February 2025
March 2025
Osaka to Test AI-Driven XR Urban Environment
Osaka is launching a city-wide AI-powered XR project, integrating AI avatars, spatial computing, and decentralized infrastructure to enhance tourism, public services, and retail, aiming to address Japan's labor shortage by 2040.
Osaka to Test AI-Driven XR Urban Environment
Osaka is launching a city-wide AI-powered XR project, integrating AI avatars, spatial computing, and decentralized infrastructure to enhance tourism, public services, and retail, aiming to address Japan's labor shortage by 2040.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Rotterdam Port Faces Trade War Risks, but Shows Resilience
The Port of Rotterdam, Europe's largest seaport, faces potential significant impacts from a US-China-Europe trade war, along with challenges from high energy costs, overregulation, and increased cyberattacks; however, it showed resilience in 2023 with container transport growth of almost 3 percent a...
Rotterdam Port Faces Trade War Risks, but Shows Resilience
The Port of Rotterdam, Europe's largest seaport, faces potential significant impacts from a US-China-Europe trade war, along with challenges from high energy costs, overregulation, and increased cyberattacks; however, it showed resilience in 2023 with container transport growth of almost 3 percent a...
Progress
36% Bias Score
Billingsley: Trump's Ukraine Plan – Total Financial Pressure on Russia
Former Trump administration official Marshall Billingsley outlines a potential Trump administration plan to end the war in Ukraine involving comprehensive financial sanctions targeting Russia's oil exports and banking system to pressure Russia into negotiations.
Billingsley: Trump's Ukraine Plan – Total Financial Pressure on Russia
Former Trump administration official Marshall Billingsley outlines a potential Trump administration plan to end the war in Ukraine involving comprehensive financial sanctions targeting Russia's oil exports and banking system to pressure Russia into negotiations.
Progress
56% Bias Score
UK Forces Apple to Disable End-to-End Encryption for iCloud
The UK government compelled Apple to disable its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) for iCloud in the UK, undermining end-to-end encryption for all users and potentially setting a global precedent for government access to encrypted data.
UK Forces Apple to Disable End-to-End Encryption for iCloud
The UK government compelled Apple to disable its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) for iCloud in the UK, undermining end-to-end encryption for all users and potentially setting a global precedent for government access to encrypted data.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Timelapse": Ukrainian Schoolchildren's Resilience During War
Timelapse," a Ukrainian documentary premiering at the Berlinale on February 20th, follows Ukrainian schoolchildren's education amidst the war, showing their resilience despite disrupted learning, damaged infrastructure, and psychological trauma, with scenes ranging from online graduations to undergr...
Timelapse": Ukrainian Schoolchildren's Resilience During War
Timelapse," a Ukrainian documentary premiering at the Berlinale on February 20th, follows Ukrainian schoolchildren's education amidst the war, showing their resilience despite disrupted learning, damaged infrastructure, and psychological trauma, with scenes ranging from online graduations to undergr...
Progress
28% Bias Score
Manhattan Court Hearing for UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder Suspect
Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4th in Manhattan, appeared in court on February 24th facing state charges of murder and terrorism; he was arrested on December 9th in Pennsylvania and has pleaded not guilty.
Manhattan Court Hearing for UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder Suspect
Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4th in Manhattan, appeared in court on February 24th facing state charges of murder and terrorism; he was arrested on December 9th in Pennsylvania and has pleaded not guilty.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Journalist Defends Decision to Remain Outside Russia Amidst Geopolitical Shifts
Anna Narinskaya, a journalist living in Vienna, discusses her decision to remain outside Russia, despite questions from acquaintances suggesting she's on the "wrong side of history." She refutes this, arguing that Putin's Russia, characterized by repression and normalized violence, will not change r...
Journalist Defends Decision to Remain Outside Russia Amidst Geopolitical Shifts
Anna Narinskaya, a journalist living in Vienna, discusses her decision to remain outside Russia, despite questions from acquaintances suggesting she's on the "wrong side of history." She refutes this, arguing that Putin's Russia, characterized by repression and normalized violence, will not change r...
Progress
48% Bias Score
Turkey Seeks Key Role in Future Ukraine Peace Talks and Black Sea Security
Turkey, despite its absence from recent US-Russia talks on the Ukraine conflict, aims to play a major mediating role in future negotiations and security arrangements, leveraging its balanced relations with both Russia and Ukraine, particularly concerning the Black Sea's security and the ongoing grai...
Turkey Seeks Key Role in Future Ukraine Peace Talks and Black Sea Security
Turkey, despite its absence from recent US-Russia talks on the Ukraine conflict, aims to play a major mediating role in future negotiations and security arrangements, leveraging its balanced relations with both Russia and Ukraine, particularly concerning the Black Sea's security and the ongoing grai...
Progress
44% Bias Score
German Companies Publicly Oppose Far-Right AfD
Facing the German election, major companies like Mercedes-Benz and Deutsche Bank are publicly opposing the far-right AfD party due to economic concerns, fearing its anti-immigration stance would harm skilled worker immigration and negatively impact economic growth; this unprecedented move is a direc...
German Companies Publicly Oppose Far-Right AfD
Facing the German election, major companies like Mercedes-Benz and Deutsche Bank are publicly opposing the far-right AfD party due to economic concerns, fearing its anti-immigration stance would harm skilled worker immigration and negatively impact economic growth; this unprecedented move is a direc...
Progress
40% Bias Score
German Election: CDU/CSU Projected to Win, AfD's Rise, and Urgent Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges
In Germany's upcoming elections, the CDU/CSU is predicted to win the most votes, while the AfD will likely gain support; however, the impact of endorsements from Elon Musk and J.D. Vance remains unclear. The next government will face urgent domestic economic challenges and a need for a more decisive...
German Election: CDU/CSU Projected to Win, AfD's Rise, and Urgent Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges
In Germany's upcoming elections, the CDU/CSU is predicted to win the most votes, while the AfD will likely gain support; however, the impact of endorsements from Elon Musk and J.D. Vance remains unclear. The next government will face urgent domestic economic challenges and a need for a more decisive...
Progress
40% Bias Score
Trump Administration Removes Children's Book Amidst Arts Censorship Crackdown
Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore criticized the Trump administration for removing her children's book, "Freckleface Strawberry," from schools serving military and civilian defense personnel's children, due to its perceived promotion of gender ideology, part of a wider crackdown on diversity and ...
Trump Administration Removes Children's Book Amidst Arts Censorship Crackdown
Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore criticized the Trump administration for removing her children's book, "Freckleface Strawberry," from schools serving military and civilian defense personnel's children, due to its perceived promotion of gender ideology, part of a wider crackdown on diversity and ...
Progress
48% Bias Score
OAS Election: A Pivotal Choice for Democracy in the Americas
The upcoming OAS secretary-general election on March 10, 2025, pits Suriname's Albert Ramdin against Paraguay's Rubén Ramírez Lezcano, with the outcome significantly impacting the OAS's response to hemispheric challenges, particularly Venezuela's crisis, and its ability to promote democracy amid gro...
OAS Election: A Pivotal Choice for Democracy in the Americas
The upcoming OAS secretary-general election on March 10, 2025, pits Suriname's Albert Ramdin against Paraguay's Rubén Ramírez Lezcano, with the outcome significantly impacting the OAS's response to hemispheric challenges, particularly Venezuela's crisis, and its ability to promote democracy amid gro...
Progress
48% Bias Score