March 2025
April 2025
SOHR's Role in Reporting Syrian Human Rights Abuses Amidst Access Restrictions
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), founded by Osama Suleiman in 2006, is a key source of information on human rights abuses in Syria, relying on around 200 anonymous local activists for its reports despite criticism and questions about its neutrality and verification methods.
SOHR's Role in Reporting Syrian Human Rights Abuses Amidst Access Restrictions
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), founded by Osama Suleiman in 2006, is a key source of information on human rights abuses in Syria, relying on around 200 anonymous local activists for its reports despite criticism and questions about its neutrality and verification methods.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Germany: CDU/CSU-SPD Coalition Agrees on Key Policy Changes
CDU, CSU, and SPD finalized coalition talks, agreeing on maintaining the Ampel coalition's citizenship law reforms, adjusting border control for asylum seekers, implementing a tax reform benefiting the middle class, and revising the citizen's allowance system; the coalition will also address issues ...
Germany: CDU/CSU-SPD Coalition Agrees on Key Policy Changes
CDU, CSU, and SPD finalized coalition talks, agreeing on maintaining the Ampel coalition's citizenship law reforms, adjusting border control for asylum seekers, implementing a tax reform benefiting the middle class, and revising the citizen's allowance system; the coalition will also address issues ...
Progress
36% Bias Score
Challenges to Boosting UK Manufacturing Investment
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is urging pension funds and ISA savers to invest in British manufacturing, but faces challenges due to investor preference for other sectors and historical issues such as shrinking defense budgets and a negative perception of manufacturing jobs.
Challenges to Boosting UK Manufacturing Investment
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves is urging pension funds and ISA savers to invest in British manufacturing, but faces challenges due to investor preference for other sectors and historical issues such as shrinking defense budgets and a negative perception of manufacturing jobs.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Godin's "This Is Strategy": A Philosophy of Becoming
Seth Godin's new book, "This Is Strategy," challenges traditional strategic thinking, advocating for a "philosophy of becoming" where individuals and organizations proactively shape their futures by focusing on their target audience, purpose, and the systems they operate within; the book uses exampl...
Godin's "This Is Strategy": A Philosophy of Becoming
Seth Godin's new book, "This Is Strategy," challenges traditional strategic thinking, advocating for a "philosophy of becoming" where individuals and organizations proactively shape their futures by focusing on their target audience, purpose, and the systems they operate within; the book uses exampl...
Progress
40% Bias Score
\"Inadequate Palliative Care in Italy: A Call for Societal and Systemic Change\"\
Italy's inadequate palliative care stems from society's avoidance of death, leading experts to call for increased investment and a shift in perspective to integrate palliative care with other healthcare services and improve communication with patients.
\"Inadequate Palliative Care in Italy: A Call for Societal and Systemic Change\"\
Italy's inadequate palliative care stems from society's avoidance of death, leading experts to call for increased investment and a shift in perspective to integrate palliative care with other healthcare services and improve communication with patients.
Progress
32% Bias Score
China's 'Two Sessions' Highlight Governance Model and Impactful African Cooperation
Ali Muhammad Ali, CEO of the Nigerian Press Agency, praised China's governance model and its impactful cooperation with Africa, particularly in infrastructure development and industrialization, as highlighted during China's 'Two Sessions' meetings.
China's 'Two Sessions' Highlight Governance Model and Impactful African Cooperation
Ali Muhammad Ali, CEO of the Nigerian Press Agency, praised China's governance model and its impactful cooperation with Africa, particularly in infrastructure development and industrialization, as highlighted during China's 'Two Sessions' meetings.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Photographers Challenge Beauty Standards by Showcasing Older Women
Several female photographers are showcasing the beauty and self-confidence of older women in their photographs, challenging societal pressures to appear younger and promoting a more inclusive representation of aging.
Photographers Challenge Beauty Standards by Showcasing Older Women
Several female photographers are showcasing the beauty and self-confidence of older women in their photographs, challenging societal pressures to appear younger and promoting a more inclusive representation of aging.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Celtic Languages in Britain and Ireland: New Insights from Archaeology and Genetics
New archaeological and genetic research suggests that Celtic languages arrived in Britain around 1200 BC, possibly due to migration, while the arrival in Ireland is less clear, potentially linked to an Irish population decline around 800 BC followed by the return of migrants who had adopted Celtic.
Celtic Languages in Britain and Ireland: New Insights from Archaeology and Genetics
New archaeological and genetic research suggests that Celtic languages arrived in Britain around 1200 BC, possibly due to migration, while the arrival in Ireland is less clear, potentially linked to an Irish population decline around 800 BC followed by the return of migrants who had adopted Celtic.
Progress
16% Bias Score
Microsoft Shuts Down Skype
Microsoft is shutting down its Skype internet telephony service, acquired for $8.5 billion in 2011, to consolidate users into Microsoft Teams, ending a significant chapter in the history of VoIP technology and impacting millions of users.
Microsoft Shuts Down Skype
Microsoft is shutting down its Skype internet telephony service, acquired for $8.5 billion in 2011, to consolidate users into Microsoft Teams, ending a significant chapter in the history of VoIP technology and impacting millions of users.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Italy introduces femminicidio law after outrage over lenient sentence in Sofia Castelli murder
In July 2023, Sofia Castelli was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in Cologno Monzese, Italy; he received a 24-year sentence, sparking outrage and leading to the introduction of a new femminicidio law allowing for life imprisonment.
Italy introduces femminicidio law after outrage over lenient sentence in Sofia Castelli murder
In July 2023, Sofia Castelli was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in Cologno Monzese, Italy; he received a 24-year sentence, sparking outrage and leading to the introduction of a new femminicidio law allowing for life imprisonment.
Progress
60% Bias Score
Urban Planner Integrates Bike Lanes and Sustainable Delivery Systems
Edoardo Repetto, a 28-year-old urban planner, is creating 700km of bike lanes in Naples and implementing microhub delivery systems in Reggio Emilia using cargo bikes to reduce urban congestion and improve sustainability.
Urban Planner Integrates Bike Lanes and Sustainable Delivery Systems
Edoardo Repetto, a 28-year-old urban planner, is creating 700km of bike lanes in Naples and implementing microhub delivery systems in Reggio Emilia using cargo bikes to reduce urban congestion and improve sustainability.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Catton's "Birnam Wood": A Novel Exploring Modern Anxieties
Eleanor Catton's new novel, "Birnam Wood," follows a collective of gardeners in New Zealand attempting to utilize abandoned land, creating conflict with an American drone magnate, while satirizing modern societal issues such as social media, data exploitation, and environmental destruction.
Catton's "Birnam Wood": A Novel Exploring Modern Anxieties
Eleanor Catton's new novel, "Birnam Wood," follows a collective of gardeners in New Zealand attempting to utilize abandoned land, creating conflict with an American drone magnate, while satirizing modern societal issues such as social media, data exploitation, and environmental destruction.
Progress
20% Bias Score