Shein's Profits Double Amidst Ethical Concerns
Shein, a Chinese fast-fashion giant, reported a doubling of UK profits to over £24 million in 2023 despite facing scrutiny over its labor practices, including a BBC investigation revealing 75-hour workweeks for some employees, violating Chinese labor laws; however, millions of consumers continue to ...
Shein's Profits Double Amidst Ethical Concerns
Shein, a Chinese fast-fashion giant, reported a doubling of UK profits to over £24 million in 2023 despite facing scrutiny over its labor practices, including a BBC investigation revealing 75-hour workweeks for some employees, violating Chinese labor laws; however, millions of consumers continue to ...
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60% Bias Score
Police Prioritized Burglary Over Child Sex Abuse Cases to Meet Targets
A leaked report reveals that South Yorkshire Police prioritized burglary and robbery to meet Home Office targets in the 2000s, neglecting child sexual exploitation cases; despite knowing about perpetrators as early as 2001, they failed to act, allowing abuse to continue until 2016.
Police Prioritized Burglary Over Child Sex Abuse Cases to Meet Targets
A leaked report reveals that South Yorkshire Police prioritized burglary and robbery to meet Home Office targets in the 2000s, neglecting child sexual exploitation cases; despite knowing about perpetrators as early as 2001, they failed to act, allowing abuse to continue until 2016.
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48% Bias Score
California Wildfires Expose Systemic Failures in Disability Emergency Response
The California wildfires highlighted the disproportionate impact on disabled individuals, with mortality rates two to four times higher than the general population due to difficulties evacuating, accessing necessary medical equipment and finding accessible shelters. Several disabled individuals died...
California Wildfires Expose Systemic Failures in Disability Emergency Response
The California wildfires highlighted the disproportionate impact on disabled individuals, with mortality rates two to four times higher than the general population due to difficulties evacuating, accessing necessary medical equipment and finding accessible shelters. Several disabled individuals died...
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28% Bias Score
Australopithecus Diet: Primarily Plant-Based, Study Finds
Analysis of 3.5-million-year-old Australopithecus tooth enamel from Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa reveals a primarily plant-based diet, challenging the narrative of meat as a key driver of human evolution; the findings, published in "Science", utilized a novel method for analyzing nitrogen isot...
Australopithecus Diet: Primarily Plant-Based, Study Finds
Analysis of 3.5-million-year-old Australopithecus tooth enamel from Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa reveals a primarily plant-based diet, challenging the narrative of meat as a key driver of human evolution; the findings, published in "Science", utilized a novel method for analyzing nitrogen isot...
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36% Bias Score
Manslaughter Acquittal Highlights Challenges in Prosecuting Domestic Abuse-Related Suicides
A British court acquitted Ryan Wellings of manslaughter in the death of his partner, Kiena Dawes, who died by suicide, highlighting challenges in prosecuting such cases despite increased police awareness and ongoing efforts by the Crown Prosecution Service to pursue these charges.
Manslaughter Acquittal Highlights Challenges in Prosecuting Domestic Abuse-Related Suicides
A British court acquitted Ryan Wellings of manslaughter in the death of his partner, Kiena Dawes, who died by suicide, highlighting challenges in prosecuting such cases despite increased police awareness and ongoing efforts by the Crown Prosecution Service to pursue these charges.
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52% Bias Score
Trump Inauguration on MLK Day: A Test for Civil Rights
President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Martin Luther King Jr. Day presents a stark contrast for civil rights advocates, who plan demonstrations and community engagement while strategizing responses to his administration's agenda, given his history of racially charged rhetoric and policies.
Trump Inauguration on MLK Day: A Test for Civil Rights
President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Martin Luther King Jr. Day presents a stark contrast for civil rights advocates, who plan demonstrations and community engagement while strategizing responses to his administration's agenda, given his history of racially charged rhetoric and policies.
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40% Bias Score
Oregon Man Sentenced to Life for Kidnapping, Sexual Assault
Negasi Zuberi, 31, was sentenced to life in federal prison in Medford, Oregon on Friday for kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women, one of whom he held captive in a cinder block cell; he was also convicted of attempting to break out of jail.
Oregon Man Sentenced to Life for Kidnapping, Sexual Assault
Negasi Zuberi, 31, was sentenced to life in federal prison in Medford, Oregon on Friday for kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women, one of whom he held captive in a cinder block cell; he was also convicted of attempting to break out of jail.
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56% Bias Score
HRW Report Exposes Widespread Human Rights Abuses Across Africa
A Human Rights Watch report details widespread human rights abuses in several African nations in 2024, including at least 60 deaths in Kenya following anti-government protests and a humanitarian crisis in Sudan due to ongoing conflict displacing over 10.8 million people by September 2024.
HRW Report Exposes Widespread Human Rights Abuses Across Africa
A Human Rights Watch report details widespread human rights abuses in several African nations in 2024, including at least 60 deaths in Kenya following anti-government protests and a humanitarian crisis in Sudan due to ongoing conflict displacing over 10.8 million people by September 2024.
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32% Bias Score
Belarusian Nobel Laureate Faces Harsh Imprisonment
Belarusian human rights activist and Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski is serving a 10-year sentence in harsh conditions in Penal Colony No. 9 for alleged extremism, highlighting the Belarusian government's ongoing crackdown on dissent ahead of a presidential election.
Belarusian Nobel Laureate Faces Harsh Imprisonment
Belarusian human rights activist and Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski is serving a 10-year sentence in harsh conditions in Penal Colony No. 9 for alleged extremism, highlighting the Belarusian government's ongoing crackdown on dissent ahead of a presidential election.
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52% Bias Score
Italy's Fragmenting Society: "Cultural Wars" and the Erosion of Rights
The article analyzes how "cultural wars" and "identity politics" are fragmenting Italian society, highlighting the contrasting approaches of the right and left wings and the complexities of balancing minority rights with broader social concerns.
Italy's Fragmenting Society: "Cultural Wars" and the Erosion of Rights
The article analyzes how "cultural wars" and "identity politics" are fragmenting Italian society, highlighting the contrasting approaches of the right and left wings and the complexities of balancing minority rights with broader social concerns.
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68% Bias Score
Taliban Official Urges End to Afghan Women's Education Ban
A senior Taliban official, Sher Abbas Stanikzai, publicly urged the Taliban leader to end the ban on education for Afghan women and girls, citing injustice and violation of Islamic law; this marks a rare internal dissent and a direct appeal to change policy.
Taliban Official Urges End to Afghan Women's Education Ban
A senior Taliban official, Sher Abbas Stanikzai, publicly urged the Taliban leader to end the ban on education for Afghan women and girls, citing injustice and violation of Islamic law; this marks a rare internal dissent and a direct appeal to change policy.
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36% Bias Score
20-Year-Old Sentenced for Transphobic Stabbing
Summer Betts-Ramsey, 20, was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison plus 4 years on license for repeatedly stabbing a transgender girl in a revenge attack in Harrow, north west London; the attack, filmed and shared online, involved 12 stab wounds and was described as a hate crime.
20-Year-Old Sentenced for Transphobic Stabbing
Summer Betts-Ramsey, 20, was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison plus 4 years on license for repeatedly stabbing a transgender girl in a revenge attack in Harrow, north west London; the attack, filmed and shared online, involved 12 stab wounds and was described as a hate crime.
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60% Bias Score