Forced Labor Found in Half of Indian Cotton Farms Supplying Global Brands
An investigation of 90 cotton farms in Madhya Pradesh, India, revealed that almost half use forced labor, including children, who are paid $2.30 a day and trapped in debt, with these farms supplying major brands like Pratibha Syntex, highlighting the prevalence of modern slavery in the global textil...
Forced Labor Found in Half of Indian Cotton Farms Supplying Global Brands
An investigation of 90 cotton farms in Madhya Pradesh, India, revealed that almost half use forced labor, including children, who are paid $2.30 a day and trapped in debt, with these farms supplying major brands like Pratibha Syntex, highlighting the prevalence of modern slavery in the global textil...
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48% Bias Score
Venezuela Intensifies Military Exercises Amidst Post-Election Tensions
Following accusations of electoral fraud in Venezuela's July 28th presidential elections, the Chavista regime has intensified military exercises to deter both internal and external opposition, displaying its military strength ranked 50th globally and 7th in Latin America, despite concerns about oper...
Venezuela Intensifies Military Exercises Amidst Post-Election Tensions
Following accusations of electoral fraud in Venezuela's July 28th presidential elections, the Chavista regime has intensified military exercises to deter both internal and external opposition, displaying its military strength ranked 50th globally and 7th in Latin America, despite concerns about oper...
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60% Bias Score
Italy Targets Fake Online Reviews with New Bill
Italy's government approved a bill to combat fake online reviews, mandating user identification, proof of purchase, and a 15-day review window for restaurants and hotels, aiming to protect businesses and consumers from misleading information and unfair competition.
Italy Targets Fake Online Reviews with New Bill
Italy's government approved a bill to combat fake online reviews, mandating user identification, proof of purchase, and a 15-day review window for restaurants and hotels, aiming to protect businesses and consumers from misleading information and unfair competition.
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32% Bias Score
Big Tech's Knowledge Monopolization and Brazil's Digital Sovereignty Struggle
Economics professor Cecilia Rikap details how Amazon, Microsoft, and Google control 70% of the global cloud market, centralizing AI development and knowledge creation, and how Brazil is attempting to resist this dominance by creating a sovereign digital ecosystem, facing strong counter-pressure from...
Big Tech's Knowledge Monopolization and Brazil's Digital Sovereignty Struggle
Economics professor Cecilia Rikap details how Amazon, Microsoft, and Google control 70% of the global cloud market, centralizing AI development and knowledge creation, and how Brazil is attempting to resist this dominance by creating a sovereign digital ecosystem, facing strong counter-pressure from...
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48% Bias Score
AI Revolutionizes Protein Structure Prediction, Opening New Scientific Horizons
Google DeepMind's AI tool, AlphaFold2, has determined the 3D structure of 200 million proteins, revolutionizing fields like drug discovery and biological research, with future applications in genomics, new materials, and nuclear fusion.
AI Revolutionizes Protein Structure Prediction, Opening New Scientific Horizons
Google DeepMind's AI tool, AlphaFold2, has determined the 3D structure of 200 million proteins, revolutionizing fields like drug discovery and biological research, with future applications in genomics, new materials, and nuclear fusion.
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44% Bias Score
Industrial Project Threatens Chile's Paranal Observatory
AES Andes plans a large industrial complex near Chile's Paranal Observatory, threatening its dark skies essential for astronomical research; light and dust pollution from the complex risk degrading observations at the world's leading observatory and planned expansions, highlighting challenges in bal...
Industrial Project Threatens Chile's Paranal Observatory
AES Andes plans a large industrial complex near Chile's Paranal Observatory, threatening its dark skies essential for astronomical research; light and dust pollution from the complex risk degrading observations at the world's leading observatory and planned expansions, highlighting challenges in bal...
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60% Bias Score
Mexico Prioritizes Negotiation Amidst Trump's Renewed Immigration Pressure
Facing Trump's renewed immigration pressures, Mexico chose negotiation while Colombia initially resisted but then conceded, and Brazil protested inhumane deportations; this reveals contrasting strategies among Latin American nations.
Mexico Prioritizes Negotiation Amidst Trump's Renewed Immigration Pressure
Facing Trump's renewed immigration pressures, Mexico chose negotiation while Colombia initially resisted but then conceded, and Brazil protested inhumane deportations; this reveals contrasting strategies among Latin American nations.
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60% Bias Score
Japan's 8.9 Million Vacant Homes: A Looming Urban Crisis
Japan faces a growing crisis of 8.9 million vacant homes (10.3% of total housing), projected to reach 30.4% by 2033, due to high inheritance taxes, demolition costs, complex land regulations, and a declining birth rate, creating challenges for urban planning and potentially impacting property values...
Japan's 8.9 Million Vacant Homes: A Looming Urban Crisis
Japan faces a growing crisis of 8.9 million vacant homes (10.3% of total housing), projected to reach 30.4% by 2033, due to high inheritance taxes, demolition costs, complex land regulations, and a declining birth rate, creating challenges for urban planning and potentially impacting property values...
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56% Bias Score
Colombia's First Transgender Wayuu Woman: A 45-Year Fight for Recognition
After a 45-year battle, 72-year-old Georgina Epiayú became the first transgender Wayuu woman officially recognized in Colombia, highlighting systemic barriers faced by transgender individuals in accessing basic rights and the socio-economic challenges within the Wayuu community.
Colombia's First Transgender Wayuu Woman: A 45-Year Fight for Recognition
After a 45-year battle, 72-year-old Georgina Epiayú became the first transgender Wayuu woman officially recognized in Colombia, highlighting systemic barriers faced by transgender individuals in accessing basic rights and the socio-economic challenges within the Wayuu community.
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44% Bias Score
Belchite's Ruins: A Civil War Legacy at Risk
Belchite, a Spanish town of 4,500 pre-war inhabitants, was devastated during the 1937 Spanish Civil War battle resulting in 5,000 casualties; in 2024, it attracted 38,000 visitors to its ruins, now listed by the World Monuments Fund as at risk of complete collapse within 20 years unless urgent actio...
Belchite's Ruins: A Civil War Legacy at Risk
Belchite, a Spanish town of 4,500 pre-war inhabitants, was devastated during the 1937 Spanish Civil War battle resulting in 5,000 casualties; in 2024, it attracted 38,000 visitors to its ruins, now listed by the World Monuments Fund as at risk of complete collapse within 20 years unless urgent actio...
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40% Bias Score
ICE Raid in Newark Raises Concerns Over Scope of Trump's Deportation Orders
A raid by ICE agents at a Newark seafood business resulted in the arrest of undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizens, including an Army veteran, raising concerns about the scope of President Trump's new deportation orders targeting 1.4 million temporary residents and potentially affecting sanctuary...
ICE Raid in Newark Raises Concerns Over Scope of Trump's Deportation Orders
A raid by ICE agents at a Newark seafood business resulted in the arrest of undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizens, including an Army veteran, raising concerns about the scope of President Trump's new deportation orders targeting 1.4 million temporary residents and potentially affecting sanctuary...
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48% Bias Score
Riefenstahl's Archives: Unfinished Documentary and Unrepentant Past
Leni Riefenstahl's unrealized 1950s documentary project, "Sun and Shadow," about Spain, and her recently released archives reveal her continued ambition and apparent lack of remorse for her past association with Nazism.
Riefenstahl's Archives: Unfinished Documentary and Unrepentant Past
Leni Riefenstahl's unrealized 1950s documentary project, "Sun and Shadow," about Spain, and her recently released archives reveal her continued ambition and apparent lack of remorse for her past association with Nazism.
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40% Bias Score