March 2025
April 2025
Teen Entrepreneurship: Building Essential Skills for Future Success
Sydney Day Weikar's successful greeting card business, launched at age 13 with a $200 investment, generated over $10,000 in sales and a 20,000+ Instagram following by age 16, showcasing the valuable skills development achieved through teen entrepreneurship.
Teen Entrepreneurship: Building Essential Skills for Future Success
Sydney Day Weikar's successful greeting card business, launched at age 13 with a $200 investment, generated over $10,000 in sales and a 20,000+ Instagram following by age 16, showcasing the valuable skills development achieved through teen entrepreneurship.
Progress
20% Bias Score
London Hospital Knife Amnesty Yields 87 Weapons Amidst Surge in Stabbing Victims
St. George's Hospital in Tooting, London, collected 87 sharp weapons in a six-month amnesty, responding to a doubling of knife crime victims treated at the hospital in 2023 compared to 2022; the initiative aims to improve patient and staff safety, with plans to expand to other hospitals.
London Hospital Knife Amnesty Yields 87 Weapons Amidst Surge in Stabbing Victims
St. George's Hospital in Tooting, London, collected 87 sharp weapons in a six-month amnesty, responding to a doubling of knife crime victims treated at the hospital in 2023 compared to 2022; the initiative aims to improve patient and staff safety, with plans to expand to other hospitals.
Progress
28% Bias Score
France's Nuclear Power Plant Revitalization Faces Challenges
French President Emmanuel Macron visited a Framatome nuclear facility in Maubeuge, France in early 2025 to assess the progress of the country's nuclear power plant revitalization plan, revealing challenges related to cost, timelines, and planning despite government commitment.
France's Nuclear Power Plant Revitalization Faces Challenges
French President Emmanuel Macron visited a Framatome nuclear facility in Maubeuge, France in early 2025 to assess the progress of the country's nuclear power plant revitalization plan, revealing challenges related to cost, timelines, and planning despite government commitment.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Public Sector Strikes Cripple North Rhine-Westphalia
Widespread strikes across North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on March 15th, 2024, disrupted public transport, daycares, and other municipal services due to ongoing collective bargaining negotiations between unions and public employers demanding higher wages and better working conditions.
Public Sector Strikes Cripple North Rhine-Westphalia
Widespread strikes across North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on March 15th, 2024, disrupted public transport, daycares, and other municipal services due to ongoing collective bargaining negotiations between unions and public employers demanding higher wages and better working conditions.
Progress
52% Bias Score
Munich Stabbing: Mentally Unfit Suspect Held in Security Procedure
A 41-year-old man in Munich is undergoing a security procedure for stabbing two Muslim men last July; deemed mentally unfit, he reportedly held anti-Muslim and antisemitic beliefs.
Munich Stabbing: Mentally Unfit Suspect Held in Security Procedure
A 41-year-old man in Munich is undergoing a security procedure for stabbing two Muslim men last July; deemed mentally unfit, he reportedly held anti-Muslim and antisemitic beliefs.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Planthopper Threatens Lower Saxony's Potato and Sugar Beet Crops
The planthopper-transmitted bacteria threaten potato and sugar beet crops in Lower Saxony, prompting the CDU to request emergency insecticide approval, while the state government acknowledges the significant economic risk and suggests long-term solutions via new breeding methods.
Planthopper Threatens Lower Saxony's Potato and Sugar Beet Crops
The planthopper-transmitted bacteria threaten potato and sugar beet crops in Lower Saxony, prompting the CDU to request emergency insecticide approval, while the state government acknowledges the significant economic risk and suggests long-term solutions via new breeding methods.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Trump Tariffs Hit American Craft Brewers
President Trump's tariffs on aluminum, steel, and imported barley will significantly increase production costs for American craft brewers, potentially leading to price increases, production cuts, and brewery closures, impacting an already challenged industry.
Trump Tariffs Hit American Craft Brewers
President Trump's tariffs on aluminum, steel, and imported barley will significantly increase production costs for American craft brewers, potentially leading to price increases, production cuts, and brewery closures, impacting an already challenged industry.
Progress
48% Bias Score
COVID-19 Remains Endemic: Ongoing Mutation and the Importance of Vaccination
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the virus continues to mutate and spread, although its severity is lessened due to widespread immunity; however, experts warn that maintaining immunity through vaccination is crucial to prevent future outbreaks.
COVID-19 Remains Endemic: Ongoing Mutation and the Importance of Vaccination
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the virus continues to mutate and spread, although its severity is lessened due to widespread immunity; however, experts warn that maintaining immunity through vaccination is crucial to prevent future outbreaks.
Progress
36% Bias Score
France's Defense Spending: A Historical and Strategic Analysis
France allocates at least 2% of its GDP to defense, as per the 2023 NATO summit; however, the actual military budget, excluding pensions, was €48.2 billion (1.6% of GDP) in 2024, showing a historical context of significant military spending despite geopolitical shifts and budget reallocations.
France's Defense Spending: A Historical and Strategic Analysis
France allocates at least 2% of its GDP to defense, as per the 2023 NATO summit; however, the actual military budget, excluding pensions, was €48.2 billion (1.6% of GDP) in 2024, showing a historical context of significant military spending despite geopolitical shifts and budget reallocations.
Progress
48% Bias Score
German Patent Applications Rise Despite Economic Headwinds
Despite economic hardship, German industrial patent applications at the DPMA increased by 4 percent in 2024 to 40,064, with the automotive sector leading; however, only 45.242 of applications were accepted, generating a surplus of nearly €229 million for the federal budget.
German Patent Applications Rise Despite Economic Headwinds
Despite economic hardship, German industrial patent applications at the DPMA increased by 4 percent in 2024 to 40,064, with the automotive sector leading; however, only 45.242 of applications were accepted, generating a surplus of nearly €229 million for the federal budget.
Progress
32% Bias Score
EU's Critical Medicines Act Unveiled Amidst Concerns Over Drug Shortages
The European Commission's Critical Medicines Act aims to tackle chronic drug shortages by overhauling procurement rules, promoting joint purchasing, and providing €88.5 million in subsidies, but faces criticism for insufficient funding and weak stockpiling measures.
EU's Critical Medicines Act Unveiled Amidst Concerns Over Drug Shortages
The European Commission's Critical Medicines Act aims to tackle chronic drug shortages by overhauling procurement rules, promoting joint purchasing, and providing €88.5 million in subsidies, but faces criticism for insufficient funding and weak stockpiling measures.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Health Guru Fined After Retreat Participant's Death
A Melbourne health guru, Deanne Mathews, pleaded guilty to supplying magic mushrooms at a retreat where a participant died after drinking a mushroom tonic; she received a $3000 fine, with police finding no causal link between the mushrooms and the death.
Health Guru Fined After Retreat Participant's Death
A Melbourne health guru, Deanne Mathews, pleaded guilty to supplying magic mushrooms at a retreat where a participant died after drinking a mushroom tonic; she received a $3000 fine, with police finding no causal link between the mushrooms and the death.
Progress
60% Bias Score