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February 2025

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elpais.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Housing Crisis Concerns 84% of Spaniards

A 40dB. survey for EL PAÍS and Cadena SER reveals that 84% of Spanish citizens are deeply concerned about housing prices and access, a figure unchanged since 2023, highlighting the issue's broad social and political impact.

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32% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
theguardian.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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UK Refugee Visa Delays Cause Job Losses and Homelessness

The UK's non-automatic visa extension process for Ukrainian refugees is causing significant hardship, with many losing jobs and housing due to an eight-week gap where they cannot prove their right to work or reside; campaigners urge the government to automate the process.

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56% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
theguardian.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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DWP Initially Blocks Whistleblower from Carer's Allowance Review

The Department for Work and Pensions initially blocked a whistleblower from testifying in an independent review of the carer's allowance system, which has left over 134,500 carers with more than £251 million in debt due to flaws in the system, before reversing the decision after public pressure and ...

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36% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
mk.ru
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Trump Imposes Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, Sparking Trade War

Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, and 10% on China, citing national security concerns regarding illegal immigration and drug trafficking; this action is projected to increase inflation, reduce GDP growth, and trigger retaliatory tariffs from affected countries.

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56% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
theguardian.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Transgender Sex Workers Educate Indian Truck Drivers on HIV Prevention

Apollo Tyres Foundation's HIV/AIDS outreach project in India uses over 100 transgender sex workers to educate truck drivers—a high-risk group with 1.48% HIV prevalence—about prevention, symptoms, and treatment, resulting in over 100,000 drivers reached since 2022.

Progress

20% Bias Score

Good Health and Well-being
dw.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Trump Dismisses USAID Officials, Halts Aid to South Africa

President Trump announced the dismissal of USAID's top officials, citing them as "radical lunatics," and halted most development aid payments, including all future aid to South Africa due to alleged land confiscation and mistreatment of specific populations; hundreds of USAID employees were fired or...

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52% Bias Score

No Poverty
dw.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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German Economy Faces Crisis Amidst High Costs and Relocations

Germany's economy is facing a crisis with rising unemployment and decreasing investor confidence due to high energy costs, taxes, and bureaucracy, prompting businesses to relocate and causing concern ahead of the February 23rd elections.

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56% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
zeit.de
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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German Civil Society Groups Condemn CDU's Migration Policies

Over 100 German civil society organizations, including Amnesty International and Caritas, published an appeal before the CDU party convention in Berlin, urging the party to avoid excluding migrants and criticizing proposed stricter asylum and immigration laws by Friedrich Merz as "polarizing and gro...

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52% Bias Score

Reduced Inequality
theguardian.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Half a Million Cancer Patients in England Faced Excessive Treatment Delays

Analysis of NHS figures reveals that 506,335 cancer patients in England waited over two months for treatment in the last decade, with significant variations across cancer types, leading to concerns about preventable deaths due to treatment delays.

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48% Bias Score

Good Health and Well-being
theguardian.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Self-Healing Road Surface Reduces Pothole Damage Costs

Scientists created a self-healing bitumen that repairs cracks within an hour, reducing pothole damage costs (UK: £579 million in 2024) and extending road lifespan by 30%; the technology uses plant spores and recycled oils, with machine learning aiding development.

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24% Bias Score

Sustainable Cities and Communities
theguardian.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Global Market Plunges on Trump's New Tariff Regime

The Australian dollar plummeted to pandemic lows, the ASX fell sharply, and cryptocurrencies crashed on Monday as investors reacted to President Trump's new tariff regime, imposing 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods and 10% on Chinese goods, prompting retaliatory measures and causing market u...

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40% Bias Score

Decent Work and Economic Growth
dw.com
🌐 85% Global Worthiness
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Concerns Rise Over German Election Integrity Amidst Populist Scrutiny

Recent irregularities in German elections, including revotes in Berlin and software errors in Saxony, have fueled public distrust, exploited by populist parties like the AfD, despite experts emphasizing Germany's robust election security mechanisms and high rankings in international indices.

Progress

40% Bias Score

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions