March 2025
April 2025
Trump's Tariffs Risk Global Trade War, Echoing 1930s Economic Crisis
President Trump's 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports, impacting nearly $1 billion in Australian exports alone, risks triggering a global trade war reminiscent of the 1930s Smoot-Hawley Act, causing a 10% Dow Jones drop and over $1.5 trillion in losses.
Trump's Tariffs Risk Global Trade War, Echoing 1930s Economic Crisis
President Trump's 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports, impacting nearly $1 billion in Australian exports alone, risks triggering a global trade war reminiscent of the 1930s Smoot-Hawley Act, causing a 10% Dow Jones drop and over $1.5 trillion in losses.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Trump's Trade War Fuels US Market Instability
Trump's erratic trade policies and confrontational approach have shaken investor confidence, leading to a sharp decline in US stock markets, a potential for stagflation, and a flight of capital to other countries.
Trump's Trade War Fuels US Market Instability
Trump's erratic trade policies and confrontational approach have shaken investor confidence, leading to a sharp decline in US stock markets, a potential for stagflation, and a flight of capital to other countries.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Trump Imposes 25% Tariffs on All Steel and Aluminum Imports"
President Donald Trump implemented 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, eliminating previous exemptions, triggering threats of retaliatory measures from the European Union, and citing national security concerns and accusations of unfair trade practices by China. Approximately 25 per...
Trump Imposes 25% Tariffs on All Steel and Aluminum Imports"
President Donald Trump implemented 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, eliminating previous exemptions, triggering threats of retaliatory measures from the European Union, and citing national security concerns and accusations of unfair trade practices by China. Approximately 25 per...
Progress
56% Bias Score
Ukraine Ceasefire: Challenges and Risks
A proposed 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine faces significant challenges due to Russia's history of broken agreements and Ukraine's desire to reclaim lost territory, raising concerns about the ceasefire's effectiveness and potential for renewed conflict.
Ukraine Ceasefire: Challenges and Risks
A proposed 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine faces significant challenges due to Russia's history of broken agreements and Ukraine's desire to reclaim lost territory, raising concerns about the ceasefire's effectiveness and potential for renewed conflict.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Climate Whiplash Intensifies Global Extremes
Climate whiplash, the rapid shift between extreme wet and dry weather intensified by climate change, is causing more severe wildfires (as seen in Los Angeles), floods, and droughts in at least 17 major cities globally, threatening food security, infrastructure, and lives.
Climate Whiplash Intensifies Global Extremes
Climate whiplash, the rapid shift between extreme wet and dry weather intensified by climate change, is causing more severe wildfires (as seen in Los Angeles), floods, and droughts in at least 17 major cities globally, threatening food security, infrastructure, and lives.
Progress
24% Bias Score
World-First Levitating Heart Implant: Australian Patient Discharged
An Australian patient became the first globally to leave hospital with a levitating titanium heart implant, developed by Queenslander Daniel Timms, paving the way for a world-leading medical manufacturing industry in Australia and potentially halving deaths from cardiac failure.
World-First Levitating Heart Implant: Australian Patient Discharged
An Australian patient became the first globally to leave hospital with a levitating titanium heart implant, developed by Queenslander Daniel Timms, paving the way for a world-leading medical manufacturing industry in Australia and potentially halving deaths from cardiac failure.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Sectarian Killings in Syria Leave 1,000 Civilians Dead
Following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad last December, sectarian violence erupted in Syria's coastal region, resulting in the deaths of approximately 1,000 civilians, predominantly Alawites, with entire families killed in attacks carried out by unidentified armed groups, prompting the format...
Sectarian Killings in Syria Leave 1,000 Civilians Dead
Following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad last December, sectarian violence erupted in Syria's coastal region, resulting in the deaths of approximately 1,000 civilians, predominantly Alawites, with entire families killed in attacks carried out by unidentified armed groups, prompting the format...
Progress
24% Bias Score
Ukraine Agrees to 30-Day Ceasefire, Contingent on Russia
The Ukraine agreed to a 30-day ceasefire if Russia reciprocates, following U.S.-mediated talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; the U.S. will resume military and intelligence aid to Ukraine and engage Russia on the ceasefire proposal.
Ukraine Agrees to 30-Day Ceasefire, Contingent on Russia
The Ukraine agreed to a 30-day ceasefire if Russia reciprocates, following U.S.-mediated talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; the U.S. will resume military and intelligence aid to Ukraine and engage Russia on the ceasefire proposal.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Ukraine Downs Russian Warplane with SAMP/T, Underscoring Missile Shortage
Ukraine's SAMP/T air defense system successfully shot down a Russian warplane for the first time, highlighting its effectiveness but also emphasizing the global scarcity of these systems and their missiles, jeopardizing Ukraine's air defenses amid political uncertainties.
Ukraine Downs Russian Warplane with SAMP/T, Underscoring Missile Shortage
Ukraine's SAMP/T air defense system successfully shot down a Russian warplane for the first time, highlighting its effectiveness but also emphasizing the global scarcity of these systems and their missiles, jeopardizing Ukraine's air defenses amid political uncertainties.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Ukraine Agrees to 30-Day Ceasefire, US to Lobby Russia
On March 11th, after a US-Ukraine meeting in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine accepted a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia, prompting the US to immediately resume military aid and intelligence sharing, while Russia remains noncommittal.
Ukraine Agrees to 30-Day Ceasefire, US to Lobby Russia
On March 11th, after a US-Ukraine meeting in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine accepted a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia, prompting the US to immediately resume military aid and intelligence sharing, while Russia remains noncommittal.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Trump's Foreign Aid Cuts Result in Preventable Deaths
The Trump administration's drastic cuts to USAID foreign aid have resulted in preventable deaths from malaria and tuberculosis in low-income countries, while the termination of the Health Equity Advisory Committee and potential Medicaid cuts threaten vulnerable populations in the U.S.
Trump's Foreign Aid Cuts Result in Preventable Deaths
The Trump administration's drastic cuts to USAID foreign aid have resulted in preventable deaths from malaria and tuberculosis in low-income countries, while the termination of the Health Equity Advisory Committee and potential Medicaid cuts threaten vulnerable populations in the U.S.
Progress
68% Bias Score
Ukraine Ceasefire: A 30-Day Test of Peace
A 30-day ceasefire has been proposed in the Ukraine conflict; its success depends on Russia's adherence to terms, given its history of violating previous agreements and exploiting such pauses for military gains; failure risks renewed conflict and reduced Western aid.
Ukraine Ceasefire: A 30-Day Test of Peace
A 30-day ceasefire has been proposed in the Ukraine conflict; its success depends on Russia's adherence to terms, given its history of violating previous agreements and exploiting such pauses for military gains; failure risks renewed conflict and reduced Western aid.
Progress
52% Bias Score