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2024: Record Heat and Extreme Weather Cause Thousands of Deaths and £249.6 Billion in Losses
2024 witnessed unprecedented extreme weather events globally, resulting in over 2800 deaths and £249.6 billion in economic losses, with climate change identified as a major intensifying factor, impacting regions from Saudi Arabia to the Americas.
2024: Record Heat and Extreme Weather Cause Thousands of Deaths and £249.6 Billion in Losses
2024 witnessed unprecedented extreme weather events globally, resulting in over 2800 deaths and £249.6 billion in economic losses, with climate change identified as a major intensifying factor, impacting regions from Saudi Arabia to the Americas.
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16% Bias Score
Mass Job Losses Exacerbate Mental Health Crisis in Ruhr Area
Thousands of job losses in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, especially in the Ruhr area, threaten to overwhelm an already strained mental healthcare system, with long wait times and insufficient resources exacerbating the impact on those losing their jobs and their families.
Mass Job Losses Exacerbate Mental Health Crisis in Ruhr Area
Thousands of job losses in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, especially in the Ruhr area, threaten to overwhelm an already strained mental healthcare system, with long wait times and insufficient resources exacerbating the impact on those losing their jobs and their families.
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36% Bias Score
Greece Lowers Social Security Contributions in 2025
Greece will reduce social security healthcare contributions by one percentage point starting January 2025, benefiting both employers and employees in the public and private sectors, resulting in slightly higher take-home pay and reduced costs for employers, with an estimated cost of €430 million.
Greece Lowers Social Security Contributions in 2025
Greece will reduce social security healthcare contributions by one percentage point starting January 2025, benefiting both employers and employees in the public and private sectors, resulting in slightly higher take-home pay and reduced costs for employers, with an estimated cost of €430 million.
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36% Bias Score
Canada's Oil and Gas Sector: Balancing Economic Needs with Emissions Reduction
Canada's oil and gas sector, contributing 5 percent to GDP but 31 percent of emissions, faces rising climate-related economic costs and stalled emissions reductions, necessitating regulations to ensure a clean energy future.
Canada's Oil and Gas Sector: Balancing Economic Needs with Emissions Reduction
Canada's oil and gas sector, contributing 5 percent to GDP but 31 percent of emissions, faces rising climate-related economic costs and stalled emissions reductions, necessitating regulations to ensure a clean energy future.
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28% Bias Score
Israel's War: Manpower Shortages and Economic Strain
Israel's war has led to a significant drop in IDF reserve call-up rates (from over 100% to 85%), impacting military readiness and causing widespread economic hardship (estimated $70 billion cost), alongside personal sacrifices by reservists and civilians.
Israel's War: Manpower Shortages and Economic Strain
Israel's war has led to a significant drop in IDF reserve call-up rates (from over 100% to 85%), impacting military readiness and causing widespread economic hardship (estimated $70 billion cost), alongside personal sacrifices by reservists and civilians.
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56% Bias Score
California Avian Flu Outbreak: 659 Dairy Farms Infected, Milk Production Plummets
California's avian influenza outbreak has infected 659 dairy farms since August, causing a 9.2 percent drop in milk production and at least 36 human cases; Governor Newsom declared a state of emergency.
California Avian Flu Outbreak: 659 Dairy Farms Infected, Milk Production Plummets
California's avian influenza outbreak has infected 659 dairy farms since August, causing a 9.2 percent drop in milk production and at least 36 human cases; Governor Newsom declared a state of emergency.
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24% Bias Score
Staff Shortages Cripple German Daycares, Exacerbating Work-Life Imbalance
Due to staff shortages and closures, German daycare centers are unreliable, forcing parents to reduce work hours or rely on informal care, according to economist Monika Schnitzer, who highlights the need for more funding and personnel to address a 125,000-person shortfall in qualified staff.
Staff Shortages Cripple German Daycares, Exacerbating Work-Life Imbalance
Due to staff shortages and closures, German daycare centers are unreliable, forcing parents to reduce work hours or rely on informal care, according to economist Monika Schnitzer, who highlights the need for more funding and personnel to address a 125,000-person shortfall in qualified staff.
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48% Bias Score
Labour's Flight Tax Hike to Cost Families £400
Labour's proposed increase to Air Passenger Duty will significantly increase airfare costs for families, with a family of four's trip to Florida costing an extra £400, impacting millions of holidaymakers and the travel industry.
Labour's Flight Tax Hike to Cost Families £400
Labour's proposed increase to Air Passenger Duty will significantly increase airfare costs for families, with a family of four's trip to Florida costing an extra £400, impacting millions of holidaymakers and the travel industry.
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56% Bias Score
Greece's Short-Term Rental Boom: 1 Million Beds Overshadow Hotel Capacity
In 2024, Greece experienced a surge in short-term rentals, exceeding 230,000 in August and providing 1.022 million beds, surpassing hotel capacity; despite this, occupancy remained high, demonstrating significant demand that even post-summer decreases in available rentals could not meet.
Greece's Short-Term Rental Boom: 1 Million Beds Overshadow Hotel Capacity
In 2024, Greece experienced a surge in short-term rentals, exceeding 230,000 in August and providing 1.022 million beds, surpassing hotel capacity; despite this, occupancy remained high, demonstrating significant demand that even post-summer decreases in available rentals could not meet.
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48% Bias Score
Spanish Banks Join €80 Billion European Wind Energy Rescue
Banco Santander and CaixaBank joined eight other major European banks in securing €500 million each from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to rescue the struggling European wind energy industry, leveraging up to €80 billion in total to support manufacturers like Siemens Gamesa, Vestas, and Nordex f...
Spanish Banks Join €80 Billion European Wind Energy Rescue
Banco Santander and CaixaBank joined eight other major European banks in securing €500 million each from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to rescue the struggling European wind energy industry, leveraging up to €80 billion in total to support manufacturers like Siemens Gamesa, Vestas, and Nordex f...
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40% Bias Score
British Columbia's Permitting Delays Cripple Mineral Exploration
In British Columbia, excessive permitting delays averaging five months but reaching three years for some mineral exploration projects cause significant economic hardship, impacting businesses, individuals, and local communities, jeopardizing the province's future resource security.
British Columbia's Permitting Delays Cripple Mineral Exploration
In British Columbia, excessive permitting delays averaging five months but reaching three years for some mineral exploration projects cause significant economic hardship, impacting businesses, individuals, and local communities, jeopardizing the province's future resource security.
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56% Bias Score
2025 Israeli Budget: Impact on Household Finances
The 2025 Israeli budget includes increased national insurance, canceled income tax updates, a 2.29% public sector salary cut, and VAT increases, affecting household finances starting February 2025, with varying impacts based on income and spending.
2025 Israeli Budget: Impact on Household Finances
The 2025 Israeli budget includes increased national insurance, canceled income tax updates, a 2.29% public sector salary cut, and VAT increases, affecting household finances starting February 2025, with varying impacts based on income and spending.
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44% Bias Score
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