...
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52% Bias Score
Serbian Protests: Corruption, Incompetence, and a Government Under Siege
Three months of protests in Serbia, sparked by a train station canopy collapse that killed 15, show no signs of abating, with students, teachers, and citizens demanding accountability for corruption and government incompetence.
Serbian Protests: Corruption, Incompetence, and a Government Under Siege
Three months of protests in Serbia, sparked by a train station canopy collapse that killed 15, show no signs of abating, with students, teachers, and citizens demanding accountability for corruption and government incompetence.
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40% Bias Score
Controversial Escape of Illegal Miner Leader Roils South African Politics
South Africa's political landscape is roiled by a controversy surrounding the escape of a suspected leader of 1,907 illegal miners rescued from a mine, with a prominent politician calling for their execution.
Controversial Escape of Illegal Miner Leader Roils South African Politics
South Africa's political landscape is roiled by a controversy surrounding the escape of a suspected leader of 1,907 illegal miners rescued from a mine, with a prominent politician calling for their execution.
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60% Bias Score
Trump Seeks to End Birthright Citizenship, Sparking Congressional Backlash
President Trump signed an executive order on January 20, 2025, seeking to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants born in the U.S., prompting the Hispanic Caucus to label the move as unconstitutional, anti-American, and a political ploy to stoke anti-immigrant sentiment.
Trump Seeks to End Birthright Citizenship, Sparking Congressional Backlash
President Trump signed an executive order on January 20, 2025, seeking to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants born in the U.S., prompting the Hispanic Caucus to label the move as unconstitutional, anti-American, and a political ploy to stoke anti-immigrant sentiment.
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56% Bias Score
Solingen Arson Trial: Four Dead, 21 Attempted Murders
A 40-year-old man in Solingen, Germany, is on trial for arson that killed a Bulgarian family of four in March 2024; the incident also injured eight others, and the suspect faces charges of four counts of murder and 21 counts of attempted murder.
Solingen Arson Trial: Four Dead, 21 Attempted Murders
A 40-year-old man in Solingen, Germany, is on trial for arson that killed a Bulgarian family of four in March 2024; the incident also injured eight others, and the suspect faces charges of four counts of murder and 21 counts of attempted murder.
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36% Bias Score