February 2025
March 2025
French Cinema's Triumph: A Model of Success and Vulnerability
French cinema's success, exemplified by Emilia Perez's 13 Oscar nominations, is attributed to a robust funding model spearheaded by Canal+ (€220 million pre-purchase in 2024) and a unique media chronology regulating film distribution across platforms.
French Cinema's Triumph: A Model of Success and Vulnerability
French cinema's success, exemplified by Emilia Perez's 13 Oscar nominations, is attributed to a robust funding model spearheaded by Canal+ (€220 million pre-purchase in 2024) and a unique media chronology regulating film distribution across platforms.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Senegal to Rename Streets, Rejecting Colonial Legacy
Senegal will establish a government agency to rename streets and public squares, replacing colonial names with those of Senegalese figures; this follows the termination of a defense pact with France and reflects a wider trend in West Africa of reducing ties with France.
Senegal to Rename Streets, Rejecting Colonial Legacy
Senegal will establish a government agency to rename streets and public squares, replacing colonial names with those of Senegalese figures; this follows the termination of a defense pact with France and reflects a wider trend in West Africa of reducing ties with France.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Zamfara School Fire Kills 17 Children
A fire at a Mallam Ghali Tsangaya Islamic school in Kauran Namoda, Zamfara State, Nigeria, on February 5, 2025, killed 17 children and injured 12 others; the fire started in a nearby house and spread quickly through the school, trapping many sleeping students.
Zamfara School Fire Kills 17 Children
A fire at a Mallam Ghali Tsangaya Islamic school in Kauran Namoda, Zamfara State, Nigeria, on February 5, 2025, killed 17 children and injured 12 others; the fire started in a nearby house and spread quickly through the school, trapping many sleeping students.
Progress
28% Bias Score
EPA Environmental Justice Office Closure Impacts 100-200 Employees
The Trump administration is enforcing an executive order eliminating the EPA's environmental justice office, placing approximately 100-200 employees on paid administrative leave, thereby hindering efforts to equitably address environmental injustices affecting underserved communities.
EPA Environmental Justice Office Closure Impacts 100-200 Employees
The Trump administration is enforcing an executive order eliminating the EPA's environmental justice office, placing approximately 100-200 employees on paid administrative leave, thereby hindering efforts to equitably address environmental injustices affecting underserved communities.
Progress
48% Bias Score
EU Audit Exposes Slow Military Mobilization Due to Bureaucracy and Funding Gaps
An EU audit reveals slow military mobilization due to bureaucracy and planning flaws, risking delayed responses to aggression despite a €1.7 billion budget (2021-2027) fully allocated by 2023, creating a four-year funding gap and uneven project distribution.
EU Audit Exposes Slow Military Mobilization Due to Bureaucracy and Funding Gaps
An EU audit reveals slow military mobilization due to bureaucracy and planning flaws, risking delayed responses to aggression despite a €1.7 billion budget (2021-2027) fully allocated by 2023, creating a four-year funding gap and uneven project distribution.
Progress
24% Bias Score
AI Deciphers 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scroll
AI and X-ray technology have revealed the contents of a 2,000-year-old burnt scroll from Herculaneum, part of the Vesuvius Challenge, with the ancient Greek word "διατροπή" (disgust) appearing twice; researchers are now interpreting other parts of the text.
AI Deciphers 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scroll
AI and X-ray technology have revealed the contents of a 2,000-year-old burnt scroll from Herculaneum, part of the Vesuvius Challenge, with the ancient Greek word "διατροπή" (disgust) appearing twice; researchers are now interpreting other parts of the text.
Progress
24% Bias Score
Nottingham Council Funding Cuts Threaten Recovery Services
Ellie Humphreys, 24, credits The Crescent, a Nottingham supported living service, with helping her overcome an eight-year alcohol addiction. However, the service is closing next month due to council funding cuts, jeopardizing her recovery and the well-being of other residents.
Nottingham Council Funding Cuts Threaten Recovery Services
Ellie Humphreys, 24, credits The Crescent, a Nottingham supported living service, with helping her overcome an eight-year alcohol addiction. However, the service is closing next month due to council funding cuts, jeopardizing her recovery and the well-being of other residents.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Google Abandons DEI Hiring Goals After Trump's Return
Google has removed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hiring targets and is reassessing related programs, following a similar trend among major US corporations after Donald Trump's return to power.
Google Abandons DEI Hiring Goals After Trump's Return
Google has removed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hiring targets and is reassessing related programs, following a similar trend among major US corporations after Donald Trump's return to power.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Canadian Travel Boycott of US Amidst Trump's Threats
Canadians are boycotting US travel due to President Trump's threats of tariffs and annexation, and his mockery of Prime Minister Trudeau, causing a potential $2.1 billion USD loss and 14,000 job losses in the US if travel decreases by 10%.
Canadian Travel Boycott of US Amidst Trump's Threats
Canadians are boycotting US travel due to President Trump's threats of tariffs and annexation, and his mockery of Prime Minister Trudeau, causing a potential $2.1 billion USD loss and 14,000 job losses in the US if travel decreases by 10%.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Decathlon Accused of Using Forced Uyghur Labor in China
French sporting goods retailer Decathlon is accused by Disclose and Cash Investigation of using a Chinese subcontractor linked to forced Uyghur labor and sourcing cotton from Xinjiang, allegations Decathlon denies, claiming its cotton is 100% from responsible sources.
Decathlon Accused of Using Forced Uyghur Labor in China
French sporting goods retailer Decathlon is accused by Disclose and Cash Investigation of using a Chinese subcontractor linked to forced Uyghur labor and sourcing cotton from Xinjiang, allegations Decathlon denies, claiming its cotton is 100% from responsible sources.
Progress
36% Bias Score
EU Plans External "Return Centers" for Asylum Seekers, Facing Legal and Human Rights Challenges
The European Union plans to build external "return centers" for rejected asylum seekers, aiming to increase deportations, but facing legal and human rights concerns from NGOs and the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA).
EU Plans External "Return Centers" for Asylum Seekers, Facing Legal and Human Rights Challenges
The European Union plans to build external "return centers" for rejected asylum seekers, aiming to increase deportations, but facing legal and human rights concerns from NGOs and the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA).
Progress
48% Bias Score
German Court Blocks Extradition to Hungary Over Detention Concerns
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court overturned the extradition of a non-binary German citizen to Hungary due to insufficient assessment of their detention conditions there, following charges of involvement in attacks on alleged far-right extremists in Budapest in February 2023, prompting concerns...
German Court Blocks Extradition to Hungary Over Detention Concerns
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court overturned the extradition of a non-binary German citizen to Hungary due to insufficient assessment of their detention conditions there, following charges of involvement in attacks on alleged far-right extremists in Budapest in February 2023, prompting concerns...
Progress
48% Bias Score