January 2025
February 2025
DeepSeek Removed from Italian App Stores Amidst Data Protection Inquiry
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI platform, was removed from Italian app stores due to data protection concerns raised by Italian and Irish regulators who are investigating its data handling practices, including potential violations of GDPR, amidst broader concerns about data usage by the Chinese government an...
DeepSeek Removed from Italian App Stores Amidst Data Protection Inquiry
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI platform, was removed from Italian app stores due to data protection concerns raised by Italian and Irish regulators who are investigating its data handling practices, including potential violations of GDPR, amidst broader concerns about data usage by the Chinese government an...
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40% Bias Score
Benko Faces Fraud Investigation, Signa Group Collapse
Munich prosecutors are investigating Austrian real estate magnate René Benko for fraud and breach of trust involving hundreds of millions of euros related to the failed Franz project near Munich's central station; investigations are also underway in Vienna, Berlin, and Italy.
Benko Faces Fraud Investigation, Signa Group Collapse
Munich prosecutors are investigating Austrian real estate magnate René Benko for fraud and breach of trust involving hundreds of millions of euros related to the failed Franz project near Munich's central station; investigations are also underway in Vienna, Berlin, and Italy.
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48% Bias Score
Austria on Brink of Far-Right Leadership Amidst Global Right-Wing Surge
Austria is poised for a far-right FPÖ chancellor due to the failure of previous coalition negotiations and widespread public dissatisfaction with traditional politics, signaling a global rise of right-wing influence.
Austria on Brink of Far-Right Leadership Amidst Global Right-Wing Surge
Austria is poised for a far-right FPÖ chancellor due to the failure of previous coalition negotiations and widespread public dissatisfaction with traditional politics, signaling a global rise of right-wing influence.
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56% Bias Score
Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady Amidst Trump's Criticism
The Federal Reserve held its key interest rate steady at 4.25-4.5 percent in its first meeting since Donald Trump's return to power, despite Trump's advocacy for lower rates and claims of superior economic knowledge. The Fed cited persistently elevated inflation as its reason, with December's consum...
Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady Amidst Trump's Criticism
The Federal Reserve held its key interest rate steady at 4.25-4.5 percent in its first meeting since Donald Trump's return to power, despite Trump's advocacy for lower rates and claims of superior economic knowledge. The Fed cited persistently elevated inflation as its reason, with December's consum...
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44% Bias Score
Severe Influenza Epidemic in France: High Mortality and Low Vaccine Effectiveness
France faces an exceptionally severe influenza outbreak, with three virus strains circulating simultaneously, resulting in high mortality (7% of deaths linked to influenza), low vaccine effectiveness (35% in over-65s), and numerous hospitalizations, especially among children and the elderly.
Severe Influenza Epidemic in France: High Mortality and Low Vaccine Effectiveness
France faces an exceptionally severe influenza outbreak, with three virus strains circulating simultaneously, resulting in high mortality (7% of deaths linked to influenza), low vaccine effectiveness (35% in over-65s), and numerous hospitalizations, especially among children and the elderly.
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48% Bias Score
Quebec's French Class Cuts Disrupt Immigrant Integration
Quebec's cuts to adult French language classes in 2023 affected thousands, mostly recent immigrants needing French to stay, despite a surge in demand and long waitlists, creating a two-tiered system favoring those who can afford private instruction.
Quebec's French Class Cuts Disrupt Immigrant Integration
Quebec's cuts to adult French language classes in 2023 affected thousands, mostly recent immigrants needing French to stay, despite a surge in demand and long waitlists, creating a two-tiered system favoring those who can afford private instruction.
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44% Bias Score
Fed Holds Rates Steady Amid Trump Pressure, Market Decline
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its first meeting of 2025, rejecting President Trump's calls for immediate cuts, despite elevated inflation and a recent stock market plunge driven by a Chinese AI startup's new chatbot.
Fed Holds Rates Steady Amid Trump Pressure, Market Decline
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its first meeting of 2025, rejecting President Trump's calls for immediate cuts, despite elevated inflation and a recent stock market plunge driven by a Chinese AI startup's new chatbot.
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40% Bias Score
Rubio Invited to Key EU Meeting Amidst Ukraine-U.S. Communication Gap
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha received invitations to an EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on February 12, potentially marking the first official contact between Ukraine and the Trump administration regarding ending Russia's war in Ukraine.
Rubio Invited to Key EU Meeting Amidst Ukraine-U.S. Communication Gap
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha received invitations to an EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on February 12, potentially marking the first official contact between Ukraine and the Trump administration regarding ending Russia's war in Ukraine.
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36% Bias Score
Lourenço Demands Troop Withdrawal from DRC as M23 Conflict Intensifies
Angolan President João Lourenço demanded the immediate withdrawal of M23 rebels and Rwandan troops from the DRC on January 29th, a key condition for a tripartite summit in Luanda; however, analysts express skepticism due to ongoing fighting and the M23's maximalist demands, including the potential o...
Lourenço Demands Troop Withdrawal from DRC as M23 Conflict Intensifies
Angolan President João Lourenço demanded the immediate withdrawal of M23 rebels and Rwandan troops from the DRC on January 29th, a key condition for a tripartite summit in Luanda; however, analysts express skepticism due to ongoing fighting and the M23's maximalist demands, including the potential o...
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44% Bias Score
EU Unveils "Competitive Compass" Plan to Boost Innovation and Slash Regulations
The EU launched the "Competitive Compass" plan to boost competitiveness by slashing regulations, mobilizing citizen savings (€800 billion annually) for investment in future technologies, and creating a "Clean Industrial Deal" to promote green technologies while maintaining competitiveness.
EU Unveils "Competitive Compass" Plan to Boost Innovation and Slash Regulations
The EU launched the "Competitive Compass" plan to boost competitiveness by slashing regulations, mobilizing citizen savings (€800 billion annually) for investment in future technologies, and creating a "Clean Industrial Deal" to promote green technologies while maintaining competitiveness.
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48% Bias Score
German TV Moderator Accused of Antisemitism
A German-Israeli professor, Haya Schulmann, accuses a Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) moderator of antisemitism after the moderator reacted with disgust to learning the professor's Israeli origin; the HR initiated an independent investigation into the incident.
German TV Moderator Accused of Antisemitism
A German-Israeli professor, Haya Schulmann, accuses a Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) moderator of antisemitism after the moderator reacted with disgust to learning the professor's Israeli origin; the HR initiated an independent investigation into the incident.
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52% Bias Score
Kremlin Silent on Syria's Reported Request for Assad's Extradition
Following reports that Syria's new government requested Bashar Assad's extradition from Russia in exchange for maintaining its military bases, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment, stating that dialogue would continue; this follows a Russian official visit to Damascus after Assad's...
Kremlin Silent on Syria's Reported Request for Assad's Extradition
Following reports that Syria's new government requested Bashar Assad's extradition from Russia in exchange for maintaining its military bases, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment, stating that dialogue would continue; this follows a Russian official visit to Damascus after Assad's...
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40% Bias Score