March 2025
April 2025
EU Action Plan Aims to Rescue Europe's Steel Industry
The EU Commission launched an action plan to aid Europe's struggling steel industry, aiming to improve competitiveness through cleaner energy, emission controls, recycling promotion, and job preservation, following a significant production capacity decrease in 2022.
EU Action Plan Aims to Rescue Europe's Steel Industry
The EU Commission launched an action plan to aid Europe's struggling steel industry, aiming to improve competitiveness through cleaner energy, emission controls, recycling promotion, and job preservation, following a significant production capacity decrease in 2022.
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48% Bias Score
Germany Reopens Damascus Embassy After 13 Years
Germany reopened its embassy in Damascus after 13 years, deploying a small team to support stabilization and reconstruction efforts, though daily operations are conducted at a secret location due to security concerns; visa services remain in Beirut.
Germany Reopens Damascus Embassy After 13 Years
Germany reopened its embassy in Damascus after 13 years, deploying a small team to support stabilization and reconstruction efforts, though daily operations are conducted at a secret location due to security concerns; visa services remain in Beirut.
Progress
56% Bias Score
Oxygen Discovery in Distant Galaxy Challenges Early Universe Theories
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered oxygen in the extremely distant galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0, whose light took 13.4 billion years to reach Earth, challenging existing theories on early galaxy formation due to its unexpectedly high luminosity and heavy element content.
Oxygen Discovery in Distant Galaxy Challenges Early Universe Theories
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered oxygen in the extremely distant galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0, whose light took 13.4 billion years to reach Earth, challenging existing theories on early galaxy formation due to its unexpectedly high luminosity and heavy element content.
Progress
32% Bias Score
Indonesian Professionals Flock to Singapore Amidst Domestic Market Challenges
A Populix survey of 1,000 Indonesians shows 82% want to work in Singapore due to higher pay, better career opportunities, and greater stability; 130,000 Indonesians worked in Singapore in 2024, highlighting a trend of skilled workers leaving Indonesia for better prospects.
Indonesian Professionals Flock to Singapore Amidst Domestic Market Challenges
A Populix survey of 1,000 Indonesians shows 82% want to work in Singapore due to higher pay, better career opportunities, and greater stability; 130,000 Indonesians worked in Singapore in 2024, highlighting a trend of skilled workers leaving Indonesia for better prospects.
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40% Bias Score
US Border Agents Question Person of Interest in Dominican Republic Student's Disappearance
Joshua Riibe, the last person seen with missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki before her disappearance from a Dominican Republic beach on March 6, was questioned by US border agents in Puerto Rico due to a passport issue but later released; Dominican authorities had previously na...
US Border Agents Question Person of Interest in Dominican Republic Student's Disappearance
Joshua Riibe, the last person seen with missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki before her disappearance from a Dominican Republic beach on March 6, was questioned by US border agents in Puerto Rico due to a passport issue but later released; Dominican authorities had previously na...
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60% Bias Score
Common Medications Linked to Increased Alzheimer's Risk
Harvard-trained Dr. Joshua Helman warns that long-term, high-dose use of allergy medications (e.g., Benadryl, Zyrtec), benzodiazepines (e.g., Valium, Xanax), and statins may increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease due to associated brain damage; 6.7 million Americans currently have Alzheimer's, a n...
Common Medications Linked to Increased Alzheimer's Risk
Harvard-trained Dr. Joshua Helman warns that long-term, high-dose use of allergy medications (e.g., Benadryl, Zyrtec), benzodiazepines (e.g., Valium, Xanax), and statins may increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease due to associated brain damage; 6.7 million Americans currently have Alzheimer's, a n...
Progress
56% Bias Score
Volkswagen Ordered to Prove Justification for Reduced Works Council Pay
The German Federal Labor Court ordered Volkswagen to prove the justification for reduced pay to released works council members, remanding a case back to a lower court due to procedural errors; this follows a 2023 ruling on executive payments to works councils, impacting 85 similar VW cases and poten...
Volkswagen Ordered to Prove Justification for Reduced Works Council Pay
The German Federal Labor Court ordered Volkswagen to prove the justification for reduced pay to released works council members, remanding a case back to a lower court due to procedural errors; this follows a 2023 ruling on executive payments to works councils, impacting 85 similar VW cases and poten...
Progress
32% Bias Score
German Study: High Rates of Discrimination Against Ethnic and Religious Minorities
A new study in Germany reveals that 50% of ethnic and religious minorities experience regular discrimination, with Muslim women and Black individuals reporting significantly higher rates (61-63%) of monthly discrimination due to skin color, compared to 32% of non-minorities.
German Study: High Rates of Discrimination Against Ethnic and Religious Minorities
A new study in Germany reveals that 50% of ethnic and religious minorities experience regular discrimination, with Muslim women and Black individuals reporting significantly higher rates (61-63%) of monthly discrimination due to skin color, compared to 32% of non-minorities.
Progress
36% Bias Score
UK Condemns Israeli Threat of Gaza Devastation
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy condemned Israeli Defense Minister Katz's threat of "total devastation" of Gaza following renewed Israeli bombing after a ceasefire collapsed; a British national was wounded in a UN compound attack.
UK Condemns Israeli Threat of Gaza Devastation
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy condemned Israeli Defense Minister Katz's threat of "total devastation" of Gaza following renewed Israeli bombing after a ceasefire collapsed; a British national was wounded in a UN compound attack.
Progress
48% Bias Score
Australian Admiral Warns of US Unreliability, Urges Aukus Reassessment
Retired Australian admiral Chris Barrie and former foreign minister Bob Carr warn of US unreliability, urging Australia to reassess its strategic partnership and the Aukus submarine deal due to concerns over delivery and a lack of backup options, highlighting potential sovereignty implications.
Australian Admiral Warns of US Unreliability, Urges Aukus Reassessment
Retired Australian admiral Chris Barrie and former foreign minister Bob Carr warn of US unreliability, urging Australia to reassess its strategic partnership and the Aukus submarine deal due to concerns over delivery and a lack of backup options, highlighting potential sovereignty implications.
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68% Bias Score
Minnesota Senator Resigns Amid Federal Sex Trafficking Charges
Minnesota state Senator Justin Eichorn, 40, resigned on Thursday after being federally charged with attempting to solicit sex from a minor following a police sting operation; the operation involved undercover officers posing as a 17-year-old girl on websites known for sex trafficking, and Eichorn al...
Minnesota Senator Resigns Amid Federal Sex Trafficking Charges
Minnesota state Senator Justin Eichorn, 40, resigned on Thursday after being federally charged with attempting to solicit sex from a minor following a police sting operation; the operation involved undercover officers posing as a 17-year-old girl on websites known for sex trafficking, and Eichorn al...
Progress
36% Bias Score
UK's Nuclear Dependence and Assertive Russia Policy
Britain's nuclear arsenal, dependent on US-leased Trident II D5 missiles, raises concerns amid its independent, sometimes aggressive, foreign policy toward Russia, historically marked by diverging interests from the US, particularly during WWII and the Cold War's start.
UK's Nuclear Dependence and Assertive Russia Policy
Britain's nuclear arsenal, dependent on US-leased Trident II D5 missiles, raises concerns amid its independent, sometimes aggressive, foreign policy toward Russia, historically marked by diverging interests from the US, particularly during WWII and the Cold War's start.
Progress
60% Bias Score