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Story gist: Canada reached an energy deal with Alberta to roll back climate rules for oil sands development and advance a pipeline project.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Guardian emphasize Mark Carney’s role in reaching the deal and opposition from First Nations to the oil pipeline, highlighting environmental and indigenous conflicts. Center outlets like Reuters neutrally report Canada rolling back climate rules in the energy deal with Alberta. Right-leaning coverage is absent, missing potential focus on economic growth, jobs, and energy security benefits.

Story gist: A fire broke out in a Hong Kong high-rise complex, killing at least 94 people and leaving hundreds missing. Three people were arrested.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like CNN frame the event as Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades, emphasizing survivor questions about negligence and implying accountability failures. Center outlets like AP provide neutral facts on the death toll and ongoing firefighting efforts. Right-leaning coverage is absent, leaving conservative perspectives on causes or government response unrepresented.

Story gist: The Trump administration will reexamine green cards issued to people from 19 countries. The policy follows a shooting in Washington DC.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Guardian emphasize ‘Trump administration’ targeting ‘refugees’ ‘in wake of’ the shooting, implying politicized reaction. Center outlets like DW neutrally report ‘US’ ‘ramping up’ Green Card reviews ‘after’ the shooting. No right-leaning coverage appears, omitting potential emphasis on national security gains or immigration enforcement needs.

Story gist: A coup occurred in Guinea-Bissau. A general was named the new leader the following day.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like NYT frame the event prominently as a ‘coup’ with an explanatory ‘What to Know’ tone, emphasizing background. Center outlets like BBC use neutral phrasing, leading with the general named leader ‘a day after coup,’ focusing on sequence. Right-leaning coverage absent, missing conservative perspective on the power shift.

Story gist: The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) reports UK households face a dismal rise in spending power following Budget 2025.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Guardian emphasizes IFS warnings of ‘fiscal fiction’ in tax rises delayed for election year, using critical tone on government timing. Center BBC neutrally headlines the ‘dismal’ spending power rise per IFS. No right-leaning coverage, absenting defenses of budget policies or optimistic economic framing.