Euribor Drop Brings Significant Savings to Spanish Homeowners
The average Euribor in December 2024 fell to 2.435%, resulting in significant savings for Spanish homeowners with variable-rate mortgages and a surge in home sales; this is due to decreased inflation, economic uncertainty in Europe, and the European Central Bank's interest rate cuts.
Euribor Drop Brings Significant Savings to Spanish Homeowners
The average Euribor in December 2024 fell to 2.435%, resulting in significant savings for Spanish homeowners with variable-rate mortgages and a surge in home sales; this is due to decreased inflation, economic uncertainty in Europe, and the European Central Bank's interest rate cuts.
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44% Bias Score
Netherlands River Floods: Prevention, Cooperation, and Climate Change
Facing 60% flood risk, the Netherlands prioritizes river flood prevention through extensive infrastructure (Delta Works, Room for the River), national cooperation, and early childhood water safety education, learning from the 1953 disaster (1,836 deaths) and aiming to improve response times via the ...
Netherlands River Floods: Prevention, Cooperation, and Climate Change
Facing 60% flood risk, the Netherlands prioritizes river flood prevention through extensive infrastructure (Delta Works, Room for the River), national cooperation, and early childhood water safety education, learning from the 1953 disaster (1,836 deaths) and aiming to improve response times via the ...
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32% Bias Score
Venezuela Fines TikTok \$10 Million Over Harmful Content
Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice fined TikTok \$10 million for alleged negligence in preventing harmful content for minors, following reports of over 200 students participating in toxic challenges, resulting in three deaths, and demanding the establishment of a Venezuelan office within eight ...
Venezuela Fines TikTok \$10 Million Over Harmful Content
Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice fined TikTok \$10 million for alleged negligence in preventing harmful content for minors, following reports of over 200 students participating in toxic challenges, resulting in three deaths, and demanding the establishment of a Venezuelan office within eight ...
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56% Bias Score
Death of Argentine Journalist Jorge Lanata at 64
Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata, renowned for his investigative work and controversial style, died on Monday at age 64 following a long illness and hospitalization after a kidney transplant in 2015.
Death of Argentine Journalist Jorge Lanata at 64
Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata, renowned for his investigative work and controversial style, died on Monday at age 64 following a long illness and hospitalization after a kidney transplant in 2015.
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36% Bias Score
Mexico to Increase IEPS Tax by 4.5%, Raising Prices on Goods"
Mexico's IEPS tax will rise 4.5% from January 1, 2025, increasing prices of gasoline, diesel, soft drinks, and cigarettes; this follows 4.55% inflation in November 2024 (INEGI), and tax breaks on food and energy will end.
Mexico to Increase IEPS Tax by 4.5%, Raising Prices on Goods"
Mexico's IEPS tax will rise 4.5% from January 1, 2025, increasing prices of gasoline, diesel, soft drinks, and cigarettes; this follows 4.55% inflation in November 2024 (INEGI), and tax breaks on food and energy will end.
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36% Bias Score
Spain's Government Plans 2025 Housing Push Amidst Judicial Challenges
Spain's President Pedro Sánchez's press conference revealed positive economic data, but judicial issues have shifted the political focus; the government plans a 2025 initiative focusing on housing and a commemoration of Franco's death to counter this.
Spain's Government Plans 2025 Housing Push Amidst Judicial Challenges
Spain's President Pedro Sánchez's press conference revealed positive economic data, but judicial issues have shifted the political focus; the government plans a 2025 initiative focusing on housing and a commemoration of Franco's death to counter this.
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56% Bias Score
Mexico Faces Uncertain Future Under Trump's Second Term
The 2024 elections saw Morena's continued dominance in Mexico under President Claudia Sheinbaum and Donald Trump's return to the US presidency, creating a complex and potentially volatile relationship between the two nations due to Trump's past and prospective actions.
Mexico Faces Uncertain Future Under Trump's Second Term
The 2024 elections saw Morena's continued dominance in Mexico under President Claudia Sheinbaum and Donald Trump's return to the US presidency, creating a complex and potentially volatile relationship between the two nations due to Trump's past and prospective actions.
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64% Bias Score
Proximity, Not Saturation: Why Some Images of Suffering Elicit Empathy While Others Do Not
Overexposure to images of suffering does not inherently cause desensitization; rather, emotional response correlates with the proximity and perceived relevance of the depicted events, highlighting the sociocultural construction of empathy and the importance of active engagement with images of traged...
Proximity, Not Saturation: Why Some Images of Suffering Elicit Empathy While Others Do Not
Overexposure to images of suffering does not inherently cause desensitization; rather, emotional response correlates with the proximity and perceived relevance of the depicted events, highlighting the sociocultural construction of empathy and the importance of active engagement with images of traged...
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12% Bias Score
Absolution: Contrasting American Domesticity and the Vietnam War in 1963
Alice McDermott's Absolution uses Tricia's memories of 1963 to contrast the domestic lives of Americans with the horrors of the Vietnam War, highlighting the disconnect between the comforts of home and the brutality of conflict through specific scenes and events.
Absolution: Contrasting American Domesticity and the Vietnam War in 1963
Alice McDermott's Absolution uses Tricia's memories of 1963 to contrast the domestic lives of Americans with the horrors of the Vietnam War, highlighting the disconnect between the comforts of home and the brutality of conflict through specific scenes and events.
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40% Bias Score
Panamanian NGO Uses Surf to Combat Rural Poverty
In Isla Cañas, Panama, Waved, an NGO founded by Bastian Barnbeck, combats 50% poverty rate (vs. national 21%) by offering surf lessons, language classes, and educational support to youth, aiming to create sustainable community development and tourism.
Panamanian NGO Uses Surf to Combat Rural Poverty
In Isla Cañas, Panama, Waved, an NGO founded by Bastian Barnbeck, combats 50% poverty rate (vs. national 21%) by offering surf lessons, language classes, and educational support to youth, aiming to create sustainable community development and tourism.
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36% Bias Score
Spain's Economic Success Amidst Political Instability
Despite political chaos in Spain's Congress, the country's economy thrives due to a highly skilled workforce excelling in export services and competition among autonomous communities that drive innovation and efficiency.
Spain's Economic Success Amidst Political Instability
Despite political chaos in Spain's Congress, the country's economy thrives due to a highly skilled workforce excelling in export services and competition among autonomous communities that drive innovation and efficiency.
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52% Bias Score
Valencian Government Speeds Up Flood Reconstruction
The Valencian government passed a decree law on Monday to fast-track reconstruction after recent floods, reducing project approval from years to 9 months, and suspending urban plans in flood-prone rural areas until national flood prevention works are approved.
Valencian Government Speeds Up Flood Reconstruction
The Valencian government passed a decree law on Monday to fast-track reconstruction after recent floods, reducing project approval from years to 9 months, and suspending urban plans in flood-prone rural areas until national flood prevention works are approved.
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40% Bias Score