February 2025
March 2025
UK Energy Bills to Rise 6.4% in April
British energy bills will rise by 6.4% from April 1st, increasing the average annual household bill by £111 to £1,849 due to increased European gas prices and policy costs, impacting millions on standard variable tariffs despite lower seasonal energy usage.
UK Energy Bills to Rise 6.4% in April
British energy bills will rise by 6.4% from April 1st, increasing the average annual household bill by £111 to £1,849 due to increased European gas prices and policy costs, impacting millions on standard variable tariffs despite lower seasonal energy usage.
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36% Bias Score
US Economy Increasingly Reliant on Spending by Richest 10 Percent
The top 10 percent of US earners now account for a record 49.7 percent of consumer spending, highlighting the economy's increasing dependence on the wealthy, whose spending increased by 12 percent between September 2023 and 2024 while lower and middle-class spending decreased; this trend is attribut...
US Economy Increasingly Reliant on Spending by Richest 10 Percent
The top 10 percent of US earners now account for a record 49.7 percent of consumer spending, highlighting the economy's increasing dependence on the wealthy, whose spending increased by 12 percent between September 2023 and 2024 while lower and middle-class spending decreased; this trend is attribut...
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56% Bias Score
Saudi Arabia Expands Economic Footprint in Spain with Aramco and STC Investments
The Spanish government approved Aramco's €740 million purchase of a 10% stake in Horse, a Spanish automotive joint venture, and STC's €2.1 billion investment in Telefónica, coinciding with a significant naval contract awarded to Navantia by Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia Expands Economic Footprint in Spain with Aramco and STC Investments
The Spanish government approved Aramco's €740 million purchase of a 10% stake in Horse, a Spanish automotive joint venture, and STC's €2.1 billion investment in Telefónica, coinciding with a significant naval contract awarded to Navantia by Saudi Arabia.
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32% Bias Score
Ultra-Black Velvet Ant: A Biomimicry Breakthrough
Brazilian entomologist Vinicius López discovered that the velvet ant species *Traumatomutilla bifurca* exhibits an ultra-black coloration, reflecting less than 0.5% of light, a rare phenomenon with potential applications in technology, as confirmed by research published in the Belstein Journal of Na...
Ultra-Black Velvet Ant: A Biomimicry Breakthrough
Brazilian entomologist Vinicius López discovered that the velvet ant species *Traumatomutilla bifurca* exhibits an ultra-black coloration, reflecting less than 0.5% of light, a rare phenomenon with potential applications in technology, as confirmed by research published in the Belstein Journal of Na...
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20% Bias Score
Record High Resignations in Spain Highlight Workplace Dissatisfaction
Rosa Sánchez's resignation exemplifies a growing trend in Spain: over 3.1 million people voluntarily left their jobs in 2024, a 49% increase since 2021, driven by factors like low salaries, lack of career progression, and poor work-life balance.
Record High Resignations in Spain Highlight Workplace Dissatisfaction
Rosa Sánchez's resignation exemplifies a growing trend in Spain: over 3.1 million people voluntarily left their jobs in 2024, a 49% increase since 2021, driven by factors like low salaries, lack of career progression, and poor work-life balance.
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24% Bias Score
Bolivian Jaguar Poaching Ring Exposed: International Wildlife Trafficking and Weak Law Enforcement
An Argentinan illegal hunting ring leader, Jorge Nestor Noya, is accused of killing jaguars in Bolivia for a Spanish client, Luis Villalba, exposing the international wildlife trafficking network targeting jaguars for their body parts in Asian markets, fueled by habitat loss and weak law enforcement...
Bolivian Jaguar Poaching Ring Exposed: International Wildlife Trafficking and Weak Law Enforcement
An Argentinan illegal hunting ring leader, Jorge Nestor Noya, is accused of killing jaguars in Bolivia for a Spanish client, Luis Villalba, exposing the international wildlife trafficking network targeting jaguars for their body parts in Asian markets, fueled by habitat loss and weak law enforcement...
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40% Bias Score
Rome Biodiversity Talks: Funding, Trust, and 2030 Targets at Stake
The UN's biodiversity conference (COP16) reconvenes in Rome to finalize 2030 targets for halting nature loss, facing challenges of insufficient funding ($10.95 billion pledged, short of the $20 billion target), lack of trust in the UN process, and low ministerial attendance, despite over 150 countri...
Rome Biodiversity Talks: Funding, Trust, and 2030 Targets at Stake
The UN's biodiversity conference (COP16) reconvenes in Rome to finalize 2030 targets for halting nature loss, facing challenges of insufficient funding ($10.95 billion pledged, short of the $20 billion target), lack of trust in the UN process, and low ministerial attendance, despite over 150 countri...
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48% Bias Score
Spanish Ex-Mayor Murdered: Economic Motives Investigated
Former mayor of Gandia, Spain, Arturo Torró Chisvert, was found murdered on Wednesday near his wife's car on the A-38 highway; the investigation is focusing on economic motives, considering his past business dealings and financial difficulties.
Spanish Ex-Mayor Murdered: Economic Motives Investigated
Former mayor of Gandia, Spain, Arturo Torró Chisvert, was found murdered on Wednesday near his wife's car on the A-38 highway; the investigation is focusing on economic motives, considering his past business dealings and financial difficulties.
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40% Bias Score
US Seeks Rare Earths in Ukraine to Counter China
The US seeks to secure rare earth mineral supplies from Ukraine to counter China's dominance in this critical sector, but faces challenges regarding actual Ukrainian reserves, high extraction costs, and China's economic leverage, highlighting a critical geopolitical and economic struggle.
US Seeks Rare Earths in Ukraine to Counter China
The US seeks to secure rare earth mineral supplies from Ukraine to counter China's dominance in this critical sector, but faces challenges regarding actual Ukrainian reserves, high extraction costs, and China's economic leverage, highlighting a critical geopolitical and economic struggle.
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44% Bias Score
Texas Immigrant Families Rush to Obtain Passports Amidst Birthright Citizenship Fears
A surge in passport applications by Hispanic families in Texas followed President Trump's January 20 executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, which was temporarily blocked by four federal judges but has caused widespread fear among immigrant families.
Texas Immigrant Families Rush to Obtain Passports Amidst Birthright Citizenship Fears
A surge in passport applications by Hispanic families in Texas followed President Trump's January 20 executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, which was temporarily blocked by four federal judges but has caused widespread fear among immigrant families.
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40% Bias Score
Guatemala's Garifuna Fight to Preserve Language and Culture
In Livingston, Guatemala, the Garifuna community, comprising approximately 17,000 people (0.1% of Guatemala's population), is struggling to preserve their native language, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, due to historical discrimination and migration, with only 5% of the population still flue...
Guatemala's Garifuna Fight to Preserve Language and Culture
In Livingston, Guatemala, the Garifuna community, comprising approximately 17,000 people (0.1% of Guatemala's population), is struggling to preserve their native language, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, due to historical discrimination and migration, with only 5% of the population still flue...
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28% Bias Score
FC Barcelona's Lamine Yamal: Europe's Top Dribbler
Lamine Yamal, a 16-year-old FC Barcelona winger, leads Europe's top five leagues with 245 completed regates and 129 successful dribbles this season, showcasing exceptional skill honed since childhood playing against his dogs and inspired by Neymar.
FC Barcelona's Lamine Yamal: Europe's Top Dribbler
Lamine Yamal, a 16-year-old FC Barcelona winger, leads Europe's top five leagues with 245 completed regates and 129 successful dribbles this season, showcasing exceptional skill honed since childhood playing against his dogs and inspired by Neymar.
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28% Bias Score