February 2025
March 2025
Piñera's Presidency: Uniting the Right, Fostering a Paradoxical Left
Sebastián Piñera's two presidential terms (2010-2014 and 2018-2022) significantly impacted Chilean politics, uniting the right-wing, achieving policy successes, and paradoxically fostering the rise of a leftist government that adopted some of his economic policies.
Piñera's Presidency: Uniting the Right, Fostering a Paradoxical Left
Sebastián Piñera's two presidential terms (2010-2014 and 2018-2022) significantly impacted Chilean politics, uniting the right-wing, achieving policy successes, and paradoxically fostering the rise of a leftist government that adopted some of his economic policies.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Mexican Flags Feature Prominently in Anti-Trump Protests Across the U.S.
For four days, protests against Donald Trump's policies have occurred in major U.S. cities, with many protesters displaying Mexican flags, sparking debate about their effectiveness and symbolism within the context of historical discrimination against Mexican-Americans.
Mexican Flags Feature Prominently in Anti-Trump Protests Across the U.S.
For four days, protests against Donald Trump's policies have occurred in major U.S. cities, with many protesters displaying Mexican flags, sparking debate about their effectiveness and symbolism within the context of historical discrimination against Mexican-Americans.
Progress
48% Bias Score
New Rice Variety Cuts Methane Emissions
A new rice variety, developed after extensive research by Anna Schnurer's team and published in "Molecular Plant", significantly reduces methane emissions from rice cultivation, a major source of agricultural greenhouse gases, offering a potential solution to mitigate climate change.
New Rice Variety Cuts Methane Emissions
A new rice variety, developed after extensive research by Anna Schnurer's team and published in "Molecular Plant", significantly reduces methane emissions from rice cultivation, a major source of agricultural greenhouse gases, offering a potential solution to mitigate climate change.
Progress
12% Bias Score
Spain Approves 37.5-Hour Workweek Bill: Regional Variations in Impact
Spain's government approved a bill reducing the maximum workweek to 37.5 hours, impacting 12.5 million people; UGT analysis of 230 collective bargaining agreements reveals significant regional variation in current work hours across sectors, suggesting adaptability.
Spain Approves 37.5-Hour Workweek Bill: Regional Variations in Impact
Spain's government approved a bill reducing the maximum workweek to 37.5 hours, impacting 12.5 million people; UGT analysis of 230 collective bargaining agreements reveals significant regional variation in current work hours across sectors, suggesting adaptability.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Brain Microbiome Found in Fish Sparks Debate on Alzheimer's Origins
Immunologist Irene Salinas's study found bacteria in the brains of healthy fish, challenging the assumption of a sterile brain environment and sparking debate about the existence of a human brain microbiome and its role in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.
Brain Microbiome Found in Fish Sparks Debate on Alzheimer's Origins
Immunologist Irene Salinas's study found bacteria in the brains of healthy fish, challenging the assumption of a sterile brain environment and sparking debate about the existence of a human brain microbiome and its role in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.
Progress
16% Bias Score
Buenaventura Gang Truce Collapses, Leading to 17 Homicides
In Buenaventura, Colombia, a truce between criminal gangs Los Shottas and Los Espartanos ended in January 2025, resulting in 17 homicides, prompting residents to flee and authorities to prepare containment plans, despite one gang's unilateral ceasefire declaration; the breakdown is attributed to a l...
Buenaventura Gang Truce Collapses, Leading to 17 Homicides
In Buenaventura, Colombia, a truce between criminal gangs Los Shottas and Los Espartanos ended in January 2025, resulting in 17 homicides, prompting residents to flee and authorities to prepare containment plans, despite one gang's unilateral ceasefire declaration; the breakdown is attributed to a l...
Progress
40% Bias Score
Trump's Tariffs: A Historical Parallel and Warning
Donald Trump's tariffs, intended to offset tax cuts by shifting costs to allies, are compared to historical events, drawing parallels to pre-WWII economic policies and raising concerns about global stability.
Trump's Tariffs: A Historical Parallel and Warning
Donald Trump's tariffs, intended to offset tax cuts by shifting costs to allies, are compared to historical events, drawing parallels to pre-WWII economic policies and raising concerns about global stability.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Spanish SICAVs Achieve Record Returns in 2024, Driven by Tech Investments
Spanish SICAVs, particularly those investing in tech companies like Nvidia and Apple, achieved significantly high returns in 2024, exceeding benchmark indices like the IBEX 35 and S&P 500; however, some larger SICAVs increased liquidity in the second half of the year.
Spanish SICAVs Achieve Record Returns in 2024, Driven by Tech Investments
Spanish SICAVs, particularly those investing in tech companies like Nvidia and Apple, achieved significantly high returns in 2024, exceeding benchmark indices like the IBEX 35 and S&P 500; however, some larger SICAVs increased liquidity in the second half of the year.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Madrid PSOE Mayors Challenge Regional Government on Housing Policy
Ten PSOE mayors in Madrid are jointly proposing a legislative initiative to the regional assembly, aiming to grant municipalities the power to declare areas as 'residential tensioned markets', bypassing the regional government's veto on rent controls; this follows the regional government's repeated ...
Madrid PSOE Mayors Challenge Regional Government on Housing Policy
Ten PSOE mayors in Madrid are jointly proposing a legislative initiative to the regional assembly, aiming to grant municipalities the power to declare areas as 'residential tensioned markets', bypassing the regional government's veto on rent controls; this follows the regional government's repeated ...
Progress
44% Bias Score
Illegal Jaguar Hunting in Bolivia Sparks International Investigation
Photos of smiling hunters posing with illegally killed jaguars in Bolivia went viral, leading to an investigation of Caza & Safaris, an Argentinian hunting company accused of offering illegal hunts to foreign clients in Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil; resulting in charges for biocidio and the potent...
Illegal Jaguar Hunting in Bolivia Sparks International Investigation
Photos of smiling hunters posing with illegally killed jaguars in Bolivia went viral, leading to an investigation of Caza & Safaris, an Argentinian hunting company accused of offering illegal hunts to foreign clients in Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil; resulting in charges for biocidio and the potent...
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44% Bias Score
Reshaping Colombia's Constitutional Court: New Magistrates and Political Tensions
The Colombian Constitutional Court is undergoing a significant transformation with the appointment of four new magistrates in 2025, impacting its decisions on key issues like pension reform and the government's actions in Catatumbo, amidst a history of clashes between the Court and the executive bra...
Reshaping Colombia's Constitutional Court: New Magistrates and Political Tensions
The Colombian Constitutional Court is undergoing a significant transformation with the appointment of four new magistrates in 2025, impacting its decisions on key issues like pension reform and the government's actions in Catatumbo, amidst a history of clashes between the Court and the executive bra...
Progress
44% Bias Score
Gender Inequality's Economic Cost: Sevilla's Research Highlights Lost Productivity
Economist Almudena Sevilla's research reveals that gender inequality costs countries significant economic productivity, highlighting how societal norms, stereotypes, and structural barriers limit women's contributions; 15% of women report workplace sexual harassment, further impacting economic outpu...
Gender Inequality's Economic Cost: Sevilla's Research Highlights Lost Productivity
Economist Almudena Sevilla's research reveals that gender inequality costs countries significant economic productivity, highlighting how societal norms, stereotypes, and structural barriers limit women's contributions; 15% of women report workplace sexual harassment, further impacting economic outpu...
Progress
28% Bias Score