Spanish Christmas Traffic Campaign Shows Rise in Drug-Impaired Driving
The Spanish DGT's Christmas campaign (December 16-22) tested 251,140 drivers, revealing 4,172 positive for alcohol or drugs—a 3% rise in drug-positive cases compared to summer. 1,974 alcohol-positive drivers were detected, with 249 facing judicial proceedings for exceeding legal limits.
Spanish Christmas Traffic Campaign Shows Rise in Drug-Impaired Driving
The Spanish DGT's Christmas campaign (December 16-22) tested 251,140 drivers, revealing 4,172 positive for alcohol or drugs—a 3% rise in drug-positive cases compared to summer. 1,974 alcohol-positive drivers were detected, with 249 facing judicial proceedings for exceeding legal limits.
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44% Bias Score
Netherlands Debates Fireworks Ban After New Year's Eve Violence
In the aftermath of New Year's Eve violence in the Netherlands, which saw 8292 aggressive incidents, two deaths, and 1100 injuries, the ruling VVD party is debating a potential fireworks ban, facing opposition from coalition partners and internal divisions, despite a petition by prominent VVD member...
Netherlands Debates Fireworks Ban After New Year's Eve Violence
In the aftermath of New Year's Eve violence in the Netherlands, which saw 8292 aggressive incidents, two deaths, and 1100 injuries, the ruling VVD party is debating a potential fireworks ban, facing opposition from coalition partners and internal divisions, despite a petition by prominent VVD member...
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48% Bias Score
Italian Court Halts Regional Autonomy Referendum
Italy's Constitutional Court blocked a referendum on regional autonomy due to an unclear question and insufficiently defined essential performance levels (Lep) in the Calderoli law, requiring a legislative rewrite.
Italian Court Halts Regional Autonomy Referendum
Italy's Constitutional Court blocked a referendum on regional autonomy due to an unclear question and insufficiently defined essential performance levels (Lep) in the Calderoli law, requiring a legislative rewrite.
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36% Bias Score
German Teachers Grade Migrant Students Higher, Masking Potential Academic Issues
A 2024 OECD report highlights lower academic achievement among migrant children in developed nations; however, a German study reveals teachers give these students higher grades, possibly due to lowered expectations, potentially hindering their true academic potential.
German Teachers Grade Migrant Students Higher, Masking Potential Academic Issues
A 2024 OECD report highlights lower academic achievement among migrant children in developed nations; however, a German study reveals teachers give these students higher grades, possibly due to lowered expectations, potentially hindering their true academic potential.
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40% Bias Score
Turkey: 100 Million TL Embezzlement from Bankrupt Insurance Company Results in Arrests
Eleven individuals were arrested in a three-province operation in Turkey for allegedly embezzling 100 million TL from a bankrupt insurance company, with five suspects jailed and six released under judicial control.
Turkey: 100 Million TL Embezzlement from Bankrupt Insurance Company Results in Arrests
Eleven individuals were arrested in a three-province operation in Turkey for allegedly embezzling 100 million TL from a bankrupt insurance company, with five suspects jailed and six released under judicial control.
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48% Bias Score
2003 Murder Suspects Admit Guilt After 22 Years on the Run
Two men, Christian Rad and Vasile Ostas, admitted in a French court on Monday to the 2003 murder of Philippe Charuel, whose body was found in a ditch in Gondreville, France. After 22 years on the run in Spain, they were arrested in August 2023 and face sentencing on Friday.
2003 Murder Suspects Admit Guilt After 22 Years on the Run
Two men, Christian Rad and Vasile Ostas, admitted in a French court on Monday to the 2003 murder of Philippe Charuel, whose body was found in a ditch in Gondreville, France. After 22 years on the run in Spain, they were arrested in August 2023 and face sentencing on Friday.
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48% Bias Score
Netherlands to Fully Open WWII Collaboration Archives Amid Privacy Concerns
Dutch Education Minister Eppo Bruins is preparing legislation to fully open controversial World War II digital archives containing 425,000 names of suspected collaborators, delayed due to privacy concerns, with only a list of names initially released online, causing significant public demand and con...
Netherlands to Fully Open WWII Collaboration Archives Amid Privacy Concerns
Dutch Education Minister Eppo Bruins is preparing legislation to fully open controversial World War II digital archives containing 425,000 names of suspected collaborators, delayed due to privacy concerns, with only a list of names initially released online, causing significant public demand and con...
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48% Bias Score
Trump's "Day One" Promise to Free Ross Ulbricht Unfulfilled
Despite Donald Trump's "Day One" pledge to commute Ross Ulbricht's sentence at the Libertarian National Convention in May 2024, the Silk Road founder remains imprisoned as of January 20th, disappointing his supporters and the broader cryptocurrency community who also hoped for immediate action on Bi...
Trump's "Day One" Promise to Free Ross Ulbricht Unfulfilled
Despite Donald Trump's "Day One" pledge to commute Ross Ulbricht's sentence at the Libertarian National Convention in May 2024, the Silk Road founder remains imprisoned as of January 20th, disappointing his supporters and the broader cryptocurrency community who also hoped for immediate action on Bi...
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48% Bias Score
Targeted Attack in Luton Leaves One Woman Dead
A 46-year-old woman died and another was seriously injured in a targeted attack at a Luton house on Monday; police are searching for a man in his 20s who fled on a black and red electric scooter.
Targeted Attack in Luton Leaves One Woman Dead
A 46-year-old woman died and another was seriously injured in a targeted attack at a Luton house on Monday; police are searching for a man in his 20s who fled on a black and red electric scooter.
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40% Bias Score
FAI Set for Death of Glasgow Hotel Attacker
A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) will begin on March 11th, 2024, into the death of Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, a 28-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker shot by police after stabbing six people at Glasgow's Park Inn Hotel in June 2020. The inquiry follows concerns about the use of lethal force by police a...
FAI Set for Death of Glasgow Hotel Attacker
A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) will begin on March 11th, 2024, into the death of Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh, a 28-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker shot by police after stabbing six people at Glasgow's Park Inn Hotel in June 2020. The inquiry follows concerns about the use of lethal force by police a...
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32% Bias Score
Eljamel and NHS Tayside Face Two-Year Criminal Probe
A criminal investigation into disgraced brain surgeon Sam Eljamel and NHS Tayside, his former employer, is expected to take another 1.5 to 2 years; former patient Jules Rose met with the Lord Advocate to discuss the ongoing police probe, Operation Stringent, and confirmed that both Eljamel and NHS T...
Eljamel and NHS Tayside Face Two-Year Criminal Probe
A criminal investigation into disgraced brain surgeon Sam Eljamel and NHS Tayside, his former employer, is expected to take another 1.5 to 2 years; former patient Jules Rose met with the Lord Advocate to discuss the ongoing police probe, Operation Stringent, and confirmed that both Eljamel and NHS T...
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44% Bias Score
Burlesque Owner on Trial, Claims Sexsomnia in Rape Case
A Sydney burlesque business owner, Timothy Malcolm Rowland, is on trial for allegedly raping a woman in August 2022, claiming he was asleep and suffering from sexsomnia; the Crown argues he was awake and aware.
Burlesque Owner on Trial, Claims Sexsomnia in Rape Case
A Sydney burlesque business owner, Timothy Malcolm Rowland, is on trial for allegedly raping a woman in August 2022, claiming he was asleep and suffering from sexsomnia; the Crown argues he was awake and aware.
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36% Bias Score