Peruvian Cardinal Defies Vatican Sanctions Amidst Sexual Abuse Scandal
Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, sanctioned by the Vatican in 2019 for sexual abuse allegations dating back to 1983, returned to Lima in January 2024, received a municipal award, and faces ongoing controversy and calls for accountability.
Peruvian Cardinal Defies Vatican Sanctions Amidst Sexual Abuse Scandal
Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, sanctioned by the Vatican in 2019 for sexual abuse allegations dating back to 1983, returned to Lima in January 2024, received a municipal award, and faces ongoing controversy and calls for accountability.
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40% Bias Score
Slovakia's Cultural Purge: A Sign of Authoritarian Consolidation
Under Prime Minister Robert Fico, Slovakia's cultural sector faces systematic dismantling, mirroring historical authoritarian crackdowns, sparking massive protests amid concerns about the country's democratic future and alliances.
Slovakia's Cultural Purge: A Sign of Authoritarian Consolidation
Under Prime Minister Robert Fico, Slovakia's cultural sector faces systematic dismantling, mirroring historical authoritarian crackdowns, sparking massive protests amid concerns about the country's democratic future and alliances.
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52% Bias Score
Garry Newlove Murderer Released on Licence
Adam Swellings, convicted ringleader in the 2007 murder of Garry Newlove, was released from prison in August 2024 after serving 17 years, following a Parole Board decision based on his rehabilitation and a comprehensive release plan involving strict conditions.
Garry Newlove Murderer Released on Licence
Adam Swellings, convicted ringleader in the 2007 murder of Garry Newlove, was released from prison in August 2024 after serving 17 years, following a Parole Board decision based on his rehabilitation and a comprehensive release plan involving strict conditions.
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64% Bias Score
Twin Cities Pride Raises $50,000 After Dropping Target Over DEI Policy Cuts
Twin Cities Pride raised over $50,000 in donations after dropping Target as a sponsor following Target's January 24 announcement that it would scale back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, including ending a program that helped it carry more products from Black- and minority-owned ...
Twin Cities Pride Raises $50,000 After Dropping Target Over DEI Policy Cuts
Twin Cities Pride raised over $50,000 in donations after dropping Target as a sponsor following Target's January 24 announcement that it would scale back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, including ending a program that helped it carry more products from Black- and minority-owned ...
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36% Bias Score
Trump Offers Buyouts to Federal Workers, Sparking Union Outcry
The Trump administration offered buyouts to nearly all 3 million federal employees, prompting concerns from the American Federation of Government Employees about potential disruptions to federal programs and a shift towards a more loyal workforce.
Trump Offers Buyouts to Federal Workers, Sparking Union Outcry
The Trump administration offered buyouts to nearly all 3 million federal employees, prompting concerns from the American Federation of Government Employees about potential disruptions to federal programs and a shift towards a more loyal workforce.
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36% Bias Score
Trump Administration Uses Military for Rapid Deportations, Causing Diplomatic Tensions
The Trump administration deported approximately 7,300 people in its first week, including 64 Guatemalans swiftly deported via U.S. military planes, sparking diplomatic tensions with Colombia and raising human rights concerns regarding the use of shackles.
Trump Administration Uses Military for Rapid Deportations, Causing Diplomatic Tensions
The Trump administration deported approximately 7,300 people in its first week, including 64 Guatemalans swiftly deported via U.S. military planes, sparking diplomatic tensions with Colombia and raising human rights concerns regarding the use of shackles.
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44% Bias Score
Algeria Condemns EU Resolution on Imprisoned Writer
Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal's imprisonment in Algeria for criticizing Morocco's historical land loss during French colonization sparked a resolution from the European Parliament demanding his release, which Algeria's parliament condemned as a politically motivated attack.
Algeria Condemns EU Resolution on Imprisoned Writer
Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal's imprisonment in Algeria for criticizing Morocco's historical land loss during French colonization sparked a resolution from the European Parliament demanding his release, which Algeria's parliament condemned as a politically motivated attack.
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44% Bias Score
Anne Frank's Secret Annex Recreated in New York
A full-scale replica of Anne Frank's Secret Annex is on display in New York City's Jewish Historical Center from January 27 to April 30, offering visitors a firsthand look at where she hid from the Nazis for two years before dying of typhus in Bergen-Belsen.
Anne Frank's Secret Annex Recreated in New York
A full-scale replica of Anne Frank's Secret Annex is on display in New York City's Jewish Historical Center from January 27 to April 30, offering visitors a firsthand look at where she hid from the Nazis for two years before dying of typhus in Bergen-Belsen.
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20% Bias Score
Australian Sect Members Guilty of Manslaughter in Faith-Healing Death
Fourteen members of an Australian religious sect were found guilty of manslaughter for the death of an 8-year-old girl with Type 1 diabetes after they withheld insulin treatment, believing God would heal her; the judge found her death "inevitable".
Australian Sect Members Guilty of Manslaughter in Faith-Healing Death
Fourteen members of an Australian religious sect were found guilty of manslaughter for the death of an 8-year-old girl with Type 1 diabetes after they withheld insulin treatment, believing God would heal her; the judge found her death "inevitable".
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48% Bias Score
UCL Student Faces 35 Charges Including Rape of 10 Women
Zhenhao Zou, a 27-year-old engineering student at University College London, is accused of raping 10 women after plying them with alcohol or drugs; police found videos of nine of the attacks on his devices.
UCL Student Faces 35 Charges Including Rape of 10 Women
Zhenhao Zou, a 27-year-old engineering student at University College London, is accused of raping 10 women after plying them with alcohol or drugs; police found videos of nine of the attacks on his devices.
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64% Bias Score
Convictions Overturned in Arranged Marriage Abuse Case Leading to Wife's Vegetative State
Ambreen Fatima Sheikh, a Pakistani woman in an arranged marriage in Huddersfield, UK, suffered catastrophic brain damage after being poisoned with glimepiride and a caustic substance by her husband's family in 2015; they were initially jailed but released after an appeal.
Convictions Overturned in Arranged Marriage Abuse Case Leading to Wife's Vegetative State
Ambreen Fatima Sheikh, a Pakistani woman in an arranged marriage in Huddersfield, UK, suffered catastrophic brain damage after being poisoned with glimepiride and a caustic substance by her husband's family in 2015; they were initially jailed but released after an appeal.
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60% Bias Score
Potosí's Rise and Fall: A Colonial Mita's Legacy
The UNESCO-listed "Expediente sobre el traslado de indios…" (1745) details the forced labor (mita) of 83 indigenous people from Peru to Potosí's Cerro Rico silver mine in 1745, highlighting the system's impact on the Andes' socio-economic history and Potosí's rise and fall as a major global city.
Potosí's Rise and Fall: A Colonial Mita's Legacy
The UNESCO-listed "Expediente sobre el traslado de indios…" (1745) details the forced labor (mita) of 83 indigenous people from Peru to Potosí's Cerro Rico silver mine in 1745, highlighting the system's impact on the Andes' socio-economic history and Potosí's rise and fall as a major global city.
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56% Bias Score