March 2025
April 2025
Cyclone Alfred lashes Australia's east coast, causing widespread power outages and evacuations
Tropical Cyclone Alfred, approaching Queensland's coast, caused widespread power outages (46,000 in Queensland, 43,000 in New South Wales), prompted 19,000 evacuations in New South Wales, and caused beach erosion, marking the region's first cyclone in 51 years.
Cyclone Alfred lashes Australia's east coast, causing widespread power outages and evacuations
Tropical Cyclone Alfred, approaching Queensland's coast, caused widespread power outages (46,000 in Queensland, 43,000 in New South Wales), prompted 19,000 evacuations in New South Wales, and caused beach erosion, marking the region's first cyclone in 51 years.
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28% Bias Score
UN Braces for Potential US Funding Cuts, Implements Hiring Freeze
A leaked UN memo reveals plans to manage a potential 20% budget cut due to possible US funding cuts, prompting a hiring freeze and urging departments to function with 80% of their allocated budgets.
UN Braces for Potential US Funding Cuts, Implements Hiring Freeze
A leaked UN memo reveals plans to manage a potential 20% budget cut due to possible US funding cuts, prompting a hiring freeze and urging departments to function with 80% of their allocated budgets.
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40% Bias Score
Global Obesity Rise Spurs Infrastructure Overhaul
A study predicts that over half of adults and a third of children worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, leading to significant adaptations in various sectors, including hospitals, transport, stadiums, and funeral services to accommodate larger bodies.
Global Obesity Rise Spurs Infrastructure Overhaul
A study predicts that over half of adults and a third of children worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, leading to significant adaptations in various sectors, including hospitals, transport, stadiums, and funeral services to accommodate larger bodies.
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24% Bias Score
Supreme Court to Rule on Online Porn Age Verification
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide this spring whether states can require websites hosting adult content to verify users' ages, impacting the multibillion-dollar porn industry and potentially creating a stronger safety barrier for children; public health experts note that exposure to pornography is ...
Supreme Court to Rule on Online Porn Age Verification
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide this spring whether states can require websites hosting adult content to verify users' ages, impacting the multibillion-dollar porn industry and potentially creating a stronger safety barrier for children; public health experts note that exposure to pornography is ...
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44% Bias Score
SpaceX Starship Explodes Again During Test Flight
SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded over the Caribbean Sea on March 7th, 2024, during its eighth test flight, 20 seconds before the end of the ascent phase due to multiple engine failures; debris caused temporary airport closures in Florida while the FAA investigates, delaying future launches.
SpaceX Starship Explodes Again During Test Flight
SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded over the Caribbean Sea on March 7th, 2024, during its eighth test flight, 20 seconds before the end of the ascent phase due to multiple engine failures; debris caused temporary airport closures in Florida while the FAA investigates, delaying future launches.
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40% Bias Score
North Macedonia Joins SEPA: Faster, Cheaper Euro Payments
North Macedonia joined SEPA, the Single Euro Payments Area, enabling faster, cheaper euro transactions with 38 countries; this reduces remittance costs, boosts business competitiveness, and enhances economic integration with the EU, with projected savings of half a billion euros across the Western B...
North Macedonia Joins SEPA: Faster, Cheaper Euro Payments
North Macedonia joined SEPA, the Single Euro Payments Area, enabling faster, cheaper euro transactions with 38 countries; this reduces remittance costs, boosts business competitiveness, and enhances economic integration with the EU, with projected savings of half a billion euros across the Western B...
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16% Bias Score
February Jobs Report: Modest Growth, Rising Unemployment Amidst DOGE Layoffs
The February 2025 jobs report shows 151,000 jobs added, unemployment rising to 4.1%, and underemployment at 8.0%, defying expectations; early impacts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) layoffs, including 20,000+ job cuts and 75,000 buyouts, may be underrepresented in the data due to f...
February Jobs Report: Modest Growth, Rising Unemployment Amidst DOGE Layoffs
The February 2025 jobs report shows 151,000 jobs added, unemployment rising to 4.1%, and underemployment at 8.0%, defying expectations; early impacts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) layoffs, including 20,000+ job cuts and 75,000 buyouts, may be underrepresented in the data due to f...
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40% Bias Score
Ohio's Aggressive Medicaid Estate Recovery Traps Widow in Medical Debt Crisis
Susan, an Ohio resident, faces a $264 Medicaid debt after her husband's death, despite initial assurances the bill was settled, highlighting the state's aggressive estate recovery process and the broader US medical debt crisis impacting millions.
Ohio's Aggressive Medicaid Estate Recovery Traps Widow in Medical Debt Crisis
Susan, an Ohio resident, faces a $264 Medicaid debt after her husband's death, despite initial assurances the bill was settled, highlighting the state's aggressive estate recovery process and the broader US medical debt crisis impacting millions.
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44% Bias Score
Crimean Soldier's Capture and Escape Highlights Evolving Needs of Modern Warfare
A Crimean volunteer soldier, "Yalta", was captured by Ukrainian forces in early August 2024 during a battle near Malaya Loknya, Kursk Oblast, but escaped after friendly helicopters intervened, later serving as a critical medic during the liberation of Pohrebky, providing first aid to numerous injure...
Crimean Soldier's Capture and Escape Highlights Evolving Needs of Modern Warfare
A Crimean volunteer soldier, "Yalta", was captured by Ukrainian forces in early August 2024 during a battle near Malaya Loknya, Kursk Oblast, but escaped after friendly helicopters intervened, later serving as a critical medic during the liberation of Pohrebky, providing first aid to numerous injure...
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36% Bias Score
Zelenskyy's Approval Rating Soars to 67% Amidst US Tensions
A KMIS poll from February 14-March 4, 2025, reveals that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's approval rating rose to 67 percent, up from 57 percent in early February, following a tense White House meeting with US President Trump and Vice President Vance that resulted in Zelenskyy's early depar...
Zelenskyy's Approval Rating Soars to 67% Amidst US Tensions
A KMIS poll from February 14-March 4, 2025, reveals that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's approval rating rose to 67 percent, up from 57 percent in early February, following a tense White House meeting with US President Trump and Vice President Vance that resulted in Zelenskyy's early depar...
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32% Bias Score
Spanish Coalition Divided Over Military Spending Increase
Spain's coalition government is facing internal division over plans to increase military spending to meet a 2% GDP target by 2029, with Sumar expressing concerns about the financial burden on the working class and advocating for alternative European financing mechanisms.
Spanish Coalition Divided Over Military Spending Increase
Spain's coalition government is facing internal division over plans to increase military spending to meet a 2% GDP target by 2029, with Sumar expressing concerns about the financial burden on the working class and advocating for alternative European financing mechanisms.
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60% Bias Score
Kiir's Arrests Threaten South Sudan Peace Deal
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan ordered the arrest and dismissal of several officials linked to Vice President Riek Machar, escalating tensions and threatening the 2018 peace agreement following recent violence in Upper Nile state, reportedly over rumors of forced disarmament; the actions risk r...
Kiir's Arrests Threaten South Sudan Peace Deal
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan ordered the arrest and dismissal of several officials linked to Vice President Riek Machar, escalating tensions and threatening the 2018 peace agreement following recent violence in Upper Nile state, reportedly over rumors of forced disarmament; the actions risk r...
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40% Bias Score