Neijuan": China's Youth Face Diminishing Returns
Neijuan, or "involution," reflects the diminishing returns felt by many young Chinese despite hard work, fueled by high youth unemployment (17.1%), overproduction in some sectors, and limited opportunities, prompting social trends such as "lying flat" and emigration.
Neijuan": China's Youth Face Diminishing Returns
Neijuan, or "involution," reflects the diminishing returns felt by many young Chinese despite hard work, fueled by high youth unemployment (17.1%), overproduction in some sectors, and limited opportunities, prompting social trends such as "lying flat" and emigration.
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12% Bias Score
Christmas Consumption Emits 23 Times More CO2 Than Average Day
A Guardian analysis reveals that the average UK adult's Christmas Day consumption emits 513kg of CO2e, 23 times their daily average, with gifts (primarily electronics) accounting for 93% of this total.
Christmas Consumption Emits 23 Times More CO2 Than Average Day
A Guardian analysis reveals that the average UK adult's Christmas Day consumption emits 513kg of CO2e, 23 times their daily average, with gifts (primarily electronics) accounting for 93% of this total.
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44% Bias Score
Australia's Architectural Triumph at World Architecture Festival
Australian architecture firms dominated the World Architecture Festival, winning numerous awards including World Building of the Year for Darlington Public School, showcasing innovative and culturally sensitive designs that prioritize sustainability and community engagement.
Australia's Architectural Triumph at World Architecture Festival
Australian architecture firms dominated the World Architecture Festival, winning numerous awards including World Building of the Year for Darlington Public School, showcasing innovative and culturally sensitive designs that prioritize sustainability and community engagement.
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32% Bias Score
BYD Halts Brazil Factory Construction Amid Worker Exploitation
Brazilian authorities stopped construction of BYD's electric vehicle factory in Bahia after finding 163 Chinese workers in "slavery-like" conditions, including excessive hours, degrading living conditions, and passport withholding by contractor Jinjiang Construction Brazil, delaying the plant's Marc...
BYD Halts Brazil Factory Construction Amid Worker Exploitation
Brazilian authorities stopped construction of BYD's electric vehicle factory in Bahia after finding 163 Chinese workers in "slavery-like" conditions, including excessive hours, degrading living conditions, and passport withholding by contractor Jinjiang Construction Brazil, delaying the plant's Marc...
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40% Bias Score
All Fours" Prompts Life Changes in Women Readers
Miranda July's "All Fours" sparked significant life changes in numerous women readers, prompting relationship dissolutions, career shifts, and explorations of non-monogamy, reflecting a societal shift in attitudes towards female desire and midlife transformations.
All Fours" Prompts Life Changes in Women Readers
Miranda July's "All Fours" sparked significant life changes in numerous women readers, prompting relationship dissolutions, career shifts, and explorations of non-monogamy, reflecting a societal shift in attitudes towards female desire and midlife transformations.
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52% Bias Score
Insurer's Failure Leads to Wrongful CCJ
A Huddersfield woman, CG, was wrongly issued a £11,000 CCJ after her insurer, esure, failed to settle a claim following a car accident where she admitted fault; legal correspondence was sent to the wrong address, highlighting failures in communication and claims handling, causing severe financial an...
Insurer's Failure Leads to Wrongful CCJ
A Huddersfield woman, CG, was wrongly issued a £11,000 CCJ after her insurer, esure, failed to settle a claim following a car accident where she admitted fault; legal correspondence was sent to the wrong address, highlighting failures in communication and claims handling, causing severe financial an...
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52% Bias Score
El Salvador Reverses Mining Ban Amid Economic and Environmental Concerns
El Salvador's legislature lifted a seven-year ban on metals mining on a vote of 57-3, granting the government sole authority over mining activities, despite environmental concerns and protests; President Nayib Bukele cites $132 billion in potential gold deposits as justification for the decision.
El Salvador Reverses Mining Ban Amid Economic and Environmental Concerns
El Salvador's legislature lifted a seven-year ban on metals mining on a vote of 57-3, granting the government sole authority over mining activities, despite environmental concerns and protests; President Nayib Bukele cites $132 billion in potential gold deposits as justification for the decision.
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36% Bias Score
Bolton Warns of Heightened International Crisis Risk Under Second Trump Term
John Bolton, Trump's former national security advisor, warns of a significantly increased risk of a major international crisis during a second Trump presidency, citing his erratic decision-making, lack of foreign policy expertise, and prioritization of personal relationships over national interests.
Bolton Warns of Heightened International Crisis Risk Under Second Trump Term
John Bolton, Trump's former national security advisor, warns of a significantly increased risk of a major international crisis during a second Trump presidency, citing his erratic decision-making, lack of foreign policy expertise, and prioritization of personal relationships over national interests.
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48% Bias Score
Record Floods in China Spur National Climate Adaptation Plan
In July 2024, record-breaking floods in China, including a major breach in Dongting Hu lake's flood defenses requiring 100,000 cubic meters of rock to repair and forcing 7,000 evacuations, prompted a national adaptation plan to address the increasing frequency and severity of climate-related disaste...
Record Floods in China Spur National Climate Adaptation Plan
In July 2024, record-breaking floods in China, including a major breach in Dongting Hu lake's flood defenses requiring 100,000 cubic meters of rock to repair and forcing 7,000 evacuations, prompted a national adaptation plan to address the increasing frequency and severity of climate-related disaste...
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28% Bias Score
Faster Paris-Berlin Train Launched
A new direct daytime high-speed train service between Paris and Berlin, launched on December 16th, 2023, by Deutsche Bahn and SNCF, reduces travel time to 7 hours and 59 minutes, offering a faster and more scenic alternative to air travel and previous rail options.
Faster Paris-Berlin Train Launched
A new direct daytime high-speed train service between Paris and Berlin, launched on December 16th, 2023, by Deutsche Bahn and SNCF, reduces travel time to 7 hours and 59 minutes, offering a faster and more scenic alternative to air travel and previous rail options.
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32% Bias Score
Christmas Spending Surge to Influence RBA Interest Rate Decision
Projected \$3.7bn Christmas and Boxing Day spending surge in Australia may influence the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) February interest rate decision, as the central bank weighs economic growth against inflation risks, amid warnings from the International Monetary Fund against pre-election spen...
Christmas Spending Surge to Influence RBA Interest Rate Decision
Projected \$3.7bn Christmas and Boxing Day spending surge in Australia may influence the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) February interest rate decision, as the central bank weighs economic growth against inflation risks, amid warnings from the International Monetary Fund against pre-election spen...
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36% Bias Score
Nigeria's Plastic Ban: Implementation Challenges Amidst Economic Hardship
Nigeria's nationwide ban on single-use plastics, starting next month, faces significant hurdles due to a lack of public awareness, economic hardship among citizens, and weak enforcement, despite the country generating 27.6 million tonnes of waste annually with only 10% of plastic waste recycled.
Nigeria's Plastic Ban: Implementation Challenges Amidst Economic Hardship
Nigeria's nationwide ban on single-use plastics, starting next month, faces significant hurdles due to a lack of public awareness, economic hardship among citizens, and weak enforcement, despite the country generating 27.6 million tonnes of waste annually with only 10% of plastic waste recycled.
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44% Bias Score