Australia

Story gist: NSW police maintained protest restrictions ahead of Australia Day rallies in Sydney. Demonstrators defied bans, chanted ‘intifada,’ opposed an Israeli visit, prompting calls to end the restrictions.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Age emphasize police warnings and potential ban extensions, focusing on authority’s controls. Center sources such as The Canberra Times highlight demonstrators defying the ban to protest an Israeli visit, neutrally noting opposition. Right-leaning The Australian stresses protesters chanting ‘intifada’ at a post-attack rally, underscoring inflammatory rhetoric and security context.

Story gist: Mark Carney visited China and stated Canada must position itself for ‘the world as it is, not as we wish it.’ Canada reached a deal with China signaling a shift from the US.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Guardian highlights Carney’s pragmatic quote on realism without US emphasis. Center BBC stresses the China deal as proof of Canada’s deliberate US pivot. Right-leaning outlets absent, omitting likely criticism of engaging authoritarian China over Western allies.

Story gist: U.S. President Donald Trump created a Gaza ‘Board of Peace.’ He appointed son-in-law Jared Kushner to the board.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Guardian uses quotes around ‘board of peace’ in its headline, implying skepticism or mockery of the initiative. Center ABC emphasizes nepotism by highlighting Kushner’s family tie to Trump. No right-leaning outlets cover the story, omitting a potentially supportive framing that portrays it as a bold peace effort.

Story gist: Iran imposed an internet blackout that extended to phone services and Starlink. Smuggled technologies provide the country’s limited external connections.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Guardian highlight an ‘ecosystem of smuggled tech’ as Iran’s crucial lifeline to the world, emphasizing ingenuity and resistance. Center sources like The Conversation neutrally detail the blackout’s expansion to phones and Starlink. Right-leaning coverage is absent, missing potential emphasis on government security needs or protest controls.

Story gist: An Australian woman who accused U.S. socialite twins Alon and Oren Alexander of rape was found dead in Australia before their trial.

Bias summary: Left-leaning The Age portrays the woman heroically as one who ‘took on’ New York’s ‘powerful’ Alexander twins, emphasizing her challenge to elites. Center BBC remains neutral, describing her as a ‘woman who accused’ ‘high-profile’ twins of ‘sexual assault’ and noting her death location. Right-leaning News.com.au bluntly leads with ‘Aussie accused NY twins of rape,’ stressing the allegation first with direct terms.